BCRC Programs: 
Located at 51 Main Street, MCLA Gallery 51 features the work of international, national and local artists, including MCLA faculty and students. The gallery hosts ten exhibitions each year and countless events and happenings. Staffed by mostly student workers, MCLA Gallery 51 provides students with hands-on experience in the day-to-day operations of a gallery. B-HIP The Berkshire Hills Internship Program (B-HIP) is an intensive arts management internship program uniting the renowned cultural institutions of Berkshire County, with students interested in arts administration. B-HIP is a semester or summer long program, combining hands-on work experience with classes taught by MCLA faculty, TalkBacks with the area’s leading arts professionals, and weekly cultural outings. B-HIP offers interns educational and career advancement opportunities that are hard to find elsewhere.
MCLA Presents! MCLA Presents! brings together international, national and local performers to share the stage. Featuring all types of music, dance, theatre, film and spoken word, the series kicks off this October. Berkshire artStart  Berkshire artStart is an online resource of arts and cultural information in Berkshire County. Offering a directory of local artists, events, and cultural institutions, artStart is growing with the burgeoning cultural community! Check artStart for continuously updated job listings... Tricks of the Trade: Talks for Artists This year MCLA's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, Northern Berkshire Creative Arts, and Berkshire Creative have come together to take Tricks of the Trade county-wide. Tricks of the Trade is a professional development training series for artists, artisans, and creatives. The series of 16-20 seminars will be held October 2008 through May 2009, at various venues throughout Berkshire County, with a different area of professional development spotlighted each month. Seminar Series / Summit In past years, BCRC has offered professional development training seminars for non-profit managers. With the continued growth and development of Berkshire County's cultural sector, BCRC now plans to broaden these offerings to all working professionals in the creative economy. We hope to bring together individual artists, and staff from non-profits and for-profits both large and small for our 2009 Creative Economy Seminar Summit.
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