Comic Book Art at the Norman Rockwell Museum

Alex Ross is a painter whose chosen medium is comic books. The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA is hosting Heroes and Villains: The Art of Alex Ross until February 24th, and we take a look at the role of comic art in popular culture and Ross’ ties to the...

Clark Museum

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown is challenging the public to become curators. Carrie Saldo recently visited the Clark to learn about the UCurate program and the competition that could score you your very own exhibition at the Clark. Clark...

Berkshire Glass

Authors Julie L. Sloan and William J. Patriquin discuss the former Berkshire Glassworks in Lanesborough, MA. It was the first company in the country to make stained cathedral glass. Carrie Saldo visits the site of the former factory, the Berkshire Museum, home to some...

Life with Monte: Room by Room

In June 2012, the Springfield Museums commissioned artist Patrick Dougherty to create this remarkable Stickwork sculpture. Using saplings collected by museum staff and volunteers from managed forestry and wildlife areas inMassachusetts, Patrick and his volunteers...

Artsbucks

Artsbucks is a new creative economy stimulus being used in the city of Pittsfield. For it, patrons get a rebate on the locally-made art that they buy. What are the nuts and bolts of this program and can it be...

Life with Monte: James Kitchen

The James Kitchen Public Art Initiative currently consists of two exhibits in downtown Springfield with plans for new commissioned works which will incorporate recycled metals from Springfield neighborhoods and industry to depict Springfield’s history.  We visit...

Art in Small Cities

Jonathan Secor, Director of Special Programs at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Megan Whilden, Pittsfield’s Director of Cultural Developmen,  discuss the many free happenings and arts-related programs taking place in both cities this...

Lungs at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield

In a time of global anxiety and political unrest, a young couple contemplates having a child. If they over think it, they’ll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster. What will be the first to destruct – the planet or the relationship? This is the central...

Hilary Price

Jim Madigan interviews nationally-syndicated cartoonist Hilary B. Price about her work and the intellectual creative...

Geometric Origami

Western New England University Math Prof. Thomas Hull will display some of his award-winning origami creations and discuss how geometry, calculus, graph theory and combinatorics are all involved in what he makes. Western New England University’s Thomas Hull Honored at...