Clark Art Lecture On Intimate Color Prints

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mary Weaver Chapin, curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, will present a special talk on the print portfolios of key leaders of the Nabis artistic movement, who played a central role in the late nineteenth-century transition from Impressionism to early modernism.

Her talk, "Intimate Color: The Print Portfolios of Bonnard, Vuillard, and Denis, 1899," will be broadcast live via Zoom and Facebook Live on Sunday, March 6, at 2 pm.

Chapin's lecture marks the final day of the Clark's presentation of Hue & Cry: French Printmaking and the Debate Over Colors.

In 1899, art dealer and print enthusiast Ambroise Vollard published lithographic suites by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, and Maurice Denis. Each album consisted of twelve lithographs plus a cover, and each was issued in an edition of 100. In contrast to scenes of nightlife by Toulouse-Lautrec or the public posters of Jules Chéret, these artists used color lithography to explore the private interior, family life, and intimate glimpses of the city. Ranging from deep, saturated color to the faintest whisper of ink on paper, the Vollard albums demonstrate the wide range of tone that artists used to evoke emotion and subjective responses in the viewer and are generally considered to be among the finest examples of color lithography from the period. Hue & Cry features a remarkable presentation of the complete portfolios of work made by each of the three artists.

Exploring the surprising but steady opposition to printed color in nineteenth-century France, "Hue & Cry" also showcases the Clark's holdings of French color prints by artists including Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Jules Chéret, Camille Pissarro, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Advance registration is required to view the Zoom transmission. Registrants will receive an email with a private Zoom link before the event. The event will also be broadcast via Facebook Live. For more information and to register, visit clarkart.edu/events.

"Hue & Cry: French Printmaking and the Debate over Colors" is made possible by Denise Littlefield Sobel. The exhibition is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.

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Williamstown Studying Major Overhaul for Main Street

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:14AM / Wednesday, July 29, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town is working with a Worcester civil engineering firm to redesign Main Street with an eye toward a major project sometime in the next decade.

Community Development Director Andrew Groff was before the Select Board on Monday night to talk about Town Hall's use of a $500,000 state grant to do preliminary design on major improvements to that portion of Route 2 that runs from Water Street west to the Field Park rotary, through the middle of Williams College's campus.

Groff introduced the elected officials to Amanda Bazinet of Worcester's Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, who is helping the town to develop a plan for Main Street that would align with the commonwealth's Complete Streets Program.

"Our project goals, in addition to the increased pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, is just, in general, improving the sightlines and improving the intersection geometry," Bazinet said.

"Complete Streets … has a lot of different facets to it. As Andrew had mentioned, the goal is to improve the safety for all of the roadway users — not just the motorists. We're looking at improving it for pedestrians, bicyclists, anyone using a mobility device. We want to create streets that are safe for all ages and abilities to use. So, while bicyclists will still be allowed, legally, to use the roadway, we want to look at providing a separate bicycle accommodation along the corridor, whether it's a shared use path along both sides of the streets that is a little more accessible to young children or older people with disabilities to look at all transportation options."

One goal is to encourage "active transportation." The Massachusetts Department of Transportation, who the town hopes one day might fund the construction, has a "healthy transportation policy," Bazinet said.

That MassDOT funding would come through the Transportation Improvement Program, which is managed locally by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The design work underway now is being done with an eye toward going after TIP funding years down the road.

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