Clark Art Presents 'Writing Closer: Art and Writing'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Friday, April 26 at 10:30 am, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper invites writers of all experience and skill levels to find inspiration in thematic selections from the Clark's collection of works on paper. 
 
April's open writing session theme, "Art and Writing," features prints, drawings, and photographs exploring the relationship between images and text. The selection includes works with inscriptions, captions, and hand-written dedications by their artists, as well as illustrations of famous literary scenes. Whether it's poetry or prose, fiction or non-, and a story-in-progress or something completely new, allow the works to inspire your writing.
 
Basic materials are provided. Writers bringing their own supplies should note that only graphite pencils are allowed in the Study Center.
 
Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.

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Mass DEP OKs Williamstown Habitat for Humanity Project

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The president of Northern Berkshire Habitat for Humanity this week expressed satisfaction after the state Department of Environmental Protection ruled on a proposed four-home subdivision off Summer Street.
 
"It's basically exactly what I expected," Keith Davis said of the Nov. 7 decision from the Massachusetts DEP's Western Regional Office in Springfield. "The only real difference is any time we have to make a change, we have to go to the state instead of the local [Conservation Commission].
 
"They were happy with our proposal. … Charlie LaBatt and Guntlow and Associates did a good job with all the issues with wetlands and stormwater management."
 
The state agency needed to weigh in after a Summer Street resident — one of several who were critical of the Habitat for Humanity plan — filed an appeal of the town Con Comm's decision to OK the project on land currently owned by the town's Affordable Housing Trust.
 
"[The DEP] didn't make any changes to the order of conditions [from the Con Comm]," Davis said on Wednesday. "The project meets all the requirements for the Wetlands Protection Act."
 
The only change is that now the DEP will be the one overseeing any changes to the current plan, Davis said.
 
"I honestly don't foresee any changes," he said.
 
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