Post date: Oct 23, 2017 6:15:24 PM
Last year, I met Alex Jen, now a Junior at Williams. He was curating a art exhibition at the old Legion building. We discussed the possibility of hosting something at Town Hall. He took me up on the offer and spent some time exploring the various corners of Town Hall. We have a variety of spaces, often underutilized at some points throughout the day and some places that are not normally seen by the public. Also, this is an interesting way for us to be a participant in the overall arts culture of the region in a somewhat non-traditional way. He then managed to pull in 5 Williams College Visiting Art Faculty to develop site specific work to be exhibited around the building through November and December. Some installations will be accessible for shorter periods of time or on a limited schedule given the location (as you may imagine, using the Police Department spaces presents a need to be sensitive to active department operations.) I'm impressed at the scope of this effort put together in such a short period of time and it's exciting to be a small part of it.