The Clark
The Clark Art Institute is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts.
The Clark houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.
Past Events
October 2018
Fall Fest at the Clark!
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- Arts at Williams
Join Ephs at the Clark at the Lunder Center (glass building at the top of Stone Hill) for an afternoon of fall activities and acapella! We’ll have apple cider donuts and good vibes. Also, it’s your last chance to see Jennifer Steinkamp: Blind Eye. Bring your friends!
Find out more »The first of two CROGHAN LECTURES 2018
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- Arts at Williams
Herbert L. Kessler, Croghan Bicentennial Visiting Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies & Visiting Professor of Art "Consider the glass, it will teach you": The Meaning of Medieval Windows - Clark Art Institutue, Conforti Pavilion
Find out more »Lecture, Herbert L. Kessler: The Meaning of Medieval Windows
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
WED at 5:30 pm -- (1/2) A medievalist whose expertise ranges from Byzantium to Western Europe, Kessler is the author or editor of over 20 books and 200 articles on aspects of Medieval art ranging from frescoes and mosaics to illustrated manuscripts and ivories.
Find out more »The second CROGHAN LECTURES 2018
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- Arts at Williams
Herbert L. Kessler, Croghan Bicentennial Visiting Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies & Visiting Professor of Art "Consider the glass which is similar to you": Beauty as Prelapsarian Experience
Location: The Clark Art Institute, Conforti Pavilion
Lecture, Herbert L. Kessler: Beauty as Prelapsarian Experience
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
THURS at 5:30 pm -- (2/2) A medievalist whose expertise ranges from Byzantium to Western Europe, Kessler is the author or editor of over 20 books and 200 articles on aspects of Medieval art ranging from frescoes and mosaics to illustrated manuscripts and ivories.
Find out more »Call for Performers
On October 28, 100 people will gather at the Clark to create a massive wave of sound, and you can join us. Participation is open to all. Performance: Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 1PM Location: The Clark: Fernández Terrace 225 South Street Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267 DESCRIPTION: The Williams Percussion Ensemble is seeking creative and adventurous people to join us in…
Find out more »November 2018
College Day at the Clark!
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- Graduate and Career Services
Want to know more about what it's like to work at a museum? Join young professionals to learn about pursuing a career in the arts after graduation. Hear from a variety of fields in the museum world, ranging from curatorial to communications to membership.
Find out more »January 2019
I/O Festival 2019 - Family Concert
Family Concert I/Out Loud: ALL EARS A special one-hour family concert featuring performances by musicians from Williams College. Kids can explore new sounds, discover new rhythms, and make some noise of their own. Presented by I/O Fest, Ephs Out Loud, and the Williams College Department of Music https://www.clarkart.edu/ImportedEvents/1346-43567 I/O COMPLETE SLATE OF I/O FEST EVENTS THURSDAY, JAN 10, 7:30…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2019 - Out of the Box
OUT OF THE BOX: Sequential Featuring the Axxea Quartet and the Williams Percussion Ensemble. Music for string quartet, percussion, and electronics by Tristan Perich. https://www.clarkart.edu/ImportedEvents/1347-43568 COMPLETE SLATE OF I/O FEST EVENTS THURSDAY, JAN 10, 7:30 PM, ’62 Center BEARTHOVEN: American Dream New music for piano, bass, and percussion Sarah Hennies: Spectral Malsconcities (U.S. Premiere) Scott Wollschleger: American Dream ***Reception…
Find out more »Cancelled - Whitney Hubbs: Gender, Gaze, and the Photographic Canon - Cancelled
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- Claiming Williams
As part of Claiming Williams Day, photographer Whitney Hubbs presents a free lecture and conversation on gender, the history of photography, and the landscape of the body and spectatorship.
Find out more »May 2019
Alternative Art Histories: Future Directions in U.S. Latinx Art–Conference keynote lecture
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- Arts at Williams
Alternative Art Histories is a two-day symposium focused on U.S. Latinx art and art history. Keynote lecture by Laura E. Pérez, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Chair of Latinx Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
Find out more »Alternative Art Histories: Future Directions in U.S. Latinx Art
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- Arts at Williams
Alternative Art Histories is a two-day symposium focused on U.S. Latinx art and art history. The symposium will bring together leading museum curators, museum directors, and art historians to discuss the aesthetic contribution of U.S. Latinx arts and how we might (re)imagine art history as a more aesthetically expansive, culturally relevant, and socially inclusive field. The distinguished panel of speakers have…
Find out more »Judith M. Lenett Memorial Lecture on History and Conservation of 19th C. Globes
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- Arts at Williams
Nora Rosengarten, Williams MA '19, discusses two early 19th C. globes, the subject of her yearlong conservation fellowship at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center.
Find out more »24th Annual Graduate Art History Symposium
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- Arts at Williams
The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art Class of 2019 presents scholarly papers in its annual symposium. This keystone academic event is free and open to the public. FRIDAY MAY 31, 2019 9:00 am-5:00 pm Clark Art Institute Manton Auditorium
Find out more »November 2019
5th Annual Berkshire Natural History Conference Nov. 16
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- General Announcements
Fifth Annual Berkshire Natural History Conference: Presentations, Exhibitors & Lunch. At the Clark Art Institute. Tickets & Info online. Gen Admission $25; Wms Students free thru CES; details below.
Find out more »January 2020
I/O Festival 2020 - I/Out Loud - Family Event
The I/O FEST 2020 presents 4 Days and Nights of the Music of Now. This concert is presented in the Conforti Pavilion of the The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street in Williamstown). A special one-hour family concert featuring performances by musicians from Williams College. Kids can explore a world of new sounds, discover fresh rhythms, and make some noise…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2020 - I/O Ensemble at the Clark
The I/O FEST 2020 presents 4 Days and Nights of the Music of Now. I/O Ensemble performs music for instruments and voices in the Conforti Pavilion of the The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street in Williamstown). Featuring Julius Eastman’s The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc for ten cellos, Caroline Mallonée’s Songs of Crystal for chorus, and Casey Anderson’s snow for…
Find out more »May 2020
Virtual Performance - Williams Percussion Ensemble
In a Sound Place is a program that grew out of our desire to connect and to collaborate musically despite our isolation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With each member of the ensemble isolated in their home location, we have found new ways to come together and create. The works on this program are the result of our…
Find out more »October 2021
I/O at the Clark
This Saturday afternoon I/O concert hosted by the Clark Institute moves the music out into the community.
Find out more »November 2021
Artist talk by Erin Shirreff
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Join Montreal-based artist Erin Shirreff for a conversation about her practice between photography, sculpture, and video; her show at the Clark; and her vibrant new body of work, now on view in NY. Preceded by an all-day video screening.
Find out more »December 2021
Artist walk with Anne Thompson
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Join Bennington College artist Anne Thompson for a walk through her outdoor exhibition at the Clark, titled Trail Signs. The walk will culminate with a campfire and s'mores on Stone Hill.
Find out more »January 2022
I/O Festival 2022 - I/O Ensemble
I/O FEST 2022 - I/O Ensemble presents an exciting program of new sounds. Matthew Gold, percussion, plays Great Birnam Wood for marbles and drum set by Carolyn Chen. Pianist Doris Stevenson presents Virales (Stained Glass) by faculty composer Ileana Perez Velázquez. Sacrament by Mario Díaz de Leon is performed by Jacqueline DeVoe, flute; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; and Matthew Gold, marimba. The…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2022 - Jacqueline Kerrod, harp
Harpist Jacqueline Kerrod offers improvisations for acoustic and electric harp from her recently released album, 17 Days in December. All I/O events at the Clark are subject to the Covid-19 rules implemented by the Clark. Please check the exact status using the above link. Masking and proof of vaccination are required. Reservations are free and open to the public, but…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2022 - BlackBox Ensemble
Guest Artists BlackBox Ensemble presents a program titled Intersections. Reservations are free and open to the public, but advance registration is required for each event. This link will take you to the Clark Art Institute website...click on "tickets" to make a reservation. All I/O events at the Clark are subject to the Covid-19 rules implemented by the Clark. Please check…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2022 - Family Concert
This Sunday afternoon I/O concert hosted by the Clark Institute moves the music out into the community with a Family Concert titled A Forest of Sounds. All I/O events at the Clark are subject to the Covid-19 rules implemented by the Clark. Please check the exact status using the above link. Masking and proof of vaccination are required. The events…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2022 - I/O Ensemble
This Sunday afternoon I/O concert hosted by the Clark Institute features the I/O Ensemble in a performance titled Other Forests. All I/O events at the Clark are subject to the Covid-19 rules implemented by the Clark. Please check the exact status using the above link. Masking and proof of vaccination are required. Reservations are free and open to the public,…
Find out more »April 2022
Anne Thompson talk and artist’s book launch
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- Arts at Williams
Following Anne Thompson’s Trail Signs exhibition, in which she installed forty-eight unique prints on the Clark’s wayfinding kiosks, join the artist to celebrate the launch of her Risograph printed artist's book documenting the project.
Find out more »June 2022
27th Annual Graduate Art History Symposium
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- Academic/Teaching/Research
The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art (Class of 2022) presents scholarly papers in its annual symposium. This capstone academic event is free and open to the public.
Find out more »October 2022
*Timeless* U.S. Premier
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Timeless—a film in fragments by poetic research unit Shanzhai Lyric, filmmaker Solveig Qu Suess, and artist Yi Xin Tong—has its U.S. premiere in the mountain hamlet of Williamstown, along with a lecture-performance by the filmmakers.
Find out more »Artist’s Talk: Tauba Auerbach—Peanopoem
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Artist Tauba Auerbach, who is featured in the Clark's Meander exhibition, shares stories from a winding path of research on the mathematician Giuseppe Peano, the "self-avoiding walk," and the profundity of ornament.
Find out more »January 2023
I/O Festival 2023 - Film Screening at the Clark
I/O FEST 2023 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW Presented by the Williams College Department of Music and The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street, Williamstown) SATURDAY 1/14 4:30 PM|The Clark MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS Film screening and discussion with Jake Meginsky, director. Milford Graves Full Mantis (Jake Meginsky and Neil Young, 2018) is the first ever feature-length…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2023 - Family Concert
I/O FEST 2023 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW Presented by the Williams College Department of Music and The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street, Williamstown) SUNDAY 1/15 1:00 PM|The Clark I/Out Loud Family Concert, featuring GEORGE free and open to the public https://www.clarkart.edu/event/detail/2174-89988
Find out more »I/O Festival 2023 - Sunday at the Clark with GEORGE
I/O FEST 2023 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS OF THE MUSIC OF NOW Presented by the Williams College Department of Music and The Clark Art Institute (225 South Street, Williamstown) SUNDAY 1/15 4:00 PM|The Clark* Genre-crossing jazz and new music ensemble GEORGE, featuring composer/percussionist John Hollenbeck *Reserve your seat at Clarkart.edu for GEORGE Genre-crossing jazz and new music ensemble GEORGE performs music…
Find out more »April 2023
Artist Talk by Carolina Caycedo Saturday April 22 (Earth Day) 2pm at The Clark Auditorium
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Join us on Earth Day (Saturday, April 22) at 2pm at the Clark Auditorium for a conversation with artist Carolina Caycedo exploring her ecofeminist practice.
Find out more »Introduced by an Artist: Suneil Sanzgiri presents Saat Hindustani (Seven Indians) at the Clark
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Artisti Suneil Sanzgiri introduces Saat Hindustani (dir. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, 1969) and addresses its historical context and the film’s relation to his own practice, including his trilogy of short films currently on view at MASS MoCA.
Find out more »Williams Chamber Choir
The Williams College Department of Music presents the Chamber Choir under the direction of Anna Lenti on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in the The Clark Art Institute. This free event is open to the public. The Williams College Chamber Choir presents David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion in its version for chamber choir, SATB soloists, and percussion. This work…
Find out more »May 2023
WILLIAMS ART HISTORY MA STUDENTS PRESENT ANNUAL JUDITH M. LENETT LECTURE AT CLARK ART INSTITUTE
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Delaney Keenan and Sojeong Lim, the two Judith M. Lenett Memorial Fellows, Williams College M.A. Class of 2023, present the work they have produced during their fellowship. A reception follows the talk. Free and open to the public.
Find out more »August 2023
Nature: Granite of the Grounds with Bud Wobus
An event every month that begins at 5:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until Wed, September 13th, 2023
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Bud Wobus, professor emeritus of geology at Williams College, leads a geology presentation and walk around the Clark’s campus. Wobus guides visitors through the history of the granite slabs that comprise the Manton Research Center...
Find out more »September 2023
Nature: Granite of the Grounds with Bud Wobus
An event every month that begins at 5:30pm on day Second of the month, repeating until Wed, September 13th, 2023
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- Lectures, Films, Readings, Panels
Bud Wobus, professor emeritus of geology at Williams College, leads a geology presentation and walk around the Clark’s campus. Wobus guides visitors through the history of the granite slabs that comprise the Manton Research Center...
Find out more »January 2024
I/O Festival 2024 - RAWdance, I/O Ensemble, Ephemera
I/O FEST 2024 The Third Installment to the Festival... Sunday, January 14, Clark Art Institute, 3pm, Tickets required, students free Volcano Listening, featuring RAWdance, I/O Ensemble, and the debut of Ephemera, directed by Anna Lenti Leilehua Lanzilotti: Gray (2027) Catherine Lamb: parallaxis forma (2016) Steve Reich: Proverb (1995) Pérotin: Alleluia 1_14_2024 PROGRAM A Brilliant Finale to the Festival! Thursday, January…
Find out more »I/O Festival 2024 - Live music for a classic Hitchcock film
I/O FEST 2024 A Brilliant Finale to the Festival! Thursday, January 18, Clark Art Institute, 6pm, free and open to the public Live music for a classic Hitchcock film performed by Matthew Gold and Paul de Jong. Co-presented by The Clark
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