Clark Art Juried Student Art Show and Reception

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute, Living the Change Berkshires, and Cooler Communities present the student art show, How Shall We Live: Berkshire Youth Artists Explore Their Relationship with the Earth in the Time of Climate Change, on view at the Clark from April 18–26.

Following the closure of the show at the Clark, it will be on view at Pittsfield's City Hall from May 1 (aligning with the May First Fridays Artswalk) through June 8 and Sheffield's Dewey Hall from June 12–21. A free, public reception celebrating the opening of the show and the work of participating artists takes place on April 18 from 2:30–5 pm in the Hunter Studio at the Clark's Lunder Center.

For the fourth year, Berkshire County high school students were invited to participate in a juried installation of student art about climate change. Submissions could be individual or collaborative and 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional. Students were asked to respond to one or more elements in the following prompt:

In the age of climate change,

What does nature provide?

What are the earth's needs?

What matters most?

What is resilience?

Where do you find guidance and inspiration?

Four local artists/art educators were selected to serve on the jury for the show: Anne Legêne, Enaya A. Ogletree, Michelle Raszl, and Stephanie Trotto.

Advance registration for the April 18 public opening reception is encouraged. For accessibility questions, call 413 458 0570. For more information and to register, visit events.clarkart.edu.

This student art show is co-organized by the Clark, Living the Change Berkshires, and Cooler Communities, with financial support from the Feigenbaum Foundation, Lee Bank, and Greylock Federal Credit Union.

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Williamstown Select Board Evaluates Town Manager

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Wednesday, October 28, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — In 2022, the town still was recovering from the twin blows of a global pandemic and a lawsuit that exposed disturbing allegations against the town's police department.

The latter ultimately led to the resignation of the police chief and the town manager. To replace the manager, the Select Board at the time turned to Robert Menicocci.

Menicocci represented a break in style from his immediate predecessor, who was a more prominent voice in town government. That prominence, in part, was a product of the times: When town boards and committees were not meeting in-person and access to town hall itself was limited at the height of the pandemic, the manager's voice in Zoom meetings was more front and center.

In his four years in the corner office, Menicocci has helped shepherd the police department on its path to certification and helped the town weather the fiscal storm of skyrocketing costs linked to inflation – particularly sharp increases in the cost of health insurance that hit hard for a labor-intensive endeavor like municipal government. All the while, he has been a little more taciturn, while always willing to participate, when appropriate, with responsive answers in discussions of the Select Board and Finance Committee.

On Monday, the current Select Board – completely turned over from the 2022 edition – pushed Menicocci to be more of a cheerleader for the town.

"Do you see your role more as a behind-the-scenes guy and our role is to be out in public?" board member Matthew Neely asked Menicocci during the board's review of the manager's job performance. "Or is there more of a role for you in that? So many people, if I say your name, they're like, ‘Who?'

"I would have assumed your role would be more public facing as well, and more, for lack of a better word, leading the charge as opposed to running day-to-day operations. I feel you're strong running day-to-day. But something we all wish is we had a little more of a proactive [manager] …. Since we need development, need all these things in town so much. … I'd love to see more outward energy, I guess.

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