Clark Art Holds Series of in Focus Gallery Tours

04:15PM / Tuesday, March 17, 2026Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. —This spring, the Clark Art Institute continues its popular series of In Focus gallery tours.

Visitors are welcome to join a Clark educator for a thematic tour of the permanent collection. Tours meet in the Museum Pavilion at 2 pm on select dates.

March 22
Women Artists
In celebration of Women’s History Month, join a Clark educator for a tour focused on women artists in the Clark’s collection. Learn about the obstacles these artists overcame in pursuit of their art.

April 26
Far Horizons: Landscape Art
Learn about landscape art in the Clark’s permanent collection, and how these paintings offer a window into the fascinating artistic, social, and philosophical questions developing at the time of their creation. Explore artworks that span centuries, from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century.

May 31
Urban Rhythms: City Life Across Centuries
Cities have long captivated artists and travelers alike. Join a Clark educator for a tour focused on urban landscapes as windows into daily life. Stroll the boulevards, bridges, gardens, and back alleys of great cities in the Clark’s collection and discover how artists found beauty and meaning in the rhythms of urban life.

All In Focus tours are free with gallery admission. Admission is free through March. Advance registration encouraged. Capacity is limited. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0570. For more details and to register, visit events.clarkart.edu.

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Discrimination Against Muslim Americans Persists 25 Years After 9/11

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, September 12, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dozens of Muslim Americans were among people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Untold numbers of Muslim Americans have suffered countless acts of discrimination in their aftermath.

"Of course, you'll find several accounts of Muslims from all over the U.S. describing how they went from the unknown kids in the school to being stereotyped or ridiculed for their Muslim names," Sidra Mahmood recalled recently. "However, many Americans forget that the victims of 9/11 were also Muslim Americans.

"I can't forget the time when a classmate broke down in sobs when 9/11 came up in our classroom at the Islamic seminary I went to in Texas, because her father's best friend who was like an uncle to her, died on 9/11."

Today, Mahmood is a chaplain at Williams College. In 2001, she was growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, when terrorists forced two passenger jets into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan and another plane into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. A third plane, which terrorists hoped to crash into a D.C. landmark, was brought down in western Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.

The attacks, which ultimately claimed 2,976 lives, horrified people around the world, including in Mahmood's native land.

"I remember being aghast like anyone who witnessed the fall of the Twin Towers in real time," she said. "However, even as a child, fear gripped me about the possibility of war, especially once we learned that Afghanistan, right adjacent to Pakistan, would be attacked by the U.S. My mother had told me about the 1971 war between India and Pakistan when she remembered hiding in the dark after bomb sirens would go off in Punjab after intentional blackouts.

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