MCLA is fortunate to be at the center of the North Adams cultural renaissance. In addition to the numerous art museums, theatres and music venues students can take advantage of, MCLA is proud to sponsor three very specific ventures:

B-HIP - The Berkshire Hills Internship Program brings together qualified students in arts management and arts professionals in the culturally rich Berkshire County area. Candidates from all over the world bring their considerable skills and backgrounds to the Berkshires to work in a multitude of administrative capacities – including development, marketing, public relations, executive training, programming and technical production. These students gain hands-on training in the very specific field of arts management.

Gallery 51 - Gallery 51 on Main Street in North Adams is the result of a unique collaboration between area business and community leaders, the City of North Adams and the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Located at 51 Main Street, Gallery 51 is operated by MCLA and features the works of international, national and local artists, including MCLA faculty and students.

BCRC - The Berkshire Cultural Resource Center is a collaborative project of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) and the City of North Adams and provides the regional arts community training, resources, access, and marketing support to artists, arts managers, arts scholars, and arts-related entrepreneurs. The center, formed in spring 2006, is hosting a series of instructional workshops in nonprofit management with an arts focus, delivered by leaders and working professionals from the arts-rich Berkshire region.

Arts Management:

• Professional Resources:
• Arts Management Network: http://www.artsmanagement.net/
• Community Arts Network: http://www.communityarts.net/
• Stagesource/Greater Boston Theatre Alliance: http://www.stagesource.org/
• Rhizome: Art & Technology: http://www.rhizome.org/

Opportunities:

• Artist’s Resource Center: http://www.smfa.edu/Student_Life/Professional_Development/Index.asp
• HireCulture (art jobs in New England): http://www.hireculture.org/jobbook/index.asp
• New York Foundation for the Arts: http://www.nyfa.org/

Grants & Fundraising:

• Associated Grant Makers: http://www.agmconnect.org/
• Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation: http://www.berkshiretaconic.org/
• The Foundation Center: http://www.foundationcenter.org/
• Massachusetts Cultural Council: http://www.massculturalcouncil.org/
• New England Foundation for the Arts: http://www.nefa.org

Professional Organizations:

• Actor’s Equity Association: http://www.actorsequity.org/
• New England Theatre Conference: http://netconline.org/
• USITT: http://www.usitt.org/

Regional Theaters:

• The Berkshire Fringe: http://www.berkshirefringe.org/
• Barrington Stage: http://www.barringtonstageco.org/
• Berkshire Theatre Festival: http://www.berkshiretheatre.org/
• The Colonial Theatre: http://www.thecolonialtheatre.org/
• Shakespeare & Co.: http://www.shakespeare.org/
• Williamstown Theatre Festival: http://www.wtfestival.org/

Music:

• Albany Symphony Orchestra: http://www.albanysymphony.org
• Boston Symphony Orchestra: http://www.bso.org/
• Berkshire Choral Festival: http://www.chorus.org/