Keir Dullea and Jonathan Hogan in A Delicate Balance (photo by Jaime Davidson)
Now that looks pretty good on paper, doesn’t it?
Onstage on opening night at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, however, that pretty good concept turned into something astonishingly good.
Great, even.
We like dogs.
And we like topiary.
So it sounds like The Berkshire Botainical Garden in Stockbridge is the place to be on Saturday. Over a dozen topiary dogs on will be display as twelve Northeast artists unleash their imaginations to create living willow-whip sculptures of dogs in a host of artistic styles.
The potted “dogs” will continue to flourish and develop throughout the season. Participating artists include Cynthia Atwood, Tom Borgese, Susan Spencer Crowe, Michael Gellatly, Ryan Humphrey, Stephan Lanphear and Mitch Nash. All of the dog topiaries will be for sale and benefit the Garden.
The exhibit opens Saturday, July 17 with a family oriented Dog Day Afternoon reception all day long including dog experts, agility and obedience demonstrations and a BBQ with hotdogs and tofu pups. $10 per family, registration required.
You’re gonna have to leave your dogs at home, though; no dogs allowed.
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled (Dylan on the Floor) ©Gregory Crewdson. All rights reserved.
MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center has announced another round of Tricks of the Trade, workshops for artists. This month’s theme is centered around how to approach galleries and get your work shown:
All workshops are free, but do require pre-registration. For more information, and/or to register, call Jess Conzo, the program coordinator for MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, at 413.663.5253.
Tearing your hair out over writing your artist statement?
The Berkshire Cultural Resource Center at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has announced the latest round of workshops from its on-going Tricks of the Trade series, a set of classes entitled “Writing: How do artists write about their work?”
These interactive sessions will be led by writer/editor Seth Rogovoy and artist Meryl Joseph. Facilitated by Kidspace Director and MCLA Professor Laura Thompson, the seminars will examine artist statements to understand what connects an audience most to the artwork. Attendees will then use these techniques to write their own statements.
All sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. Class locations are:
The workshops are free, but pre-registration is required; call 413-663-5253 to register.
(Editor’s Tip: If you’re too lazy to attend the workshop, or you just enjoy baffling folks,
you can try using the fill-in-the-blanks Market-o-Matic to write your artist statement.)
One of the most angst-ridden decisions an artist must make is how to price his or her work. The Berkshire Cultural Resource Center is coming to the rescue with FREE professional development workshops for artists. This week, the subject is Pricing: How Much Is Your Work Worth? and three sessions mix gallerists, museum directors, and art collectors to explore methods of determining your work’s value in today’s marketplace.
TODAY: (Tuesday, November 10th ) | 6:30 p.m. | MCLA Gallery 51 | 51 Main Street, North Adams | Joe Thompson (Director of MASS MoCA) and Jo Ellen Harrison (Owner of Harrison Gallery)
Wednesday, November 11th | 6:30 p.m. | Lichtenstein Center for Arts | 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield | Stuart Chase (Director of Berkshire Museum) and Kurt Kolok [Owner of Kolok Gallery]
Thursday, November 12th | 6:30 p.m. | IS183 Art School | Stockbridge | Nancy Fitzpatrick (art collector) and Geoffrey Young (Owner of Geoffrey Young Gallery)
All workshops are free, but do require pre-registration. For more information, and/or to register, call 413.663.5253. Here’s more info.
Lucy Feller: My Family Tree
That closing reception also offers you a chance to get a preview of the Studio Pottery Invitational Group Show of Functional Ceramics by American Studio Potters featuring Chris Gustin.
In fact, if ceramics are your thing, this is one boffo weekend: Locally Thrown/Locally Grown is a series of 4 events over 3 days including, in addition to the preview on Saturday, a benefit dinner, demonstration, and tour of local studios in western Massachusetts. Proceeds from the events help support the ceramics program that provides work space, classes, demonstrations and workshops at IS183 Art School in Stockbridge.
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