Clark Art Talk: Views of Venice

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 1 pm, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper hosts the final of this summer's Works on Paper Highlights Talks. 
 
William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, presents "Views of Venice." In the talk, he highlights prints of Venice's Piazza San Marco by American and British artists (1900–1930) and discusses the Renaissance architecture of that site.
 
With masterpieces of graphic art from the fifteenth through the early twentieth century, the Clark's collection of prints, drawings, and photographs is a veritable treasure trove.
 
Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is first-come, first-served. The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition in the Manton Research Center.

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Cross-Commonwealth Walk Highlights Fight to Change State Flag

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A small but growing group of activists from around New England on Friday began a planned three-week trek across the commonwealth to deliver a message to Gov. Maura Healey.
 
David Detmold, 69, of Montague, is the leader of an effort to raise awareness about the Massachusetts Indigenous legislative agenda.
 
On Friday afternoon, he took a break after hiking from the New York State line to talk about that agenda in the shadow of the Williamstown Meetinghouse, home of the First Congregational Church.
 
Detmold said the group's objectives boil down to three main points: listen to Native nations, defend sacred homelands, honor all people.
 
On the first goal, a major point of emphasis is a decades-long campaign to change the Massachusetts state flag.
 
As the group makes its way east toward the State House in Boston, it is handing out literature explaining some of its causes, including one that breaks down the objectionable elements of the commonwealth's seal, which adorns the flag.
 
One element that jumps out: the image of what appears to be a colonialist wielding a sword above the image of a Native American.
 
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