MOSAIC
About MOSAIC
MOSAIC is MCLA’s community-serving cultural events program. MOSAIC brings people together through the acts of artistic and cultural exchange in order to learn about each other, break through barriers to understanding, and build the commonalities that define communities. MOSAIC presents public cultural events in the form of exhibitions, performances, workshops, readings, lectures, and discussions. Our events are inclusive, diverse, and accessible, and focus on the exchange between communities, artists, faculty, and students.
Events
Exhibitions
Gallery 51 features international, national and local artist exhibitions, giving students and the community access to an extraordinary and diverse range of contemporary art.
Performances
MOSAIC presents performances in dance, music, and theatre, that promote inclusion and equity and highlight shared experiences. Our events are free and open to the public.
Talks & Lectures
Talks & Lectures feature artists, scholars and practitioners who engage students in current ideas, creative practices and critical conversations.
2026 Schedule
Dates: July 11 – Sept. 11, 2026
Reception: Friday, August 7, 5 - 7p.m.
Location: Gallery 51
The title of this exhibition captures both the physical environment and the psychological depth of Andrae Green’s recent narrative paintings. To stand at water's edge is to inhabit a classic liminal space—a boundary where land, air, and sea meet and dissolve into one another. For Green, this threshold is not merely a geographic marker, but a profound site of memory and transformation.
Dates: February 5 - April 2, 2027
Opening Reception: Friday Feb 5, 5-7p.m.
Location: Gallery 51
Imagine the gap between things not yet connected or understood. Unconnected Yet is
an exhibition about the junction between things - visualizing any combination of art
and science. Bridging the art & science communities of Boston (USA), Kolkata (India),
Lorne (Australia), and adding the next venue at Gallery 51, North Adams (MA), the
exhibition addresses synapses of all kinds – bridging worlds not yet connected.
Artists in Residence
Every year, in the spring semester, MOSAIC and MCLA’s Department of Fine and Performing
Arts invite an artist from a rotation of disciplines to become part of our community
and create work, share work, and teach a course at MCLA.
Meet Ngoc-Tran Vu, a Vietnamese American multimedia visual artist and cultural organizer known for a deeply socially engaged practice that bridges diverse artistic media with community activism. Tran is MCLA’s current Benedetti Artist in Residence.
Facilities
EVENTSPACE
EventSpace is a mixed use venue for lectures, community gatherings, film screenings and more. We are accessible to our community members in need of a place to host their event.
If you are need of a space for your cultural event reach out to mosaic@mcla.edu with your proposal or request. Please include your contact information, preferred date(s) and time(s).
Gallery 51
Located on Main Street in downtown North Adams, Gallery 51 exhibits work from a wide range of emerging to mid-career contemporary artists, participates in collective cultural activities such as First Fridays, and gives students hands-on experience in exhibition planning and gallery operations.
Gallery hours are currently Tuesday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., and Friday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Connect with us
@gallery_51
@mosaic_mcla