Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College

• The Museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 11-4 and Thursday evenings from 6-10

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

• Exotic Muses: Dancers by Robert Henri and Nick Cave
  Separated in time by a century, American ‘Ashcan’ painter Robert Henri (1865–1929) and contemporary sculptor and performance artist Nick Cave (born in 1959) are bound by a shared commitment to the human figure. This six-object installation, featuring a celebrated Henri at Amherst (Salome, 1909) and loans from the Colby College Museum of Art and two private collections, explores the artists’ representations of dancers as exotic “Others” — alluring, and perhaps unsettling, personifications of difference. This exhibition is supported by the Hall and Kate Peterson Fund and Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson.

Smith College Museum of Art

• Shared Inspiration: The David R. and Muriel Pokross Collection
  Shared Inspiration: The David R. and Muriel Pokross Collection celebrates a generous gift from the family of Muriel Kohn Pokross, class of 1934, and David R. Pokross. The Pokross Collection is comprised mainly of paintings, drawings, and prints by major artists of the post-World War II period. The collection displays a strong inclination towards figuration – even many of the abstract works subtly engage the figure – and emotional connection.
• Jay Bolotin: The Jackleg Testament
  "The Jackleg Testament Part I: Jack and Eve" is a one-of-a-kind animated, operatic film derived from the crisply styled woodcuts of artist, composer, and performer Jay Bolotin. The film, which reinterprets the story of Adam and Eve as a dark, provocative tale in which Eve is lured from the Garden of Eden by a Jack-in-the-Box, is accompanied by the 40 woodcuts used by the artist to create the images in the film.

Yiddish Book Center

• A velt mit vetelekh: The Worlds of Yiddish Culture
• Once@9:53: A fotonovela exhibit by Ilan Stavans & Marcelo Brodsky

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

• It's Cool at the Mead: Summer Gallery Conversations at the Museum
  Join us Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. and Fridays at 11:00 a.m. from June 21 - August 24 for curatorial gallery talks featuring selections of the Mead's permanent collection.

Smith College Museum of Art

• February 8 Free Second Friday

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College

• It's Cool at the Mead: Summer Gallery Conversations at the Museum
  Join us Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. and Fridays at 11:00 a.m. from June 21 - August 24 for curatorial gallery talks featuring selections of the Mead's permanent collection.

Smith College Museum of Art

• February 8 Free Second Friday