MCLA, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA. -

"What prepared me at MCLA for my internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and graduate school was the rigor of my physics classes. I would credit Dr. Adrienne Wootters in particular with teaching us to work hard and she was always willing to make time to work on problems with us when we couldn’t get them."

Kristy Moore ’05
Graduate Student, University of Rhode Island

BCRC Projects:

DownStreet Art

In partnership with the city of North Adams, MASS MoCA, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition and
Scarafoni Realty, the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center embarked on the DownStreet Art project. Opening four new gallery spaces from June 26 to October 31 and creating the first ever art map for the city of North Adams, DownStreet Art highlights the city's abundance of art fro all to celebrate.

The new gallery spaces include:

Maya III, an installation by artist Jarvis Rockwell
Primary / Secondary: Volumes 1 & 2, an exhibition of the art by the Sol LeWitt draftspeople
Lumens, an interactive light installation project of "Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses," with MCLA Gallery 51, Greylock Arts, and Turbulence
The North Adams Artists' Cooperative Gallery

Assets for Artists

Under the umbrella of Berkshire Creative, MASS MoCA, Pittsfield's Office of Cultural Development, and the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center launched Assets for Artists. This pilot initiative is aimed at helping artists throughout Berkshire County who wish to become home owners and/or receive small business training and assistance.

Training sessions-- custom designed for artists-- will be offered on both home ownership and business management. Financial assistance via individual development accounts will be available for nine low- to moderate-income artists.

If you have any questions about the application process or the program in general, please contact Blair Benjamin at MASS MoCA at 413.664.4481 X 8104 or at blair@massmoca.org.