Clark Art Offers School Vacation Week Activities

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute offers children and family activities and opportunities to see art during the Massachusetts public school system's February vacation week, Monday, Feb. 17 through Friday, Feb. 21. 
 
Every day of the week, children can pick up a free Drawing Pad and set of colored pencils at the Clark Center admissions desk. Visitors are also encouraged to pick up a "Wall Power!" gallery guide to learn more about the Clark's current tapestry exhibition. 
 
Special vacation week programming is offered on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and Thursday, Feb. 20. Admission to the Clark is free for all visitors through March 30, 2025.
 
In connection with "Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier national, Paris exhibition," families are welcome to participate in a drop-in weaving session on Feb. 18 and 20, 10 am–12 pm. After making a unique woven artwork to take home, visitors are welcome to join an all-ages tour of "Wall Power!" The special tour, offered at 1 pm on Feb. 18 and 20, explores the materials, processes, and histories of French tapestries. If snow is on the ground, dress for the weather and take a trek across our campus on a pair of Clark snowshoes, available for visitor use all winter long.
 
All February School Vacation Week activities are free. Capacity for the February 18 and 20 "Wall Power!" tours is limited. Tickets are available for pick up at the Clark Center admissions desk on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is always free for anyone age 21 and under and for students of all ages.
 
Family programs are supported by Allen & Company.

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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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