Friday is yet another gorgeous day and Carol and I are ready to get some culture. The motel provides continental breakfast and after checking out Carol shows me around the Williams campus and the tiny downtown area. The Clark opens at 10:00 am and we are there. First we go to a smaller building on a hill and view a nature exhibit from Japan. They had a few nice screens and vases. Then we headed to the main building and saw the Georgia O'Keefe paintings that we had come to see. Later we viewed the permanent collection and it is impressive. The Clark family were the founders of Singer sewing machines and were avid art collectors.
After lunch at the museum cafe we headed over to the Williams College Museum of Art to see an exhibit of paintings by Maurice Prendergast. He was an American impressionist and this show featured his paintings of Italy. Most of the pictures were of the Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge area which brought back pleasant memories. We also breezed through a terrific photographic exhibit.
After an ice cream break we each headed home in different directions. My ride home was much easier in the daylight and I was back at camp for dinner.
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