While setting up for the Black Violin’s kick off performance of MCLA Presents!2010-2011 season (on September 25, 2010), BCRC is getting ready for the next DownStreet Art Thursday on September 30th, 2010. GET DOWN to enjoy art, music, performances, video screenings and more. MCLA Gallery 51 will open Quantum Spectrum, an exhibition of artwork with roots in graffiti or non-permission art.
Below a performance by Black Violin in Winnipeg, CANADA.
Come one come all to the Down Street Art Last Thursday! To celebrate the occasion MCLA Gallery 51 is putting together a Gallery Treasure Hunt. Everyone will gather at MCLA Gallery 51 at 6PM for registration and their list of things to find in the surrounding galleries. Everyone will meet back at G51 at 7:45PM to see who won. Prizes will be given out to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize winners, but in our eyes EVERYONE is a winner so no one leaves empty handed!
BCRC is living an incredible Summer! Our programs are rich in initiatives, happenings and get together events.
DownStreet Art keeps bringing people to downtown North Adams confirming its momentum (in the picture visitors ‘calling’ Not For Sale interactive installation at MCLA Gallery 51 Annex on Main Street). On the last Thursdays the response of locals and new visitors has been extremely positive. The monthly DownStreet Art reception brought art, music, performances and above all people around the city. A free trolley service helped visitors to move around the 12 new exhibitions as well as the ongoing site-specific installations that are dotting North Adams throughout the Summer. On Saturday, August 14 to give our warm welcome to the WILCO Festival (which will run from Aug 13 till the 15) DSA galleries will stay open late night… really late! GET DOWN! DownStreet Art next appointment will be on August 26 (last Thursday of the month) with new exhibitions opening, music, video screening and performances.
B-HIP - our internship program that brought 12 youngsters in town - is almost over. Beside giving them a first-hand experience interning at some of the best arts organizations in the area, as part of our 12 week intense program B-HIPsters attended several plays, shows, exhibition openings, dance performances across the county. And they just got back from an exciting trip to New York City!
MCLA Gallery 51 just opened a new show: Linda Mieko Allen and Young Ja Yoon. The two locally-based artists, nationally and internationally shown, are on view with their abstract mixed-media works (in the picture below artist Young Ja Yoon at the opening reception). The gallery will also host a Monday movie night: LIGHTS DOWN series will show movies of international directors from all over the world.
As part of our programming we will soon launch the MCLA presents! 2010-2011 season. Stay tuned, check our website to find out who will be playing in our town.
