 
Bill Wright - Portrait photography
Tuesday, July 12, 7 pm Join us for an informal discussion of formal portraiture from a contemporary perspective. In conjunction with the Ferrin Gallery's exhibition, "Pursuit of Porcelain", photographer Bill Wright captured the group of artists assembled in NYC for the opening of the show in its NY location both as a group and individual portraits. A show of the resulting photographs is on view through July 24, 2011. Click HERE for link to Bill Wright at FerrinGallery.com
DISH + DINE
the perfect pairing of local food and local artists
Friday, July 22, 6:30 pm PURSUIT OF PORCELAIN
Sound and video presentation on Chris Antemann by sculptor and photographer Joe Wheaton, and discussion of porcelain and the history of food by Barbara Wheaton discussion of the history of ornamental tabletops by honorary curator of the culinary collection at Harvard's Schlesinger Library. DISH: Frances Palmer porcelain dinnerware and table setting
DINE: Mezze Catering PURSUIT OF PORCELAIN
Installation of ceramic sculpture, photography and works on paper - features Chris Antemann and photography drawn from her sculpture (left)
$100 per person includes dinner, selected wines from Nejaimes Wine Cellars, decadent cocktail by Berkshire Mountain Distillers
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Click HERE for link to DISH+ DINES at FerrinGallery.com
DISH + DINE
the perfect pairing of local food and local art
Friday, August 19, 6:30 pm 
BEAUTY IN DECAY
COLLECTING PHOTOGAPHY
In formal discussion on collecting contemporary photography with curators John Stomberg, Director, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Aprile Gallant, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Smith College Museum of Art; and Maria Mingalone, Interim Executive Director and Director of Interpretation of Berkshire Museum.
DISH: Mary Anne Davis porcelain dinnerware and table setting
DINE: Chef Brian Alberg, Red Lion Inn
BEAUTY IN DECAY
Group show of photography features Gregory Crewdson, Michael Eastman (left), Raymon Elozua, Susan Mikula, Douglass Truth, Nicholas Whitman
$100 per person includes dinner, selected wines from Nejaimes Wine Cellars, Decadent cocktail by Berkshire Mountain Distillers
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Ute Stebich & Gordon Chandler
Brunch conversation with artist and curator
Sunday, July 31, 11 am
 BEAUTY IN DECAY
GORDON CHANDLER
Join us for a conversation with Gordon Chandler, about his fourth solo exhibition, a trophy room installation of wall mounted deer heads using reclaimed steel. Chandler, a Berkshire native living in Georgia, discusses his new work with Ute Stebich a former Lenox gallery owner, avid collector and curator specializing in international folk art. Light refreshments served featuring Gorditas from Richmond Bakery
Click HERE for link to Gordon Chandler at FerrinGallery.com 
July 21 - 24th and August 20 - 22nd
Exhibitions, Events and Programs
 Join us for two summer weekends of curated events, programs and exhibitions connecting contemporary visual arts, artists and collectors in the Berkshires.
The theme Decadence & Decay brings together a schedule of behind the scene tours with curators and aritsts, studio visits and social events.
EVENTS
Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield
Sienna Gallery and SPQ Projects, Lenox
BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS AT
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
Downstreet, North Adams
Edith Wharton's The Mount, Lenox
Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield
Jacob's Pillow, Beckett
MASS MoCA, North Adams
Project Art, Cummington
Stonehill Center, The Clark, Williamstown
Willams College Museum of Art, Williamstown Click HERE for more and to join the ArtBerkshires list. 
GALLERY SCHEDULE
July 
PURSUIT OF PORCELAIN
Installation of Ceramic Sculpture, Photography and Works on Paper
through July 24
BEAUTY IN DECAY
Group Show of Photography
Opens July 30
BEAUTY IN DECAY
Gordon Chandler
Solo Exhibition
Opens July 30
ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING
Loo Gallery Series
through September 30
ADERO WILLARD
Swatches -Solo Exhibition of Studio Pottery
through August 14
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO SCHEDULE 
PHOTOS AND NEWS : ARTISTS, COLLECTORS, EXHIBITIONS CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO
FERRIN GALLERY PHOTO ALBUMS
CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO ARTBERKSHIRES PHOTO ALBUMS
MAYA MALACHOWSKI BAJAK
through August 7
 ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING IN THE LOO is a collaboration between three great culture venues in Western Massachusetts: The Dream Away Lodge (Becket), Ferrin Gallery (Pittsfield) and Zea Mays Printmaking (Northampton). Exhibits change monthly.
NEXT: Mark Zunino - artist dinner at Dream Away Lodge, Becket
Thursday, August 11
Click HERE for link to exhibition preview 
ADERO WILLARD: Swatches
Solo Show of Studio Pottery
July 16 - August 14th 
RECEPTION
Saturday, July 30, 4-6 pm Click HERE for link to exhibition preview
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