We thought we’d give you some inspiration to step away from your desk or TV, walk outside, and enjoy the Berkshire scenery with the many birds that can be found in your own backyard.

Tableaux vivants, or living pictures, are imitations of paintings created inside a large frame with real people. The parlor game peaked in popularity between 1830 and 1920, and Daniel Chester French’s family home was no exception.

One of the wonderful things that the beautiful boutique hotel in dowtown Pittsfield does is regularly exhibit works by regional artists for all to view. Sally Tiska Rice, a lifelong Berkshire resident, will be Hotel on North’s featured artist from July 1 through September 1.

Artists Deborah H. “Deb” Carter and Joanie Ciolfi are collaborating in an exhibit that opens June 7 in the Brick Dwelling at Hancock Shaker Village.

Gibson’s Power Full Because We’re Different is a newly commissioned immersive installation at MASS MoCA.

Stockbridge Library welcomes the work of Terri OConnor and Rebecca Burr in their October art exhibit Honor and Hope: Two Mohican Artists...

A self-described free-range child from rural New Hampshire, interdisciplinary artist Peter D. Gerakaris is known for using a vibrant style.

GREGORY CREWDSON says he is inspired by the works of Norman Rockwell, who lived in Stockbridge. (Originally from Brooklyn, Crewdson now...

Jeff Rodgers describes the photographic still life by STEPHANIE BLUMENTHAL of Sheffield like this: “We are living in dramatic times, and...

In her new studio in the Beaver Mill, GALEN CHENEY pours pigment onto raw canvas — fluorescent acrylics and sensuous oils. “It’s like a...

When Berkshire resident Morgan Bulkeley saw the effects that Donald Trump was having on the country as president, he felt desperate and...

Ilene Richard was one of two artists who first established studios on the third floor of the Clock Tower Business Center in Pittsfield....

“The photography is what grounds me,” says Xtina Parks. “If I was just a conservationist, it would crush me.” Sensitive to the animals...

Ann Getsinger’s Garden of Curiosity is on exhibit through November 19 at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Leonhardt Galleries. More than 30...

A walk through the grounds of the Mount is enchanting in and of itself—stop at a stream and then take a path to a beaver pond; step into...

Shany Porras is a visual music artist who translates music from various genres into abstract paintings. Paying tribute to the artists of...

Red Cloak Blue Bucket (watercolor, 28X40 inches) by artist Barbara Ernst Prey features a red Shaker cloak and a pail from Hancock Shaker...

Writer, artist, and teacher Suzi Banks Baum created this mandala with Berkshire artist Sarah Nicholson on a tabletop at a women’s...

Shawn Fields lives in the quiet village of Mill River, where he and his wife, Kenzie, raise their three children. Fields, whose technique...

Carolyn Abrams started painting more than 40 years ago when her husband brought home paints and a canvas because they couldn’t afford...