Clark Art First Sunday Free

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its First Sunday Free series on Sunday, Feb 1. 
 
To celebrate Milena Naef's sculpture, Three Times Spanning, part of the outdoor sculpture exhibition Ground/work 2025, the February First Sunday Free's theme is "Bending Bodies." Enjoy free museum admission from 10 am–5 pm and take part in free special activities from 1–4 pm.
 
Naef's monumental work of marble, Three Times Spanning, on view atop Stone Hill in the outdoor sculpture exhibition Ground/work 2025, includes a precise indentation of her own body. From 1–4 pm, create giant tracings of your body or make a mini sculpture inspired by Naef's work. At 1 pm or 2 pm, join educator and dancer Molly Hess for an all-ages movement workshop exploring shape, space, and sculpture. Then, head into the galleries at 3 pm for a guided tour comparing Naef's sculpture to marble sculptures featuring the human figure in the Clark's permanent collection.
 
A special Print Room Pop-Up featuring prints, drawings, and photographs related to the theme will be on view in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 1–3 pm.
 
Each First Sunday Free, visitors are welcome to make a mini sculpture inspired by one of the six sculptures in the exhibition and add it to the Clark's growing Ground/work 2025-inspired mural.
 
Admission and activities are free. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0524. For more information, visit events.clarkart.edu.
 
Family programs are supported by Allen & Company.

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Williamstown Board Opts to Negotiate with College on Water St. Lot

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

Newly elected board member Nate Budington, far left, participates in his first in-person meeting along with, from left, Matt Neely, Stephanie Boyd, Peter Beck, Shana Dixon and Town Manager Robert Menicocci.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday decided to enter into negotiations with Williams College on the sale of the vacant town-owned lot at 59 Water St.
 
But the board members made it clear that the college's proposal to acquire the lot is a starting point, not a final deal that the elected officials would accept.
 
"For the sake of continued conversation, I'm in favor of [awarding Williams the site], but if this process wasn't continued with the opportunity for further negotiation, I wouldn't vote to continue this," Peter Beck said. "I think that next step is necessary for us to get to a yes on this."
 
"I think there's wide agreement on that," Matthew Neely said just before the 5-0 vote to enter talks with the college.
 
Williams was the sole respondent to a town-issued request for proposals to develop the former town garage site, currently a dirt lot.
 
The college's stated intent is to build a new Facilities office and create up to 170 parking spaces at 59 Water Street. That use will allow the college to redevelop the current Facilities building site and parking lot as part of a reconception of the school's indoor athletic and recreation facilities.
 
Under the terms of the RFP, the college's proposal was subjected to review by an ad hoc advisory committee to the town manager, who brought the question to the Select Board. That board will have the final say on any purchase and sales agreement.
 
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