Williams College Senior Studio Art Majors Present 'Searching for Sticky Voids'

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.—The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents a summer-long celebration of graduating students' art and research in the form of the annual senior studio art exhibition as well as a special installation curated by Kailyn Gibson '22 that illustrates themes in her Art History honors thesis.

"This year's presentation expands on our vital collaboration with art department students and faculty in exciting ways, showcasing the possibilities of the campus art museum as a learning laboratory for the next generation of artists and scholars," said Pamela Franks, the Class of 1956 Director.

"Searching for Sticky Voids" presents work by nineteen graduating artists as the culmination of their Senior Studio Seminar experience: Alexander Joshua, Ana Delgado Fernández, Armanis Fuentes, Calen Geiser-Cseh, Dara Etienne, Emily Neuner, Gina Al-Karablieh, Gina Galván, Helene Ryu, Indica Indaclub, Javier Robelo, Jennifer Lee, Joseph Messer, Kayla Han, Kelsie Hao, Noor Alsairafi, Phillip Pyle, Quinnton Cooper, and Sadie Strosser.

This year's seminar was led by Williams College assistant professor of art Sarah Rara, herself a multidisciplinary artist working in video, sound, writing, and performance.

According to a press release, the artworks presented enter into sticky voids: areas of inquiry that resist easy answers and stable meaning. The exhibition is conceived around the idea of entrapping and extending perception, and the works on view embrace themes of memory, homemaking, worldbuilding, identity, and time. Diverse media and artistic practices—spanning video, sound, installation, photography, works on paper, and more—gesture toward the expansiveness of the artists' explorations.

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Williamstown's Milne Library Opens Makerspace on Thursday

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
08:12AM / Sunday, October 25, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The David and Joyce Milne Public Library still is the best place in town to borrow a book.

But it is getting to the point where the word library itself is inadequate to describe all the Milne has to offer.

On Thursday, the Main Street library will hold a grand opening for Studio 1095, the Milne's new makerspace, where patrons will have access to creative tools ranging from sewing machines to soldering tools to jewelry-making supplies to creative software like Photoshop and Illustrator to green screen capability to a podcast studio.

It marks the latest step in the evolution of the town's library into a full-service community center.

"I think Studio1095 is very much part of that broader evolution," Milne Director Angela Zimmermann said last week. "Libraries are continuing to provide those core services people have always relied on — books, information, technology, research help, and a place for learning — while also becoming places where people can create, connect, explore, and participate in their community, a sort of community creative and learning space.

"The Thingdom and Sensory Space are good examples of that same evolution — both of which just happened at the Milne in the last couple of years. They recognize that a library can meet community needs in ways that go beyond traditional collections. And Studio1095 builds on that idea by giving people access to equipment, technology, creative tools, and opportunities they might not otherwise have access to."

The Thingdom is the Milne's lending center where cardholders can check out such "non-book" items as a fondue pot, a leaf blower, a paper shredder, a snow sled or an electric drum kit.

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