Finding galleries that relate to your work is the first step in finding a gallery that will promote and sell your work.  Yet getting into a gallery is not easy.  You must first navigate your way through the unwritten rules of approaching and submitting.  In this workshop we will learn ways to determine which venues to approach and how best to go about it.

Facilitated by Jessica Conzo, MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center’s Program Coordinator.

    * Tuesday, February 9th, 6:30 p.m.: MCLA Gallery 51: Cathy Deely- the producer of "Made in the USA in Pete’s Motors" will discuss non-traditional spaces- and Pip JS Deely- a curator will discuss fine art galleries

    * Wednesday, February 10th, 6:30 p.m.: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts: Gail and Phil Sellers- owners of River Hill Pottery will discuss fairs, festivals, open studios and trade shows

    * Thursday, February 11th, 6:30 p.m.: IS183 Art School: Andrew Davis- artist and gallerist will discuss fine art galleries and non-traditional spaces

*** NOTE *** All workshops are free, but do require pre-registration.  For more information, and/or to register, call Jess Conzo, the program coordinator for MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, at 413.663.5253.

Come get f-f-f-unky!!!

Blues & Funk Fest : : Thursday and Friday : : February 4-5 : : 7:30pm : : MCLA’s Venable Gym

Slavic Soul Party gets the festival started on Thursday night with fiery Balkan brass,  hip-grinding American grooves, and ecstatic anthems both new and old. Brash and strong as slivovitz, these nine musicians have forged virtuosic new brass band music in the heart of New York City--melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.

"Madcap rhythms, hyperactive horns, a sense of the absurd, and just a hint of abstract jazz… everything you could want in a record." - All Things Considered

MCLA student, Hawa Umarowa, will perform traditional dance from her homeland of Chechnya and the MCLA Jazz Band will tear it up.

Big Sam’s Funky Nation takes the stage New Orleans style on Friday night. Presiding over his Funky Nation is Big Sam, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who blows the funk out of his trombone and refuses to let the audience sit still. Between solos and trombone riffs, Big Sam second-lines (a uniquely New Orleans style of street-dance) and gets the crowd going both in movement and in replies to his call-and-response MC-style.

MCLA step team NEXXUS and local blues group billy G. and the BlueZone will open for Big Sam.

And come check out the goodies provided throughout the event- as student groups and local coffee/tea house - Elf Parlor - celebrate with us both nights.

Call to reserve your tickets for this show our any of the upcoming performances. For tickets, call: 413.662.5204 and for general information, call: 413.664.8718. SPECIAL : : $20 FOR BOTH NIGHTS  $12 General Admission, $8 MCLA Alumni, $5 MCLA Faculty and Staff, FREE for MCLA Students and Members