Williams
College is an independent,
privately endowed, residential undergraduate liberal arts institution for
men and women. Founded in 1793, the College now enrolls approximately 2,000
students. The College has two graduate programs: the Center for Development
Economics and the Graduate Program in the History of Art.
The
Sterling and Francine Clark
Art Institute is a non-profit corporation established by Robert Sterling
Clark in 1950 to display and increase his personal art collections and to
provide facilities for study and research in the fine arts. The Clark cooperates
with the College in support of the Graduate Program in the History of Art.
The faculty
ofthe Graduate Program, reflecting its joint sponsorship by these two institutions,
is composed of members of the Williams College Art Department, and the Clark.
Courses are also offered by faculty of the College's modern language departments
as well as by staff of the Williams College Museum of Art and the Williamstown
Art Conservation Center. Additionally, each semester a distinguished
outside scholar serves as Clark Visiting Professor, offering a graduate seminar
and an undergraduate lecture course.