Clark Art Hosts Free Community Day

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass—On Sunday, July 13, the Clark Art Institute opens its doors for Community Day: Art In Action.

Visitors enjoy free admission all day (10 am–5 pm), and from 11 am to 4 pm, the Institute offers artmaking activities, live entertainment, and more. 

Visitors can view the Clark's permanent collection galleries and special exhibitions for free, including A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945; Berenice Abbott's Modern Lens; and Mariel Capanna: Giornata. Throughout the day, live entertainment, delicious local food, and special surprises promise a memorable day for visitors of all ages.

The Clark's 140-acre campus offers walking trails through its woodlands and meadows and provides views from atop Stone Hill. While walking the grounds, explore Ground/work 2025, an outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring a dynamic range of presentations by international artists, Y? Akiyama, Laura Ellen Bacon, Aboubakar Fofana, Hugh Hayden, Milena Naef, and Javier Senosiain. 

The full entertainment lineup is:

Mama Train
11–11:50 am, 2–2:50 pm
Museum Pavilion Terrace

Mama Train celebrates the spirit of the Jazz Age with rich female vocals and dynamic expressive piano. Their soulful melodies and lively instrumentation combine to create a small act with a big vintage sound!

Great Small Works
12–12:15 pm, 1:30–1:45 pm, 3:15 pm
Museum Pavilion Terrace

Theatre group Great Small Works performs Three Graces an Op-Art cantastoria (banner show with sung recitation) based on the lives of Grace Lee Boggs, Grace Paley, and Grace Kelly.

Raye Zaragoza
12:30–1:15 pm, 3:15–4 pm
Museum Pavilion Terrace

Raye Zaragoza is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who challenges traditional expectations placed on women as they get older. Her album Hold That Spirit explores themes of self-investment, joy, and the female experience.

Rachel Clemente
11–11:45 am, 12–12:45 pm, 1–1:45 pm, 2–2:45 pm, 3–3:45 pm
Clark Center lower lobby

Rachel Clemente is a New England-based pedal and traditional Scottish harpist.

Community Day is free and open to the public. Refreshments are available for purchase. This event happens rain or shine. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.


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Williamstown, Five Other County Towns Receive Seasonal Community Grants

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BOSTON, Mass.  — Five months after Williamstown's town meeting opted into the commonwealth's Seasonal Communities program, the town has received its first grant from the state under the program.
 
Gov. Maura Healey Tuesday announced nearly $2 million in Seasonal Community Grants to help all 24 municipalities in the program statewide.
 
The funding helps communities advance housing projects with the potential to support 594 year-round homes, including affordable housing developments, infrastructure improvements and planning efforts that will help unlock future housing opportunities.
 
"From the Berkshires to Cape Cod and the Islands, our seasonal communities are an important part of what makes Massachusetts special," Healey in a news release. "But we know these communities face unique challenges, especially when it comes to housing for the people who live and work there year-round. That's why we created the Seasonal Communities designation and are backing it up with funding to help local leaders build more homes, support their workforce and keep their communities strong for generations to come."
 
That list of awardees includes six Berkshire County towns:
 
• Egremont — $60,687 to support septic and well construction for Phase II of Town Hall Housing, adding affordable housing units (20 units).
 
• Great Barrington — $84,731 to conduct a housing needs study, develop a Housing Production Plan and support the design and engineering of roadway and streetscape improvements near Reed Street and Main Street.
 
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