Clark Art Free For Three Program

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will offer free admission for all visitors from January through March 2024.

In its second year, the "Free for Three" program is part of the Institute's ongoing effort to expand awareness of its programming and to welcome new visitors.  

"We want everyone in our community to feel welcome at the Clark and hope that they will take advantage of our free admission months to explore our galleries, wander our grounds, and get to know the Clark better," said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark. "By offering three months of free admission, our visitors will be able to discover our permanent collection, see three new exhibitions, and participate in a number of free events and programs offered between January through March.

In 2023, the Clark welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors during the three-month free admission period.

During the free admission season, visitors will have the opportunity to tour the Clark's permanent collection and to see three new exhibitions, "50 Years and Forward: British Prints and Drawings Acquisitions" (open through Feb.11, 2024), "50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions" (open through March 10, 2024) and "Paper Cities" (opens March 9, 2024). And, on Feb. 10, the Clark will open the latest presentation of contemporary art in its public spaces with an installation by David-Jeremiah. 

The Clark's grounds, which are always open free of charge, provide miles of walking trails. In winter months, the Clark's Project Snowshoe program offers visitors the opportunity to borrow free snowshoes to explore the beauty of the campus in winter. Snowshoes are available in adult and child sizes on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Clark also offers a array of more than sixty free public programs, concerts, and other activities. Details on January through March 2024 programming are available at clarkart.edu/events


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Williamstown Fire Personnel Committee to Interview Six Applicants for Chief Position

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Twenty-four applicants from as far away as California applied to be the town's next fire chief, the Prudential Committee learned on Wednesday.
 
By the end of next month, one of those applicants could be named the replacement for retiring Chief Craig Pedercini.
 
At Wednesday's meeting of the committee, which oversees the fire district, member Joe Beverly, who also serves on the district's Personnel Committee, reported that the latter body had reviewed two dozen applicants who sought to lead the call-volunteer department.
 
On Thursday, Beverly said, the Personnel Committee will interview six applicants from that pool.
 
The hiring screening committee hopes to be able to present two or three finalists to the Prudential Committee to interview at its Feb. 26 meeting, Beverly said.
 
"We were all very satisfied with the number [of applicants]," he said. "We all had a chance to review them ourselves and pick out the top six or seven. We met last week and narrowed down the list. We're doing six interviews tomorrow, and then we'll whittle down to a second round [of interviews]."
 
The final interviews by the Prudential Committee, the hiring authority for the department's chief, likely will be conducted without one of the elected members of the body.
 
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