Clark Art Hosts Book Launch With Artist

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Sept. 3 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute hosts the book launch for "Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors," featuring a conversation between Kohlmann and her sister, Charlotte, followed by a book signing. 
 
This free event takes place in the Hunter Studio, located in the Lunder Center at Stone Hill.
 
The monograph features hundreds of works from 2011 to 2021 created using sumi-e ink washes and other techniques to capture the contours and nuances of embodied moments with exquisite sensitivity, celebrating a sensuality freed from analysis and gender norms.
 
Emma Kohlmann (b. 1989, Bronx, New York) is an internationally recognized artist who lives and works in Florence, Massachusetts. "Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors," published by Anthology press, is a survey of the artist working intuitively to generate representative possibilities that are playfully otherworldly and thrillingly free.
 
Free. For accessibility concerns, call 413 458 0524. Copies of Emma Kohlmann: Watercolors are available for purchase at the event and in the Museum Store. A book signing follows.
 

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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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