Amherst Seeks Volunteers For Elementary School Art Committee
AMHERST — The town is seeking residents to join a new, time-limited committee that will help select public art for the new Elementary School, while also unveiling a redesigned online hub for meeting agendas and minutes.
TOWN HALL
The town is forming a Percent for Art Advisory Committee to help advance the selection of public art for the new Elementary School building. Residents interested in serving should submit a Community Activity Form; the town said applications will be reviewed beginning September 1.
Separately, the town launched a New Agenda and Minutes Center, a redesigned webpage that consolidates agendas, minutes and links to video recordings for all town meetings in one location, replacing the need to hunt across multiple pages.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Town Hall Art Gallery will hold a reception for artist Amy Dawn Kotel on Friday, August 21, marking the opening of her exhibit in the gallery space.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Gerald Weinstein Obituary (1930 - 2026) - Amherst, MA - Daily Hampshire Gazette" was posted this week. The notice remembers longtime Amherst resident Gerald "Jerry" Weinstein, according to an obituary distributed via Legacy.com on behalf of the Daily Hampshire Gazette (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/gerald-weinstein-obituary?id=62205021).
COMING UP
Town boards are busy this week: the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee, Planning Board and Cultural Council all meet Wednesday, August 19, the same day the library-adjacent Nature Storytime program is scheduled. The Board of License Commissioners and the Amherst School Committee meet Thursday, August 20, alongside open-play pickleball at Mill River. Friday, August 21 brings a Veterans Breakfast for All and live music at the Amherst Dog Park, in addition to the Kotel gallery reception noted above. The Amherst Farmers Market runs Saturday, August 22, and the Local Historic District Commission meets Monday, August 24.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.