Samara DiMouro reports from Stockbridge.The sun exhibited perfect timing on Saturday evening, June 23, shining brilliantly as the Berkshire Botanical Garden held its opening reception for Garden Time: Objects Employing the Sun. Artist/curators Greg and Natalie Randall, owners of R.T. Facts in Kent, had strategically and artfully positioned ten antique and newly constructed sundials, armillaries, and spheres built to tell time utilizing sunlight throughout the gardens, which guests explored, hors d'oeuvres and spritzers in hand, as Natalie led a tour and provided an explanation of the creative process from construction to placement. The sundials will remain on display in the gardens through October 15.
Artist/curators Greg Randall and Natalie Randall; Natalie Randall explains the function and beauty of these architectural elements in the garden.
Berkshire Botanical Garden executive director Molly Boxer with Brendan Moore, independent contractor at R.T. Facts and student at Alford University; Stephen Haveson and Judy Haveson with Charles Brandwein.
Rebecca Egozi and Benjamin Egozi; Tania Walker, Mark Walker, and Lou Boxer.
Dorrie Panayotou, Cole Jones, Carmen Jarces, and William Beautyman; Larry Wiener and Margaret Wiener.
Guests take in the aesthetic pleasures of traditional sun-powered timekeepers in the garden.
Written by
Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
- Oxygen House Photo
