Clark Art Hosts Book Launch With Artist

11:35AM / Thursday, August 29, 2024Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts the book launch for "Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors," featuring a conversation between Kohlmann and her sister, Charlotte, followed by a book signing.

This free event takes place in the Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill.

The monograph features hundreds of works from 2011 to 2021 created using sumi-e ink washes and other techniques to capture the contours and nuances of embodied moments with exquisite sensitivity, celebrating a sensuality freed from analysis and gender norms.

Emma Kohlmann (b. 1989, Bronx, New York) is an internationally recognized artist who lives and works in Florence, Massachusetts. "Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors," published by Anthology press, is a survey of the artist working intuitively to generate representative possibilities that are playfully otherworldly and thrillingly free.

Free. For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Copies of Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors are available for purchase at the event and in the Museum Store. A book signing follows.

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Williamstown Planners Eye Consultant Help on Mixed-Use Proposal

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:48AM / Thursday, February 19, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board has decided to seek more input before moving ahead with a proposal that would encourage more mixed-use development in the town's business zones.

For months, the board had acknowledged that a lot of work needed to go into putting a full-fledged zoning overlay district proposal before town meeting but was optimistic the task could be completed in time for May's annual meeting.

But last Tuesday, the town planner suggested that the board could benefit from the work of consultants which the town could hire if it receives a couple of grants from the commonwealth.

One of those grants could help fund a study to look at what sorts of business development might be possible if the town code is changed to encourage the construction of buildings that combine commercial and residential uses in its Limited Business and Planned Business zoning districts.

"[The town has] done housing needs assessments a couple of times, what about a market needs assessment?" Community Development Director Andrew Groff asked the board rhetorically at its monthly meeting. "That undergirds the whole rezoning program. And then you build the form-based [zoning] on top of that."

Groff told the board that he started thinking about the need for studies to support the mixed-use zoning initiative after conversations with officials from the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission and preliminary talks with the type of consultant who might be able to help the town get the data it could use.

The planner also suggested that the creation of overlay districts could be done in phases.

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