hill country observerFacebook linkHill Country Observer TwitterHill Country Instagram page

The independent newspaper of eastern New York, southwestern Vermont and the Berkshires

 

THE CALENDAR EXHIBITIONS Theater Listings and arts news

 

AREA EXHIBITIONS • August - September 2025

 

ArtOmi.org • outdoor, self-guided tour, multiple artists • online catalog
• through Oct. 26: Harold Stevenson: “Less Real Than My Routine Fantasy”

 

BecketArtsCenter.org • 7 Brooker Hill Rd., Becket, MA
• through Aug. 3: 2025 Member Show
• through Aug. 17: Macrocosm
• Aug. 22-Sep. 14: Motif
• Sep. 19-Oct. 12: Reflective

 

BenningtonMuseum.org • 75 Main St., Bennington, VT • Online too
• Sep. 1-Oct. 13: 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt
• Sep. 13-Dec. 31: Women in Wartme
• through Sep. 7: Samplers
• through Nov. 2: “Green Mountain Magic: Uncanny Realism in Vermont”
• through Nov. 2: NBOSS at the Museum
• through 2027: Art Bridges, featuring Paul Cadmus’ “Lloyd & Barbara Wescott;” George Henry Durrie’s “To Hartford - IX Miles;” Horace Pippin’s “Holy Mountain I;” and David Smith’s “March Sentinel”

 

BerkshireBotanical.org • 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA
• through Aug. 10: “Daydream”
• through Aug. 11: “Sleepwalkers”
• Aug. 15-Oct. 5: Frances Palmer: “Terracotta and Floral Photography”

 

BerkshireHistory.org • 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA
• The Invisible Community: African Americans in Berkshire Co. (1830-2012) • Links at URL & Berkshire Co. Hist. Soc. YouTube Channel • • ONLINE: “Significant Moments in Pittsfield History”
• through Sep. 29: “Marriage and Memory: Weddings in Berkshire County Through the Centuries”

 

BoltonHistoricalMuseum.org 4924 Lakeshore Dr., Rogers Park, Bolton, NY • 518-791-7572
• through Oct. 12: “Welcome to Lake George: Vacation Paradise of the ‘50s and ‘60s”

 

CarrieHaddadGallery.com • 622 Warren St., Hudson, NY
• Aug. 1-Sep. 21: “Second Floor Showcase”
• Aug. 1-Sep. 21: “Weathered”

 

ChapmanMuseum.org • 348 Glens St., Glens Falls, NY
• through Sep. 21: “Chapman Yearbook: 60 Years of Collecting”
• through Oct. 5: “1868 Bedroom” & “1910 Bedroom”
• Aug. 12-Nov. 2: “A Good Catch”

 

ClarkArt.edu • 225 South St., Williamstown, MA
• through Sep. 14: “A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875-1945” feat. 25 artists
• through Sep. 21:”Paginations--Bold by Design: Mid-century Modern Graphic Art”
• through Oct. 5: “Berenic Abbott’s Modern Lens”
• through Oct. 13: “Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time”
• through Jan. 25, 2026: “Mariel Capanna: Giornata”
• through -Oct. 12, 2026: “Ground/work 2025”: monumental sculpture feat. 6 international artists

 

ClaverackLibrary.org • Marilyn & Bob Laurie Gallery • 9 Rte. 9H, Claverack, NY • 518-851-7120
• Aug. 8-late Sep:-”Creative Claverack: Visions Unveiled” (6 local artists)

 

DArcySimpsonArtWorks.com • 409 Warren St., Hudson, NY • Fri.-Mon., 12-5 pm
• through Aug. 24: Craig Hood: “Country Road”

 

510WarrenStreetGallery.com • Hudson, NY
• Aug. 1-31: “Intergenerational Views”: Paintings by Hannah Mandel & Ian Clyde

 

Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library • www.CrandallLibrary.org/Folklife-Center • 251 Glen St., Glens Falls, NY
• Literature Room: “Signs, Murals, & Other Messages: Scenes of Chiang Mai & Tai of northern Thailand”
• Basement Folklife Gallery:
--through Dec. 31: “Night Market & Street Food” by Todd DeGarmo
--through Dec. 31: “Breaking the Chains: Lincoln & Douglass Linocuts of Stephen Alcorn”
• YouTube Playlist: “Local Solutions in the Champlain Adirondack Biosphere” • Original series feat. 12 mini-documetnaries by six filmmakers, produced by Folklife Center, supported by a grant from Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership
• ongoing: “Hometown USA and Shutter Squad” youth photography

 

Framework by Downtown Pittsfield Gallery • 431 North St., Pittsfield, MA
• Aug. 1-Aug. 25: “Let It Shine! Artist Exhibition,” feat. Carly Holmes, Riley Wilde, Jesus Alicea, & Kenny Davis

 

HancockShakerVillage.org • 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA
• through Nov. 30: “The City of Peace: Photos by Dylan Kubis” • “Simple Gifts: Visual Translations of Shaker Hymns & Copland Music” • Steve Careau: “Chaste” • “Imagining Shaker Sisters” • “Elements of Harmony”
• through Nov. 30: “Couture from the World: Inspired by the Shakers”
• through Nov. 30: “All Around the Room”

 

Historic SalemCourthouse.org • 58 East Broadway, Salem, NY
• Aug. 8-30: Laurie Goodhart’s “Reveries and Reverence”

 

Hudson Opera House • HudsonHall.org • 327 Warren St., Hudson, NY
• through Aug. 17: John Kinzel: “Hudson Terminus”
• Aug. 23-Oct. 5: Christian Marclay, Artwork & exhibition courtesy of Second Ward Foundation

 

HydeCollection.org • 161 Warren St., Glens Falls, NY • 518-792-1761
• through Sep. 21: Prosperity and Exclusion: European Prints from 1500-1850
• through Sep. 28: “George Rickey Across TIme” and “Architect[ural]”


Image Photos Gallery • 413-298-5500
• photography of Clemens Kalischer

 

JacobsPillow.org • 358 George Carter Road, Becket, MA
• through Aug. 22: jacobspillow.org/livestreams (reg. req’d. to receive link)
• through final curtain: “Connecting Through Time: 50 Seasons w/Norton Owen” • Blake’s Barn & Norton Owen Reading Room
• through final curtain: “Dancing the Algorithm” • Doris Duke Theatre Gallery
• through final curtain: “Ailey Connections” • Ted Shawn Theatre Lobby

Online Exhibit: “Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive”at danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org

 

LABspace • 2642 NY Rte. 23, Hillsdale, NY • julielabspace@gmail.com
• through Aug. 24: Zohar Lazar: “UTOPIA PKWY”

 

LARAC.org • Lapham Gallery • 7 Lapham Pl., Glens Falls, NY
• through Aug. 6: “Further On Up the Road”
• Aug. 15-Sep. 17: “As It Was”

 

LaurenClarkFineArt.com • 684 Main St., Unit 2, Great Barrington, MA
• through Aug. 4: Pamela Berkeley & Joan Griswold: “All the Comforts of Home”
• Aug. 9-Sep. 8: Susan Dibble & Jim Youngerman’s “Let’s Dance Together!”

 

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts • lovepittsfield.com/lichtenstein-center-pittsfield • 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield, MA • 413-499-9348
• through Aug. 22: “CATA: I’m a Part of Art”
• Sep. 3-26: “Katunemo: We are America Too: The Journey Continues”

 

MASSMoCA.org • Adams, MA
• through Aug. 31: “Like Magic”
• through Nov. 30: Amy Podmore: “Audience”
• through Apr. 5, 2026: Vincent Valdez: “Just a Dream”
• through May 2026: Jeffrey Gibson’s “Power Full Because We’re Different”

 

Middletown Springs Historical Society • mshsvt.org • 10 Park Ave., Middletown Springs, VT
• through Oct. 12, & by appt through Dec. 21: “Patterns and Provenance: Quilts of Middletown Springs, 1840-1920”

 

The Mount, EdithWharton.org Home
• through Oct. 19: “Sculpture at the Mount”

 

Norman Rockwell Museum • 9 Glendale Rd, Stockbridge, MA • nrm.org
• through Oct. 26: “I Spy! Walter WIck’s Hidden Wonders”
•through Oct. 26: “Hidden Worlds and Wonders” contemp. sculpture & installation art
• through Jan. 4, 2026: “Illustrators of Light: Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Edison Mazda Collection”

 

NorthCountryArts.org • Ste. 120, 71 Lawrence St., Glens Falls, NY
--Shirt Factory Gallery
• through Aug. 2: “Magnum Opus - Solo Show: Jude Dalton”
• Aug. 9-Sep. 28: “Don’t Worry, It’s Only Art”
--Mezzanine Gallery, Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls, NY
• through Sep. 27: Member Summer Show

 

RoeliffJansenHS.org • 8 Miles Rd., Copake Falls, NY
• through Oct. 26: “Sites to Celebrate: Local History Revisited”

 

SeptemberGallery.com • 4 Hudson St, 3rd floor, Kinderhook, NY
• through Aug. 3: Nicole Cherubini: “The Motherlode”
• Opening Aug. 16: Ashley Garrett: “Psyche”

 

SohnFineArt.com • 69 Church St., Lenox, MA
• Aug. 1-Oct. 6: Marieken Cochius, Dennis Lee Mitchell, Leah Raintree: “Blaze, Smolder, Char”

 

SpaFIneArtGallery.com • 376 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
• through Sep. 1: Lisa Palombo: “Famous Fillies”

 

SparkofHudson.org • 502 Union St., Hudson, NY
• through Aug. 1: “Portraits of Hudson: A Photography Exhibition by Chad Weckler”
• Aug. 15-Dec. 19: “Hudson 1997-2003: Portraits by Phyllis Hjorth”

 

Spencertown Academy • 790 NY Rte. 203, Spencertown, NY
• through Aug. 3: “Gee’s Band: The Next Generation” Quilts Exhibition
• Sep. 27-Oct. 26: Regional Juried Fine Art Show: Art as Memoir


StoneValleyArts.org • 145 E. Main St., Poultney, VT
• Aug. 16: 47 Main St. Painters Group Show

 

SVAC.org • 930 SVAC Dr., Manchester
• through Sep. 28: Summer 2025 Solo Exhibition AND “From Our Eyes”
• through Jan. 4, 2026: “Into the Abstract: Paul Gruhler & Neha Vedpathak”

 

Tang.skidmore.edu • 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY
• through Aug. 24: Anne E. Stoner: “Drowning Out the Noise”
• through Nov. 2: “Up to Us: Black Dimensions in Art, 1975--Tomorrow,” A 50-year Celebration of Black Creativity
• through Dec. 7: “Building Blocks”

 

ValleyArtisansMarket.com • 25 E. Main St., Cambridge, NY • One-of-a-kind creations online
• Aug. 1-25: Lynn Shanks’ “Places and Faces”
• Aug. 29-Sep. 22: ARRTA
• Sep. 26-Oct. 20: Edward Hayes & Lauren Kenneally: Fairy Houses & Needle Felting

 

Varosy Studios • 1522 North Rd., Greenwich, NY
• Aug. 15-17: Mother-Son Art Show: Anne Sutherland & Seth Butler

WorldChildrensMuseum.org • 89 Warren St., Glens Falls, NY • Online museum at URL