The River Art Project at Stockbridge Station Gallery

05/17/2020

This short documentary tells the story of the Housatonic River in Western Massachusetts, where an environmental and health crisis has unfolded over the past 30 years.…

03/05/2020

WE ARE ALL DOWNRIVER.

08/20/2019

The River Art Project Exhibition has finished for the year. However, if you saw something you would like at the show this year, and it is still available, we will gladly donate a portion of your purchase to the RiverKeepers.

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Michael Filmus, Rivers Edge II, Oil on paper, 18.5 x 22.5”

08/01/2019

Opening Reception tomorrow!
Thank you Harryett Candee for this insightful interview with Scott Prior...

Summer time! Interviews in this issue: Jaane Doe...cristobal morales...scott prior...lotsa fiction....news & more!

07/17/2019

Berkshire-based artist Jim Schantz has been painting the Western Mass landscape since he moved to the area in 1982. His work imparts his vision, instilling in any observer the admiration and reverence for nature that he so tangibly experiences.

07/17/2019

Beach Boys, 1971....

Don't go near the water
Don't you think it's sad
What's happened to the water
Our water's going bad

Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams
Have all been touched by man
The poison floating out to sea
Now threatens life on land

Toothpaste and soap will make our oceans a bubble bath
So let's avoid an ecological aftermath
Beginning with me
Beginning with you

Don't go near the water
To do it any wrong
To be cool with the water
Is the message of this song

Let's all help the water
Right away
Do what we can and ought to
Let's start today

07/08/2019

“Making artwork is the closest I’ve come to having my life make any sense at all. It’s both indulgent and essential. It’s about balancing freedom and discipline, gut and brain, in order to explore this temporary existence, to consider the sensuality of nature and my personal connection to it.” Ann Getsinger

At the Stockbridge Station Gallery through July.

06/26/2019

Since moving from New York to Alford, Massachusetts in 1969, Filmus has continued to paint the enchanted Berkshire landscape. Working in pastels and oils, his drawings and paintings have captured the quiet beauty of these western hills and rivers.

06/25/2019

"I live along the banks of the Housatonic River, an ever-changing yet gentle force of nature. From my windows, I can see how the swift-moving water catches the colors of the sunrise, the afterglow of early evening, and the silver-gold shimmer of the moonlight. Each day on the river is different from the last, and like the unexpected turns of life itself, the coursing waters always bring fascinating and sometimes breathtaking experiences into view: The migration of birds traveling over this liquid highway; the arcing fish that break up the ice in early spring, when thousands of shards flow down the river in lily-like clusters. This life force, a gift from nature, deserves to be restored and protected for all time and shared with the generations to come.

The paintings I made for this exhibition celebrate the magical play of light on the waters of the Housatonic, this river that I love.”

06/22/2019

A glimpse into the Opening Reception!

06/22/2019

Thank you to all who came to celebrate at the Stockbridge Station Gallery, on this first day of summer, completed with a rainbow at the end!

06/08/2019

Since moving from New York to Alford, Massachusetts in 1969, Filmus has continued to paint the enchanted Berkshire landscape. Working in pastels and oils, his drawings and paintings have captured the quiet beauty of these western hills. Meet the artist at the June 21 opening reception!