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Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass
Open through October 27, 2024
Exploring the Creation of Glass with Josh Simpson
Sunday, October 20, 2 pm
Sebastian Smee―Paris in Ruins
Wednesday, October 30, 6 pm
David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee
Open through January 26, 2025
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Explore how glass artists from across time and around the globe have taken inspiration from the natural world in Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass. And don’t miss our latest public spaces installation, David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee, on view in the Clark Center and in the Manton Research Center. 

It’s also the perfect time to explore our permanent collection galleries or head out on the trails across our 140-acre campus. This season is bustling with a full schedule of events and activities.

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Member Exhibition Tour: Fragile Beauty—Treasures from the Corning Museum
Member Exhibition Tour: Fragile Beauty—Treasures from the Corning Museum
October 16, 2024

Exhibition curator Kathleen Morris, Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and curator of decorative arts, leads a close look at the spectacular objects from the Corning Museu ...

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Car Chases: A David-Jeremiah Film Series—Bullitt
Car Chases: A David-Jeremiah Film Series—Bullitt
October 17, 2024

The Clark screens three films inspired by the public spaces installation David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee. Like David-Jeremiah’s work, the films are meditations on performance, drive, and specific ideas o ...

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Fresh Takes: Emerging Art Historians Explore the Clark Collection
Fresh Takes: Emerging Art Historians Explore the Clark Collection
October 18, 2024

Enjoy a new look at old favorites in the Clark’s permanent collection. A Williams College graduate student shares their take on an object (or two) in the collection with the perspective of new scholar ...

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Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
Permanent Collection Gallery Tour
October 19, 2024

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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The Met: Live in HD—Grounded
The Met: Live in HD—Grounded
October 19, 2024

Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by twenty first-century warmaking: the ethi ...

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Exploring the Creation of Glass Art with Josh Simpson
Exploring the Creation of Glass Art with Josh Simpson
October 20, 2024

Renowned glass artist Josh Simpson, based in Western Massachusetts, offers a glimpse into historical and contemporary glassmaking techniques. Presented in conjunction with Fragile Beauty: Treasures fr ...

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Meet Me at the Clark
Meet Me at the Clark
October 21, 2024

Meet Me at the Clark is a unique program designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners. Join us on select Mondays (when the museum is closed to the public) for open-end ...

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Clark Society Women Artist-Activist Lecture Series: Art and Women’s Suffrage
Clark Society Women Artist-Activist Lecture Series: Art and Women’s Suffrage
October 22, 2024

In this three-part series, curator Alexis Goodin highlights the important work of women artist-activists over time. In the second talk of the series, Goodin explores the efforts women artists contrib ...

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Here, Low, In This River Bend
Here, Low, In This River Bend
October 22, 2024

In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Adrian Anagnost (Tulane University / Clark Fellow) charts a cross-cultural history of visualizing territoriality in the lower Mississippi River Valley an ...

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Clark Society Gallery Tour: New Acquisitions at the Clark
Clark Society Gallery Tour: New Acquisitions at the Clark
October 24, 2024

Kathleen Morris, Sylvia and Leonard Marx Director of Collections and Exhibitions and curator of decorative arts, discusses recently acquired ceramics, including a group of Abolitionist objects made in ...

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LIBRARY

Explore the Clark's library and digital assets collections.

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AUTUMN EVENTS

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