Bill's extensive management, planning and construction experience will be a great asset to the Clark during this time of growth. We are pleased he has joined our staff and look forward to his contributions.

The impression is we're in a cabal with bandits.

Sally's experience and longtime commitment to the cultural and economic development of the Berkshires will be a great asset to the Clark. We welcome her and look forward to working with her.

It's a very romantic painting done at the same time he was working on several major canvases.

The surprise happens as you experience the building. This is clearly a reason why we thought Mr. Ando was the appropriate person for our landscape here.

That was really the driving concept, that we would have a place in the woods where one could look at art and embrace this great goals of ours, of art in nature. ... This enhances our landscape, whereas [the Phelps Knoll] building was going to relate to a civic enterprise.

The Clark Prize is a natural extension of the Clark's dual mission of advancing scholarship while building public appreciation of art. We are pleased to give the inaugural Clark Prize to these distinguished individuals and we celebrate the impact that their work has had on scholars, people interested in the arts, and the public in this country and around the world.