Clark Art Presents First Sunday Free: Lights, Camera Landscape

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute First Sunday Free series continues on Sunday, Dec. 1 from 1 to 4 pm. 
 
December's theme is "Lights, Camera, Landscape!"
 
According to a press release:
 
Contemporary artist Abelardo Morell engages with history, place, and nature in his colorful images, reflecting Claude Monet and John Constable's influence on him. Artists often draw inspiration from each other's work, and we do, too! Taking inspiration from the layers in Morell's works, experiment with creating transparent drawings that can overlap in surprising ways. Then, from the ground up, document place and perspective through a collaborative photo wall.
 
Be sure to pick up a gallery guide and explore the connections between Morell's photographs and Monet and Constable's paintings. Additionally, check out the special selection of photographs from the Clark's collection at the Print Room Pop-Up installation on view from 11 am–1 pm at the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper.
 
Free admission all day. Special activities in the Michael Conforti Pavilion from 1 to 4 pm. 
 
Family programs are supported by Allen & Company.

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Williamstown Housing Trust Gets Update on Production Plan

By Stephen Dravis
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The board of the town’s Affordable Housing Trust Tuesday took a look at some of the data that will form the basis of a Housing Production Plan being developed for the body by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission.
 
"This is the most recent and updated U.S. Census data as well as [Massachusetts] Department of Revenue data related to housing," BRPC’s Brett Roberts told the board. "I’m not going to ask you to digest it all in the next 15 minutes. I want you to take it home, mark it up with your red pencils. There are going to be format changes. There are going to be language changes. All of that.
 
"But what I want you to look at is really the data itself. What strikes you as something important to pull you? What are some things you want to highlight?"
 
Roberts told the trustees that the most interesting part to him was the data detailing Williamstown’s affordability gap.
 
He pointed out that the median household income in town is $108,500, at which the household could afford a home that costs about $348,000.
 
"Then we looked at what is actually on the market," Roberts said. "In May 2026, the average sales price of a single-family home [in Williamstown] was $494,704. The gap between what is in the world and what your median household income can afford, we call the affordability gap.
 
"We talk about how expensive homes are. This gives you a number to point to as, ‘This is what the gap is.’ "
 
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