Clark Art Talks Highlighting Works on Paper

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — This August, the Clark Art Institute's Manton Study Center for Works on Paper hosts a series of new talks celebrating the two-hundredth birthday anniversaries of several artists in the Clark's collection, including Jean-Léon Gérôme, Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Jozef Israëls, and William Morris Hunt. 
 
Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with a member of the curatorial department.
 
Offered Wednesdays in August from 1:00–1:30 pm. Topics and presenters include:
  • August 7: "Many Happy Returns!" with Alexis Goodin, associate curator
  • August 14: "Curator's Choice" with Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator
  • August 21: "Edgar Degas Bonus Selection" with Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • August 28: "Views of Venice" with William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper
Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is first-come, first-served. The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition in the Manton Research Center.

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Williamstown Library Committee Looks to Advance Renovations

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Milne Library's Building and Grounds Committee on Thursday recommended that the director move ahead with several repairs to the building.
 
On a vote of 4-0, the committee recommended that the Board of Trustees accept a bid from Bennington, Vt.'s, Vermont Roofing to fix the roof over the bathrooms in the front of the library.
 
And in a separate 4-0 vote, the building committee told Director Angela Zimmerman to issue a request for proposals to redo windows and doors, two major issues raised in a report the Trustees commissioned from Bennington's Centerline Architects.
 
In June of last year, the trustees learned that the Centerline report was recommending a number of "critical issues" to be addressed in the building, including the windows and doors, with an estimated price tag of nearly $262,000.
 
At the May 2023 annual town meeting, members authorized up to $300,000 toward capital repairs at the library.
 
On Thursday, Zimmerman, who came on board in March, told the Building and Grounds Committee that the $300,000 needs to be committed by the end of fiscal year 2025 next June.
 
"We at least need to have the projects in motion," Zimmerman said.
 
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