IS183 and The Clark Joining Forces for Art Workshops

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This spring, IS183 Art School students will have the opportunity to interact with the collections and the campus at The Sterling and Francine Clark Institute.  

By offering hands-on art-making on-site, IS183 will complement the Clark’s mission to advance and extend the public understanding of art. Students will engage with existing art as they create their own, building a reciprocal understanding of how art is made.

For children ages 8-14, "Steampunk Printmakers" will be offered to create art inspired by the "Machine Age Modernism." The workshop will be led by Lucie Castaldo and will be held Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. from April 20-24. In this school vacation week workshop, kids will explore a variety of print making techniques and make a plethora of 2D and 3D works of art while experimenting with linocuts, monotypes, and bold colors.

For adults, a week-long workshop, "Drawing as Extreme Sport" with Kathline Carr, will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from June 8-12. Students will power through some drawing workouts, including interval training in the form of small and large drawings, timed exercises, as well as relays to work on collaborative strength! Students will round out the workout sessions with longer exercises to utilize new muscle and delve deeper into the drawing process. Graphite, charcoal, and Conté crayon will all be in on action. This workshop is intended for all levels and gives the student the time to develop new and existing skills.

IS183 Art School Registration for IS183’s classes at the Clark is available by calling IS183 at 413-298-5252 x100. More information about IS183’s complete spring and summer schedule including full class descriptions, dates, times and prices can be found online at IS183.org.

 


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Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed Assessments

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration.
 
The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers.
 
The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency account, the equivalent of a municipal free cash balance, an accrual of lower-than-anticipated expenses and higher-than-anticipated revenue in any given year.
 
That represented a 90 percent jump from the $350,000 allocated from E&D for fiscal year 2024, which ends on June 30. And, coupled with more robust use of the district's tuition revenue account (7 percent more in FY25) and School Choice revenue (3 percent more), the draw down on E&D is seen as a stopgap measure to mitigate a spike in FY25 expenses and an unsustainable budgeting strategy long term, administrators say.
 
The budget passed by the School Committee on Thursday continues to rely more heavily on reserves than in years past, but to a lesser extent than originally proposed.
 
Specifically, the budget the panel approved includes a total assessment to Williamstown of $13,775,336 (including capital and operating costs) and a total assessment to Lanesborough of $6,425,373.
 
As a percentage increase from the FY24 assessments, that translates to a 3.90 percent increase to Williamstown and a 3.38 percent increase to Lanesborough.
 
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