Clark Art Hosts Publication Launch

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, May 23 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute celebrates the launch of the exhibition publication for David Jeremiah: "I Drive Thee," this year's public spaces installation.
 
It marks artist David-Jeremiah's first museum show outside his home state of Texas and his first publication. David-Jeremiah speaks with Robert Wiesenberger, the Clark's curator of contemporary projects, about the underlying subjects in his work, examining the Lamborghini sports car and the Spanish bullfight as lenses on Black masculinity in America. 
 
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A public reception and publication signing follow the talk. Copies of "I Drive Thee" will be available for purchase at the event and in the Museum Store. 

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Williamstown Government Presents Communication Plan

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown is working to improve communications with residents.
 
The town manager told the Select Board last week that the town obtained a Community Compact Best Practices grant from the state's Division of Local Services to fund a consultant from the University of Massachusetts at Boston's Collins Center for Public Management to develop a communications strategy.
 
Improved communications is a growing concern for small towns like Williamstown, Town Manager Robert Menicocci told the board.
 
"The world has changed with social media," Menicocci said. "The expectations of what a community communicates to its citizens — the game has been upped.
 
"I think this was a new area for government and many communities are looking at a need to staff up to address communications, where, in the past, maybe a big city would have a communications director. Now that has trickled down to almost all small communities."
 
To that end, the town has completely revamped its website and hired its first communications director — both steps that were included in the November 2025 Collins Center report, "Roadmap for Inclusive and Accessible Municipal Communications in Williamstown, Mass."
 
Brianna Sunryd, a public services manager at the Collins Center, presented her group's findings to the Select Board.
 
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