Gallery Home: Upcoming Shows

DownStreet Art
June 20-Oct 31 2013
Opening June 20
6-9 p.m.

A city-wide celebration of the arts in North Adams with dozens of visual arts destinations and happenings throughout the summer and fall. For more information, a North Adams art map and a list of events, visit www.downstreetart.org 

 
Ibrahim Quraishi:
Dreaming Arizona
July 25 - August 25, 2013
Reception: July 25, 6-9 p.m.
A DOWNSTREET ART THURSDAY

Dreaming Arizona is a metaphoric
journey along Highway 64 that explores
the end of cowboyism through an
installation of seven films and seven sets of photographs. Ibrahim Quraishi is multi-disciplinary artist who works with photography, video, film, installation and other media to explore visual performativity.
http://ibrahimquraishi.org/

A Marriage: 1 (Suburbia)
August 29 - September 22, 2013
Reception: August 29, 6-9 p.m.
A DOWNSTREET ART THURSDAY

A Marriage: 1 (Suburbia) is a mixedmedia
excavation of a traditionally heteronormative set of aspirations by husbands and collaborators Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin. Blending performance, installation, video and works on paper, Nick and Jake reappropriate and repurpose suburban iconography with deep ambivalence, attempting to find their place in this newly inheritedmantle.
http://nickandjakestudio.com/home.html

Eliza O. Barrios/Mail Order Brides
September 26 - October 27, 2013
Reception: September 27, 6-8 p.m.
A DOWNSTREET ART THURSDAY

Eliza O. Barrios is an inter-disciplinary artist
based in San Francisco. Working primarily in
new media and site-specific installation,
Barrios questions systems of belief by exploring processes of self-reflection. The exhibit will include photography and video by Barrios and the Mail Order Brides, of which Barrios is a member. Mail Order Brides is a group of Filipina American artists engaged in an ongoing collaborative investigation of culture, race and gender. http://www.elizabarrios.com/

Rewilderment: Passing Through
the Veil Between Worlds
October 31- December 1, 2013
Reception: October 31, 6-8 p.m.
A DOWNSTREET ART THURSDAY

Sarah Falkner, Shannon Taggart & Ryder
Cooley will rewilder MCLA Gallery 51 for
an All Hallows Eve exhibition of collaborative
and solo work. Exploring themes of ritual, witchcraft, hybridity and mediumistic practices, the show will include drawings, altars, spirit photography, video, performance residue
and artifacts. 
http://rewilderment.tumblr.com/

99 Sense
December 5 - 30, 2013
Reception: December 5, 5-7 p.m.

Now in its fifth year, MCLA Gallery 51's
annual affordable winter art exhibition
remains true to its tradition of featuring
"high art at low prices". The show
will have something for everyone, with
all work priced between 99 cents and
99.99 dollars.