WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Artist Anne Thompson will visit the Clark Art Institute on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 pm to discuss her recent exhibition, "Trail Signs," in which she installed forty-eight unique prints on the Clark's wayfinding kiosks over the course of the winter.

 

Thompson will discuss her artistic and curatorial practice in conversation with the Clark's Robert Weisenberger, associate curator of contemporary projects. The event also celebrates the launch of her limited-edition artist's book documenting the project.

 

This event is presented live in the Clark's auditorium. Advance registration is required. For more information and to register, visit clarkart.edu/events.

 

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thompson began designing posters featuring bold, black-and-white symbols and installed them on trail kiosks throughout Berkshire County. Thompson's unsanctioned project sought to engage and complicate public messaging at a time when people increasingly ventured into, and sought meaning in, the outdoors.

 

In "Trail Signs," Thompson continued this series at the Clark and on the adjacent town trails maintained by the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation.

 

Thompson, a resident of Williamstown, and a visual arts faculty member at Bennington College where she is director and curator of the Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, used trail kiosks around the Clark for a rotating installation.