9/4/2024

FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION PROGRAM

HUNDREDS OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS FROM LOCAL COLLEGES VISITED THE CLARK FOR THE FIRST TIME, ENJOYING A SPECIAL EVENING OF ACTIVITIES.

STUDENTS VISITED EXHIBITIONS DAVID JEREMIAH: I DRIVE THEE, GUILLAUME LETHIÈRE, AND FRAGILE BEAUTY: TREASURES FROM THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS DURING EXCLUSIVE, LATE-NIGHT HOURS.

STUDENTS REPURPOSED DUST JACKETS, PERIODICALS, AND OTHER EXTRAS LEFTOVER FROM THE CLARK’S DISTINGUISHED ART RESEARCH LIBRARY INTO A ONE-OF-A-KIND BUTTON. AFTER, THEY VISITED A POP-UP EXHIBITION OF WORKS ON PAPER, SPANNING OVER 500 YEARS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH SELECTIONS FROM ALBRECHT DÜRER TO DORIS ULMANN.

THEY ENJOYED THE SUNSET WITH AN OUTDOOR DJ SET BY HAITIAN-AMERICAN MUSIC PRODUCER LUDJY DERISIER. WHEN DUSK FELL, THEY TRAVELLED UP THE CLARK’S STONE HILL FOR S’MORES AND STARGAZING LED BY WILLIAMS COLLEGE’S ASTRONOMY CLUB.

PHOTOS BY BRADLEY WAKOFF.