Clark Art Institute to Host First Sunday Free: Artists' Books Day

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute will present its First Sunday Free series on Sunday, April 6, coinciding with Artists' Books Day.

The event will feature free admission and activities throughout the day, focusing on the Clark's collection of over 5,000 artists' books. Activities include:

Clark Book Expo: From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Michael Conforti Pavilion, the Clark will host a Book Expo featuring regional artists, practitioners, and artists' book publishers. Participating entities include Antler Editions, Draw Down Books, Ghost Proposal, Horse Gurl Press, Kareem Michael Worrell, Kylie Gellatly, La Horchata Zine, Looky Here, Messenger Press, Molly Rideout/Alyssum Press, mundus press, Nine Syllables Press, Passenger Pigeon Press, PRESS | 29 Press, Publication Studio, Red Trillium Press, Seaton Street Press, siglio, Small Editions, THE BIRD PRESS/Thorsten Dennerline, and The Brother In Elysium.
Artists' Books Art-Making Activities: From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Manton Research Center reading room, art-making activities will be available. Participants can engage in activities such as creating accordion books and mini books.
Unusual Bindings and Inventive Structures Pop-Up: From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, Andrea Puccio, director of the library, will present a selection of artists' books from the Clark library's collection.
Panel Discussion: From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Manton Research Center auditorium, a panel discussion will take place featuring May Castleberry, Lisa Pearson (Siglio Press), and Steven Daiber (Red Trillium Press). The discussion will focus on the production and distribution of artists' books.
Iron Coffee Co.: From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Orientation Center, coffee from Iron Coffee Company will be available for purchase.

Free admission will be offered all day. Special activities will be held in the Michael Conforti Pavilion and Manton Research Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For accessibility questions, the Clark Art Institute can be contacted at 413-458-0524.

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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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