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New Parents Gallery Tour
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Pastoral on Paper
Open through June 15, 2025
First Sunday Free: Artists' Books Day
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Mariel Capanna: Giornata
Open through January 25, 2026
Paginations: A–Z: Alphabetic Highlights from the Library’s Special Collections
Open through May 18, 2025
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April is an amazing month at the Clark as winter slowly gives way to spring! From snowflakes to sunshine, experience the seasonal shift by wandering our trails and looking for the eternally hopeful signs of spring. 

Discover something new in our permanent collection and explore our special exhibitions galleries, including Pastoral on Paper, open through June 15. Our year-long Public Spaces installation, Mariel Capanna: Giornata, presents two new, site-specific oil paintings as well as a monumental, three-sided fresco.

Explore our calendar of events for your next activity. There’s something for everyone at the Clark!

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New Parents Gallery Tour
New Parents Gallery Tour
April 5, 2025

Meet other new parents and enjoy a baby-friendly visit to the Clark. Join a Clark educator on the first Saturday of the colder months for an informal, thematic tour of the permanent collection, withou ...

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Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
April 5, 2025

Join a Clark educator for an informative tour of the permanent collection galleries and learn more about the Institute's unique history and growth. Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. P ...

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First Sunday Free: Artists' Books Day
First Sunday Free: Artists' Books Day
April 6, 2025

Artists’ Books Day is an annual celebration at the Clark honoring the library’s diverse collection of over 5,000 artists’ books. This monumental collection challenges the very notion of the “book,” in ...

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Museum Education as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity
Museum Education as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity
April 8, 2025

In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Svitlana Tymkiv (City Museum of Lviv, Ukraine / Futures Fellow) examines how issues of national identity in Ukraine have become particularly relevant in ...

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Small Town Film Series: Stellet Licht
Small Town Film Series: Stellet Licht
April 10, 2025

The Clark presents a series of films highlighting the charm of small towns. The series continues with Silent Light, or Stellet Licht (2007) in the Plautdietsch dialect. Bookended by a sunrise and a s ...

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Drawing Closer: April Foolishness
Drawing Closer: April Foolishness
April 11, 2025

The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper welcomes artists of all experience and skill levels to find inspiration in thematic selections from the Clark’s collection of works on paper. Take part in a ...

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Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe
Queer Making: Artists and Desire in Medieval Europe
April 11, 2025

In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Karl Whittington (The Ohio State University) asks: what role does desire play in the making of art objects? Art historians typically answer this question ...

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A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature
A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature
April 12, 2025

In this lecture, Paul Holberton, author of the acclaimed two-volume book A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature (2021), examines how idyllic landscapes and rustic scenes have been portrayed from a ...

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Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
April 12, 2025

Join a Clark educator for an informative tour of the permanent collection galleries and learn more about the Institute's unique history and growth. Free with gallery admission. Capacity is limited. P ...

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Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy
Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy
April 13, 2025

Philip S. Palmer and Erica Ciallela, co-curators of the Morgan Library and Museum’s centennial exhibition Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy, discuss the inspiring life and career of the inst ...

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