Clark Art Presents 'Writing Closer: Art and Writing'

08:00AM / Friday, April 19, 2024Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, April 26 at 10:30 am, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper invites writers of all experience and skill levels to find inspiration in thematic selections from the Clark's collection of works on paper.

April's open writing session theme, "Art and Writing," features prints, drawings, and photographs exploring the relationship between images and text. The selection includes works with inscriptions, captions, and hand-written dedications by their artists, as well as illustrations of famous literary scenes. Whether it's poetry or prose, fiction or non-, and a story-in-progress or something completely new, allow the works to inspire your writing.

Basic materials are provided. Writers bringing their own supplies should note that only graphite pencils are allowed in the Study Center.

Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.

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Williamstown Moves Annual Town Meeting Back to Elementary School

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Saturday, January 17, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Town Meeting will be held at Williamstown Elementary School for the first time since 2019 after a unanimous vote by the Select Board last Monday night.

The board voted 4-0 to move the annual meeting back to the Church Street school after it was held at Mount Greylock Regional School the last four years.

Twice, in 2020 and 2021, the meeting was held outdoors at Williams College's Weston Field during the height of the pandemic.

Technically, the 2022 meeting was scheduled for WES, but by the time it was convened, everyone who attended knew that the first order of business would be a motion to adjourn to a couple of weeks later at Mount Greylock to take advantage of the larger gym.

That gym was home to the meeting the next three years.

Board members discussed whether to move the May meeting back to WES and closer to the center of the town's population made sense.

"It would be nice to get a younger generation participating," Shana Dixon said. "A two-minute walk down the street as opposed to an eight-minute drive to Mount Greylock makes a difference, a big difference."

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