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Deon Jones is a musician and artist with one of the most important voices of his generation. Jones created his first recording project—a powerful rendition of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” featuring Academy Award-winning composer Jon Batiste — after being shot by police in the face with a rubber bullet during the 2020 summer protests. The recording has been hailed by Rolling Stone magazine and U2’s Bono as “transformative” and by The Boston Globe as “a performance with clarifying power.” Jones brings his transformative energy to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 19.The music video for Deon Jones’ cover of “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is part of artist Glenn Kaino’s exhibition “In the Light of a Shadow” which is installed in MASS MoCA’s Building 5 through September 5. The exhibition is inspired by the connection between protests across the globe.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is in Utica, New York. Their new exhibit is: “Unchained: Allan Rohan Crite, Spirituality and Black Activism” – now on view through May 8th. "Unchained" is the first exhibition to explore the spiritual art of Allan Rohan Crite (1910–2007), reflecting the African American quest for racial justice in the years leading up to the Civil Rights Movement. The exhibition brings together more than 60 of the artist’s paintings, watercolors, and works on paper which reveal the connections between Crite’s art and faith. We welcome MWPAI Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary Murray.

Amy Herman has developed a unique approach to problem solving that uses works of art to revitalize our minds and refine our creative thinking. She’s trained thousands of people around the world in organizations and industries from the military and government to medicine, finance, and education, technology, security, intelligence, and more. In her new book, "Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving," (HaperWave) Herman shares her methodology that refreshes and rejuvenates essential critical thinking skills to help readers resolve problems, difficulties, and challenges.

Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-five internationally bestselling novels. Her latest, Wish You Were Here, begins in New York City, March 2020 as young art professional Diana O’Toole is about to embark on a trip to the Galapagos with her surgical resident boyfriend-soon-to-be-fiancé. But then a virus that felt worlds away appears in the city.

On loan from The Phillips Collection, "Pattern of Leaves" celebrates Georgia O’Keeffe’s long and intimate association with Lake George and the Adirondacks. The painting is on view in Hoopes Gallery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York.

For three generations, the Wyeths have created art that captures the imagination and admiration of a wide audience. "The Wyeths: Three Generations Works from the Bank of America Collection" is an exhibition now at the Albany Institute of History and Art. Victoria Browning Wyeth is the only grandchild of iconic artist Andrew Wyeth; she is the daughter of Nicholas and Jane Wyeth, great-granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, and the niece of contemporary realist Jamie Wyeth. She will be part of “An Evening with Victoria Wyeth” at the museum tomorrow 5:30 p.m.

The North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show - or NBOSS - is one of the region’s premiere arts events of the summer/fall season, featuring work by some of the best artists from southern Vermont and throughout the northeast for the last 23 years.

The Agricultural Stewardship Association’s Landscapes for Landsake is an annual art exhibition that celebrates both the agricultural heritage and stunning landscapes of the Upper Hudson Valley. Now in its 20th year, the show is the region’s largest art buying event of the season.

The Hilltown Open Studio Tour takes place this weekend, giving art lovers the opportunity to visit the studios of nearly two dozen local artists. The tour will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd and 3rd from 11AM to 5 PM both days and is organized by the Hilltown Arts Alliance.

There is a new exhibit - The Art of Wordless Picture Books – at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. Wordless picture books take center stage in The Carle’s new exhibition on view through December 5th. Artist and author David Wiesner, who has won six Caldecott citations, five of which were awarded for his tour-de-force wordless picture books, has traded in his paints and brushes to curate the exhibition.