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A Kaleidoscope of Imagery by Liz Whitney Quisgard at Berkshire Museum

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Liz Whitney Quisgard: Kaleidoscope, a vivid selection of paintings, sculptures, and fiber wall hangings installed in the Ellen Crane Memorial Room, is on exhibit at Berkshire Museum now through October 21, 2012. Reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics, artist Liz Whitney Quisgard’s artworks utilize an exuberant palette to produce her intricate geometric patterns comprised…

ART REVIEW: Morgan Bulkeley: Bird Story at Berkshire Museum

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Berkshire artist Morgan Bulkeley’s playful, fabulistic landscapes are the subject of a solo exhibition at Berkshire Museum now through March 4, 2012, in the museum’s Ellen Crane Memorial Room. Morgan Bulkeley: Bird Story is a terrific companion exhibition to the sprawling, epic major exhibition, Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds,…

Audubon and Birds Take Flight at Berkshire Museum

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Berkshire Museum will present the major new exhibition, Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds, from Saturday, January 21 through June 17, 2012, showcasing the masterful wildlife art of John James Audubon and exploring the fascinating realm of birds, from the tiniest hummingbird to the flightless ostrich. The exhibition, curated by…

Special Screening of Kevin Smith Film at Berkshire Museum’s Little Cinema Includes Interactive Q&A

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — In a special “One-Night-Only” event, Berkshire Museum’s Little Cinema will screen Red State, the controversial thriller written and directed by Kevin Smith, on Sunday, September 25, 2011, at 7 p.m., followed by an interactive webcast Q&A session with Smith from Los Angeles. Smith’s post-show Q&A will be digitally streamed, live, from Quentin…

Berkshire Museum Names New Director

Van W. Shields

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — While hailing the seven-month tenure of Maria Mingalone as interim executive director of the Berkshire Museum as a time in which the museum has been “dynamic” and “thriving,” the museum’s trustees named Van W. Shields, most recently director of the Culture and Heritage Museums in Rock Hill, S.C., as executive director, effective…

Gregory Crewdson’s Photography Focus of Museum Talk, Gallery Dinner

Untitled (Beneath the Roses), 2004, by Gregory Crewdson, digital chromographic print, courtesy Berkshire Museum, partial gift of Joyce Bernstein and Lawrence Rosenthal.

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — Acclaimed contemporary photographer Gregory Crewdson, a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires whose work is often staged on location in towns around the region and on stage sets at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass., will have his work discussed at two events this Friday, August 19, 2011,: at the Berkshire Museum…

Artscape Hosts Walking Tours of Public Art in Downtown Pittsfield

Art Everywhere

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Artscape, a public outdoor art exhibition, resumes its monthly tours of public art in downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. Artist and educator Craig Langlois narrates the 90-minute tours, which conclude on Oct. 8. Free of charge and made possible by a grant from the Pittsfield Cultural Council, the Artscape…

Museum Got Geckos

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — How many geckos do you know? From neon green to tropical camouflage, these highly charismatic creatures come in many colors, shapes, and sizes. Geckos have adapted to drastically different habitats all around the world, and they have the bulging eyes, sticky toepads and disposable body parts to prove it. Geckos: Tails to…