Clark Art Institute First Sunday Free

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its First Sunday Free series on Sunday, March 1. 
 
To celebrate Aboubaker Fofana's sculpture, "Bana Yiriw ni Shi Folow" (Trees and Seeds of Life), part of the outdoor sculpture exhibition Ground/work 2025, the March First Sunday Free theme is "Sprouting Seeds." 
 
Enjoy free museum admission from 10 am–5 pm and take part in free special activities from 1–4 pm.
 
The Clark will offer an activity card to take a closer look at the artist's artful trees of indigo-dyed cotton. At 2 pm, join a Clark educator for an all-ages tour of Fofana's sculpture that embraces art, nature, and mindfulness techniques. From 1–4 pm, drop in to decorate a flowerpot or create swirling, sprouting sculptures that you can add to a large-scale map of the Clark's campus as part of a collaborative mini-Ground/work. Enjoy a tea tasting from Wild Soul River inspired by Fofana's connection to the medicinal—and spiritual—nature of plants.
 
A special "Tree Portraits" print room pop-up, featuring prints, drawings, and photographs that spotlight trees, will be on view in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper from 1–3 pm. 
 
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 Holds Executive Session on Town Garage Site

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday breezed through a short public agenda before adjourning to executive session to discuss the transfer of 59 Water St., the former town garage site.
 
The stated purpose of the closed-door session was that an open discussion of the site, "may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position," of the board.
 
It just is not clear with whom the board is negotiating.
 
The town received one response to its request for proposals to develop the long-vacant lot. Williams College is proposing to relocate its facilities offices to the site that long was used as an unofficial parking lot before the town curtailed that use in 2024.
 
According to the RFP, the Select Board is the body that will evaluate the proposal and decide whether to proceed with a transfer to the college. That evaluation and decision-making process should be conducted in public.
 
To date, the board has not discussed the Williams offer in public session, let alone reached a decision on whether to negotiate with the college, the next step outlined in the RFP.
 
Asked about the planned executive session in advance of Monday's meeting, Chair Stephanie Boyd said the board cleared its plan in advance with town counsel to make sure the discussion would be in compliance with the Open Meeting Law.
 
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