Clark Art Lecture on Book: 'Art In a State of Siege'

07:32AM / Tuesday, September 23, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) hosts a roundtable discussion on Joseph Leo Koerner's recent book, "Art in a State of Siege" (Princeton University Press, 2025).

The event takes place at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

According to a press release:

"Art in a State of Siege" examines the role of art when the rule of law breaks down. In conversation with Koerner, panelists Annie Bourneuf (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Shira Brisman (University of Pennsylvania), and Christophe Koné (Williams College) will respond to Koerner's book while engaging in a larger conversation about the role of images and art history during periods of political unease and turmoil.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event.

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Reminder to Lanesborough, Williamstown Voters: Mount Greylock School Committee a 'Write-In' Election

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:03AM / Friday, October 30, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Politicians and pundits in recent years have been preaching patience when it comes to getting election night results.

That usually means places like California, where vote-counting can be complicated or Michigan, where razor thin margins are anticipated.

Add Williamstown and Lanesborough to that list.

It is not a matter of pre-election polling suggesting particularly tight races; there is no such polling. Rather, it is a question of how voters will be making their selections in the race for the Mount Greylock Regional School District Committee.

None of the six candidates who qualified for four seats up for grabs on the panel appear on the ballots that have been mailed out, used in early voting or will be distributed at the polls on Nov. 3.

That means that all votes will be cast as write-ins, and that means it will take significantly longer for election workers to tally up votes in the local election once the polls close at 8 p.m. at Lanesborough Town Hall and Williamstown Elementary School.

As always, voters in both towns vote for all four seats on the ballot: two seats for Lanesborough residents and two for Williamstown residents in this year’s balloting.

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