Clark Art Hosts Opening Talk With Artist Sónia Almeida

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, March 14 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute celebrates the opening of its latest installation, "Sónia Almeida: Stages," with a conversation between artist Sónia Almeida and exhibition curator Robert Wiesenberger, curator of contemporary projects. 
 
The free talk takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium. 
 
Sónia Almeida: Stages presents three major installations by the artist in public spaces at the Clark. The year-long exhibition is free and open to the public. Almeida (b. 1978, Lisbon; lives and works in Boston) is professor of fine arts at Brandeis University. Through her work, she studies the circulation of images and the status of painting in a post-digital age. The exhibition's subtitle, "Stages," reflects Almeida's interest in the theatricality of artworks and the choreography they imply for viewers. It also implies process, and the steps and layers in Almeida's mixed media work, which often adopts the visual language of diagrams and instructional materials. 
 
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0570. For more details, visit events.clarkart.edu.  
 
Sónia Almeida: Stages is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by Robert Wiesenberger, curator of contemporary projects. 
 
Support for this exhibition is provided by Margaret and Richard Kronenberg. 

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Williamstown's Cost Rising for Emergency Bank Restoration

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The cost to stabilize the bank of the Hoosic River near a town landfill continues to rise, and the town is still waiting on the commonwealth's blessing to get to work.
 
Department of Public Works Director Craig Clough was before the Finance Committee on Wednesday to share that, unlike the town hoped, the emergency stabilization work will require bringing in a contractor — and that is before a multimillion dollar project to provide a long-term solution for the site near Williams College's Cole Field.
 
"I literally got the plans last Friday, and it's not something we'll be able to do in-house," Clough told the committee. "They're talking about a cofferdam of a few hundred feet, dry-pumping everything out and then working along the river. That's something that will be beyond our manpower to do, our people power, and the equipment we have will not be able to handle it."
 
Clough explained that the cofferdam is similar to the work done on the river near the State Road (Route 2) bridge on the west side of North Adams near West Package and Variety Stores.
 
"We don't know the exact numbers yet of an estimate," Clough said. "The initial thought was $600,000 a few months ago. Now, knowing what the plans are, the costs are going to be higher. They did not think there was going to need to be a coffer dam put in [in the original estimate]."
 
The draft capital budget of $592,500 before the Fin Comm includes $500,000 toward the riverbank stabilization project.
 
The town's finance director told the committee he anticipates having about $700,000 in free cash (technically the "unreserved fund balance") to spend in fiscal year 2027 once that number is certified by the Department of Revenue in Boston.
 
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