Clark Art Hosts Williams College Graduate Program Symposium

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, June 5, 2026, from 9:15 am to 5 pm, the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art holds its annual symposium at which graduating Masters students deliver presentations on their individual research activities.
 
The symposium is presented in the auditorium of the Clark Art Institute's Manton Research Center.

This year's presentations, timed in conjunction with Williams College's 2026 Commencement weekend, address a variety of topics in the history of art, including the artistic tradition of ancestral Peruvian textiles, the implications of depicting beheadings in seventeenth-century Seville, the relationship between print and sound technologies in the late nineteenth century, efforts to shape the public perception of color through photography during the Nazi period, and the interplay of painting and phenomenology in the late twentieth century. All presentations are free and open to the public.

Presentations will be approximately twenty minutes each, delivered in thematic panels of two or three speakers that are followed by a moderated discussion. 

Presenters include:

Chioma Agbaraji [Prince George's County, Maryland]

Maximillion A. Alegria [Baker, Florida] 

Hannah Tsung-Ling Chew [Menlo Park, California]

Cristine Elizabeth Escudero [Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey] 

Natalie Ginsberg [Newark, Delaware] 

Alexis Kelly [Irvine, California]

Charlie Qing Xu Kong [Shanghai, China, and Vancouver, Canada]

Elizabeth Levie [San Francisco, California] 

Andrew Lu [Beijing, China]

Cèlia Pardillo-Lopez [West Lafayette, Indiana, and Barcelona, Spain]

Emma Poveda [Los Angeles, California] 

At 4:30 pm on Saturday, June 6, the Clark hosts the graduate program's annual hooding ceremony, honoring the students' accomplishments. 

The symposium and hooding ceremony both take place in the auditorium at the Clark Art Institute's Manton Research Center, 225 South Street, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

For more information, visit gradart.williams.edu.


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RSNE Wins Cal Ripken Majors Title

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Williamstown RSNE Thursday beat Wildcat Sports Group of Lee, 12-7, to win the Berkshire County Cal Ripken majors division championship.
 
RSNE took the first two games of the best-of-three series to claim the crown, winning, 14-4, in Lee on Tuesday.
 
In the deciding game, RSNE jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but WSG struck right back in the second.
 
Again, the hosts pulled ahead, with three in the third to take a 7-4 lead, but Wildcat Sports Group, which got a 2-for-3 day at the plate from Finn L., came back to tie it, 7-7, in the top of the fifth.
 
In the bottom of the frame, Marco KoaMaya, Jake Perez and Charlie Sabot singled in a five-run rally that put RSNE on top for good.
 
Perez went 2-for-2 with a double and three RBIs to lead RSNE's offense. KoaMaya was 2-for-3 at the plate.
 
KoaMaya also threw three innings, allowing just one earned run, to earn the win on the mound in relief. Four RSNE pitchers combined to allow three earned runs and strike out 10.
 
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