http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/BCRC Berkshire Cultural Resource Center Blog en valeria.federici@mcla.edu Copyright 2010 2010-08-30T20:44:31-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/bcrc_next_mcla_presents_mcla_gallery_51_and_downstreet_art_thursday/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/bcrc_next_mcla_presents_mcla_gallery_51_and_downstreet_art_thursday/#When:20:44:31Z 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. BCRC 2010-08-30T20:44:31-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/first_downstreet_art_treasure_hunt/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/first_downstreet_art_treasure_hunt/#When:18:21:55Z 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!GET DOWN! DownStreet Art 2010-08-18T18:21:55-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/the_summer_of_the_mclas_berkshire_cultural_resource_center/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/the_summer_of_the_mclas_berkshire_cultural_resource_center/#When:21:01:22Z 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.Go to our web sites (BCRC; MCLA Gallery 51; MCLA Presents!; B-HIP; DownStreet Art) see us on Flickr or find us on Facebook! ::::BCRC will love to hear from you:::: BCRC 2010-08-02T21:01:22-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/bang_on_a_can_goes_downstreet/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/bang_on_a_can_goes_downstreet/#When:02:56:40Z Wednesday, July 21 Bang on a Can performed in three different galleries as part of DownStreet Art!In the video musicians playing and rocking with the pool table at The Artery!DON’T MISS THE APPOINTMENT WITH DownStreet Art last Thursday on July 29, 6-9PMTo know more on DownStreet Art click here Bang on a Can at Mass MoCA till July 31! DownStreet Art 2010-07-25T02:56:40-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/drowned_in_a_glass_of_water_by_pepon_osorio/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/drowned_in_a_glass_of_water_by_pepon_osorio/#When:17:06:18Z As part of DownStreet Art Pepón Osorio’s installation opens on July 17. Don’t miss the opening celebration of Drowned in a Glass of Water: An Installation by Pepón Osorio.  Commissioned by the Williams College Museum of Art.  Meet and speak with the artist, North Adams Mayor Dick Alcombright, and DownStreet Art team over drinks and refreshments.  During the past year, Osorio has shared conversations, stories, and meals with many people in Williamstown and North Adams, MA. The result —a large-scale, multimedia installation that slowly revolves— represents the stories of two families, transforming personal memory into a collective narrative.Where: Former Gateway Chevrolet Dealership69 Union Street, North AdamsWhen: July 17, 2010 - 11am / 2 pm Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Friday, 12:00–6:00 pm; Saturday, 10:00 am–6:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am–2:00 pmTo know more on DownStreet Art click here DownStreet Art 2010-07-16T17:06:18-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/b_hipsters_agenda_is_getting_busier_and_busier_as_summer_goes/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/b_hipsters_agenda_is_getting_busier_and_busier_as_summer_goes/#When:17:20:41Z Our interns attended DownStreet Art big opening on June 24, a kick off happening that brought new people and new faces to appreciate downtown North Adams as well new energy and good art for locals to enjoy. Beside a tour of all sites they are interning at, beside classes and of course beside work (!!!) as part of the program B-HIPsters have already attended eight outings, among which: the opening of Peta Coyne’s show at MassMoCa; The Wipping Man play at Barrington Stage; A lecture about Moliere and a play named Mengelberg and Malher at Shakespeare & Co.About DownStreet Art one of our  interns wrote: ‘It was really amazing to see DownStreet Art come alive this weekend, and to see it followed up so successfully by the food festival. I have to admit that I hadn’t anticipated life in North Adams to be so enjoyable, but thankfully I’ve been proven wrong’. Hanna Pickwell (B-HIP intern at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown).In the picture, B-HIPsters hiding from the crowd while artist Sean Riley is giving a speech about his art and artworks in occasion of the opening of ‘Everything is OK’ on view till July 25 at MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams.For more info about B-HIP click hereFor more info about MCLA Gallery 51 click hereFor more info about DownStreet Art  click here B-HIP 2010-07-05T17:20:41-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/b_hip_2_0_1_0_our_interns_will_attend_downstreet_art_on_june_24/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/b_hip_2_0_1_0_our_interns_will_attend_downstreet_art_on_june_24/#When:02:21:00Z The journey of our interns throughout the summer continues… They attended the 3rd Thursday last week (photo at the Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield) and they will be attending DOWNSTREET ART big opening on JUNE 24 in North Adams. They will GET DOWN, enjoying one of the many appointments that make the summer in the Berkshire unforgettable and the B-HIP experience a unique occasion to be in touch with the arts and the art world in the area.To know more about B-HIP go to http://www.mcla.edu/About_MCLA/Community/bcrc/b-hip/ B-HIP 2010-06-20T02:21:00-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/downstreet_art_sean_riley_everything_is_ok/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/downstreet_art_sean_riley_everything_is_ok/#When:01:50:12Z MCLA Gallery 51 - June 24, 6-9 pm  Riley’s use of rhythmic patterns of shape and color create an aesthetic of complex simplicity that invites you to lose yourself in the act of looking.  This exhibition opens concurrently with DownStreet Art 2010: a summer-long downtown-wide festival of art.(Log Cabin, 2010. Detail - Photo courtesy of the artist)www.polaresolare.netwww.downstreetart.orgwww.mcla.edu/gallery51  MCLA Gallery 51 2010-06-17T01:50:12-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/downstreet_art_liz_nofziger_the_artery_installation_to_be/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/downstreet_art_liz_nofziger_the_artery_installation_to_be/#When:02:27:01Z Boston-based artist Liz Nofziger will realize a site-specific installation in the former North Adams blue collar bar called The Artery.The Artery as well as other empty downtown stores will know a new life thanks to the talent of great artists partecipating in DownStreet Art.Above and below two renderings of the installation - Photo courtesy of the artistDownStreet Art - GET DOWN. June 24, 2010Don’t forget our CALL FOR BIKES! DownStreet Art 2010-06-12T02:27:01-05:00 http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/jarvis_rockwell_at_the_opening_of_inanimate/ http://web2.mcla.edu/index.php/bcrc/jarvis_rockwell_at_the_opening_of_inanimate/#When:20:46:23Z {IN}ANIMATE at MCLA Gallery 51 through June 20More videos and pictures of the opening reception on Flickr MCLA Gallery 51 2010-06-07T20:46:23-05:00