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August 18-22 curated weekend of contemporary art in the Berkshires
ArtBerkshires curated weekends offer intimate,
behind-the-scenes guided tours focused on contemporary art, sculpture
and photography on view throughout Berkshire museums, galleries and
studio settings.
Linked by the 2011 theme - Decadence & Decay -
the tours explore restoration of architecture, reuse of materials and
contemporary photography. Historic settings and permanent collections
provide subject matter and content for artists and context for curators
to find beauty in decay.
BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS
THURSDAY 18 Gordon Chandler and Cassandra Sohn with Leslie Ferrin
10:00am - 4:00pm SculptureNow, Chesterwood, Norman Rockwell Museum, Sohn Fine Art
FRIDAY 19 Denise Markonish and Jonathan Secor with Leslie Ferrin
11:00am - 3:00pm MASS MoCA, Downstreet Art
SATURDAY 20 Stuart Chase and Kathryn Price with Leslie Ferrin
10:00am - 3:00pm Williamstown Art Conservation Center, The Clark, Williams College Museum of Art
Click HERE for link to ArtBerkshires schedule and details
*Limited to 12. RSVP required artberkshires@gmail.com 413.442.1622
Tours and events are open to the public by reservation and all
involve lively perspectives from local and international artists,
curators, museum directors, and other professionals in the art world.
Standard museum admission applied.
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Decadence & Decay
WEEKEND PROGRAMS
August 20 - 22
artberkshires.com
THURSDAY 10 - 4:00
Behind-the-Scenes
Sculpture Ramble
Gordon Chandler with Leslie Ferrin
•Sculpture Now - Ann Jon
•Chesterwood - Donna Hassler
•Norman Rockwell Museum - Stephanie Plunkett
•Cassandra Sohn Fine Art
5:00 - 8:00
•Sienna Gallery - 24K Cocktails &
COSTUME COSTUME
•Ferrin Gallery - Douglass Truth
•Berkshire Museum - Carol Diehl
FRIDAY North Adams 11:00 - 4:00
Behind-the-Scenes
Denise Markonish, Jonathan Secor with Leslie Ferrin
•MASS MoCA - Denise Markonish
•Bureau of Open Culture - Cassandra Troyan
•Downstreet Art - Jonathan Secor
5:00 - 9:00
•Berkshire Museum - Maria Mingalone & John Stomberg
•Ferrin Gallery - DISH+DINE
SATURDAY 10 - 4:00
Behind the Scenes
Stuart Chase with Leslie Ferrin
Williamstown Art Conservation Center
The Stonehill Center
The Clark
Williams College Museum of Art
SUNDAY 11:00 - 12:00
Sienna Gallery and SPQ Projects
• Brunch with Lauren Fensterstock
ArtBerkshires Media sponsors: ArtNewEngland, Berkshire Living Daily, Rogovoy Report
ArtBerkshires Food and Wine & Spirts partners: Bascom Lodge, Kelly's Package, Nejaimes Wine & Spirit, Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Dream Away Lodge, Mezze Catering, Red Lion Inn
ArtBerkshires Cultural partners:
• Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield
• Bascom Lodge, Mt. Greylock
• Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
• Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield
• Cultural Pittsfield, Pittsfield
• Downstreet Art,
North Adams
• Edith Wharton's The Mount, Lenox
• Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield
• IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge
• Jacob's Pillow, Becket
• MASS MoCA, North Adams
• Project Art, Cummington
• Stonehill Center, The Clark,
Williamstown
• Storefront Artist Project, Pittsfield
• Ventfort Hall, Lenox
• Willams College Museum of Art, Williamstown
• Willamstown Arts Conservation Center, The Clark, Williamstown
• Word X Word Festival, Pittsfield
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Friday, August 19
BEAUTY IN DECAY: PHOTOGRAPHY
5:00pm | BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
CONVERSATION: The Photography of Gregory Crewdson
John Stomberg, Director, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum joins Maria Mingalone,
Interim Executive Director and Director of Interpretation in a
conversation about the work of Gregory Crewdson at the Berkshire Museum
where Crewdson's Untitled (Beneath the Roses 2004) is currently on view.
With work in the permanent collection museums all over the world,
including the Berkshire Museum (and other area museums including
Williams College Museum of Art), Crewdson, is known to use locations in
and around the Berkshire in the production of his work.
RSVP REQUIRED. artberkshires@gmail.com
413.442.1622
6:30pm - 9pm | DISH + DINE: Beauty in Decay* 
Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield
The perfect pairing of local food and local art.
Discuss contemporary photography with John Stomberg, Florence Finch Abbot, 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 tableware and table design
Dine: Chef Brian Alberg, Red Lion Inn with cocktails from Berkshire Mountain Distillers + selected wines from Nejaimes Wine Cellars
Reservations required Leslie@FerrinGallery.com 413.442.1622 $100 -a portion of the proceeds supports artist-in-residence programs throughout the
Berkshires. Includes dinner, selected wines from Nejaimes Wine Cellars, Decadent cocktail by Berkshire Mountain Distillers
WAITLIST Limited to 40
Click HERE for link to DISH+ DINES at FerrinGallery.com
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