In this public roundtable, scholars and Mastheads team members will discuss the art and literature of the Berkshires during the modernist period (1914-1945) and how modernist style continues to impact the region today.

We will hear Horace Ballard (Williams College/Williams College Museum of Art) on modernist visual art, Tessa Kelly (Mastheads/Arcade Works Architecture) on modernist architecture, and Jeffrey Lawrence (Mastheads/Rutgers University) on modernist literature. Alex Sayf Cummings (Georgia State University) will conclude with thoughts on the broader legacy of modernist style in the United States and how deindustrialization has changed the look and feel of the contemporary American city. The roundtable will be followed by a Q&A period and community discussion.