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DOWNSTREET ART NEWS:
DOWNSTREET ART RETURNS IN SUMMER!
January 3rd, 2012.
Dear Friends,
We had a GREAT SUMMER and a wonderful FALL. On December 1, we kicked off one more
DOWNSTREET ART ON ICE. Is now time to plan for the upcoming DOWNSTREET ART V!
Stay tuned as we will have news very soon…
To see what we have done so far check photos and videos here… SEE YOU SOON!
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DownStreet Art is a project of MCLA’s Berkshire Culture Resource Center, partnering with the City of North Adams, Develop North Adams, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The program is made possible through leading sponsorship support provided by Orbit Visual Graphic Design, Excelsior Printing, Scarafoni Reality and Berkshire Bank. Additional support is provided by: Adams Co-Operative Bank, Brewhaha Café, Edward Jones Investments, The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, Moulton’s Spectacle Shop Inc., Persnickety Toys, Jarvis W. Rockwell and The Sushi House.
The initiative is designed to revitalize downtown North Adams by identifying the city as a cultural haven. The program serves not only to increase MCLA’s visibility, but also to showcase what local arts organizations have to offer.
Hometown Holidays returns! Thursday, December 22, 2011, 5-8pm
December 21st, 2011.
SHOP LOCALLY IN NORTH ADAMS!
Hometown Holidays features a variety of specials and activities for people to enjoy downtown. Each Thursday something different. Attractions include holiday crafts, face painting, live music, visits from Santa, and much more! Downtown North Adams. This week’s events include a Regifting Swap at Shima, Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides, First Annual Santa Pub Crawl, a RAFFLE, live music a Desperados and multiple store special. Click here for full listing of events…
December 22, 2011, 5-8pm – Downtown North Admas… see you there…
If you had fun during DownStreet Art ON ICE and the opening of 99 cents show at MCLA Gallery 51, don’t miss the upcoming Hometown Holiday event on DECEMBER 15!
December 14th, 2011.
North Adams Events
Thursday, December 15 – 5-8pm
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HOMETOWN HOLIDAYS |
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Third Hometown Holidays Celebration
Downtown North Adams
(413)664-6180
5- 8pm
FREECome enjoy store specials, music, and holiday fun! Visitors to downtown can enjoy free parking and opportunities to win big by shopping locally. Bring receipts showing at least $50 of purchases made at stores in North Adams and enter to win a giant gift basket filled with goodies and gift certificates from local establishments. The raffle will be held at MCLA’s Gallery 51 on 51 Main Street. Emporium & Antiques at 59 Main Street will also give people a change to win by entering customers into a gift basket raffle with every purchase. Enjoy the musical stylings of accomplished accordionist Erik K. Auld, as he plays holiday favorites for shoppers downtown. There will be a homeade cookie swap at Shima Boutique on 65 Main Street and Holiday face painting for children. |
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An Evening of Favorite Poems
North Adams Public Library
74 Church Street
(413)663-9258
6- 7:30pm
FREEThis evening’s focus is on poems that changed your life. Please bring a poem to read aloud or speak from memory at a gathering on poetry’s power to transform or feel free to come and listen! Inspired by Kim Rosen’s book “Saved by a Poem” and Robert Pinksy’s “The Favorite Poem Project”. The only rule is that the poems are not to be a reader’s poem or written by friends or relatives, but poems that readers have read, perhaps many times, or feel attached to. |
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“Get Your Pet’s Photo Taken with Santa” Fundraiser
Bark N’ Cat
28 Holden Street
(413)664-7777
6- 8pm
Bring your beloved pet to take a photo with Santa! This fundraising event is for the Sonsini Animal Shelter hosted by Bark N’ Cat. 15% of sales for the evening will be donated to the animal shelter. People are welcome to take their own photos of their pets, or Nothing Fades Photography will be on-site, taking professional pet photos that can be purchased and printed while you wait! Nothing Fades will donate 40% of the photo proceeds to the shelter. |
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The PRESS Poetry Series
PRESS Gallery
107 Main Street
7:30- 10:30pm
FREE, must RSVP at letterpress105@gmail.comClick here for the Facebook invite.
Come join the second reading from the PRESS Poetry Series which is free and open to the public. Aside from poetry, there will be a new twist with a little bit of flash fiction by Jill Gillbreth who teaches creative writing, literature and composition at MCLA. Poets will share their work, including Mark Miller (professor and chairperson of the MCLA English Dept.), Jeff McRae (professor of literature and poetry at MCLA), and Michelle Gillett who has been an op-ed columnist for the Berkshire Eagle for twenty years and a contributing editor to the Women’s Times as Cottage, which won the Ledge 2011 Poetry Chapbook Competition. The reading will be followed by a short reception where the current exhibit, “Patterns and Pressure” wil be on display. Refreshments will be served. Spaces are limited, please RSVP! |
PERFORMANCE |
Gypsy Layne Burlesque
PUBLIC eat+drink
34 Holden Street
(413)664-4444, reservations recommended
9pm
$15, cash at the door Click here for more info.
Gypsy Layne, Berkshire County’s first home-grown burlesque troupe, will perform a cabaret at PUBLIC eat+drink. The multi-platform performance will include provacative dance numbers, musical performances, and festive holiday numbers. Tickets to the performance can be purchased at the door the night of the event; full dinner service will be available before, during, and after the show. Reservations are recommended and can be made through PUBLIC by calling. |
COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS – DownStreet Art ON ICE – December 1, 5pm on…
December 1st, 2011.
A Program of the MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center
DOWNSTREET ART ON ICE
Thursday, December 1, 2011 – 5PM on…
Exhibition openings, live music, businesses open late with specials and more…
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MCLA GALLERY 51 |
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99¢ & Up: ART MALL
MCLA Gallery 51
51 Main Street
(413)664-8718
Click here for more info.
Deals, Deals, Deals!!! A call out to holiday shoppers! ! Once a year, MCLA Gallery 51 slashes prices of works by local and national artists: in a sense these objects are “priceless,” but with a price tag somewhere between “99 cents” and “up.” If you’ve been seeking out that unique gift idea for someone special on your list, with these reduced prices, this show is the time to buy!
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MAYA IV by Jarvis Rockwell |
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MAYA IV
49 Main Street
Click here for more info.
DownStreet Art is pleased to present never before seen works by North Adams artist Jarvis Rockwell which will attend the reception. In addition, Rockwell has on exhibit his “MAYA IV sculpture”, works he created in the 1960s and ’70s and a new wall drawing. If you are not following Jarvis’ tweets yet, you must sign up! |
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PIP Gallery |
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Tree of Souls
PIP Gallery
53 Main Street
‘Tree of Souls’ is an installation by Melanie Mowinski, MCLA art professor. It consists of a series of hanging silk panels entitled, “Tree of Souls,” that was originally created for and shown as part of the “Festival of Trees” at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA. |
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PRESS: Letterpress as Public Art |
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Patterns and Pressure
PRESS Gallery
105 Main Street
Click here for more info.
“PRESS: Letterpress as a Public Art ” will unveil the new exhibit, “Patterns and Pressure,” featuring MCLA student projects printed at PRESS during the fall semester by students in Mowinski’s “Intro to Design” and “Concrete Poetry” classes. |
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109 Main |
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Coming up NEXT! MCLA’s Emerging Artists
Windows at 109 Main Street
109 Main Street
In the windows of 109 Main Street, Prof. Melanie Mowinski will curate “Coming up NEXT! MCLA’s Emerging Artists” is a preview of work created by some of the students who will graduate from MCLA this spring.
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NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY
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James Fissel
North Adams Public Library – 1st floor
12-8pm
Click here for more info.
James Fissel’s work involves the idea of the orb; with its symbolic meaning andiconography. To him, it conveys the idea of the creative spirit and the mysteries of the world. As a painter, Fissel works in several different media, mainly with acrylic, watercolor, and paper collage.
Also on view at the Library, the first edition of the Occupy Wall Street Paper. |
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PERFORMANCES/SPECIAL EVENTS |
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107 Main |
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MCLA Jazz band
107 Main
6-7pm
The MCLA Jazz Band, under the guidance of local musician and teacher Jamie Choquette, will perform from 6-7 p.m., at 107 Main St.. |
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Throughout Downtown |
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MCLA Allegrettos
Throughout Downtown
5-8pm
MCLA Allegrettos, the College’s a cappella group that has performed throughout the county, as well as on public television. The students will perform traditional songs of the season at different venues throughout downtown the night. |
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PUBLIC Restaurant |
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Patrick Gray
Public Restaurant
24 Holden Street
8:30 -11:30pm
Click here for more info.
Patrick Gray grew up listening to his father play folk music whether around a camp fire or performing on stage to large crowds. He caught the performing bug at an early age and decided to pick up one of his father’s acoustics, he was happy to show him the basic chords G-C-D etc. by junior high he …was running home from school just so I could sit in my room and learn a new song. Bringing his talent to North Adams, where he now lives and works, Patrick Gray will perform at the Public Restaurant from 8:30pm till 11:30pm on December 1. |
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ART ON A STICK |
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Wandering artsicle cart
Downtown North Adams
Click here for more info.
Artists Mark Mulherrin and Kirsten Warming will return downtown with their “Artsicle” cart. Artists were asked to participate in the project creating their own “art on a stick,” which will be available during DownStreet Art on Ice. The cart will be then parked at MCLA Gallery 51 as part of the “99¢ and up: Art Mall” show.
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MYSTERY SHOPPER |
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Mystery Shopper
Downtown North Adams
This year also marks the return of the ‘Mystery Shopper’, a person who can be identified by a weekly clue. This person can be out anytime between 6-8pm in any down street location during the Hometown Holiday Thursday night celebrations. If you are the first to spot a Mystery Shopper you win a $25 gift certificate to a participating business. This week’s mystery shopper hint is: If you listen closely you’ll hear snow go thumpetty thump thump.
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Window Decorating Contest |
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Window Decorating Contest
Throughout Downtown
All businesses are invited to participate in this holiday window decorating contest. Judging will take place on Dec. 1. Judges will include: North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright, local artist Jarvis Rockwell, Michael Foster, editor of the North Adams Transcript and Sean Taylor from Freight Yard Pub. A City Councilor’s Choice award and a People’s Choice Award also will be awarded. The trolley will take judges and interested members of the public to all decorated sites throughout the city. For more information about the Window Decorating Contest, contact Veronica Bosley at tourism@northadams-ma.gov or 413-664-6180
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Children Scavenger Hunt |
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Children Scavenger Hunt
Throughout Downtown
A Children’s Scavenger Hunt will be held throughout North Adams, Dec. 1-8, as part of the Hometown Holidays celebration. Clues will be available at Verizon Wireless, I Got Goodies and MCLA Gallery 51 starting Dec. 1, as part of the evening’s events. |
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BUSINESS SPECIALS |
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Hometown Holidays Store Specials
Throughout Downtown
Store specials will include a chance to enter for a gift basket worth $200 at Berkshire Emporium & Antiques, $20 off a purchase of $100 or more at Dilego’s Jewelry, 10% off special orders at I Got Goodies, the 99 cent rack at Mia’s Consignment Shop, 10% off holiday decorations at The Party Place, a $165 one room suite special and 10% off gift certificates ($100 minimum) at Porches Inn, 15% off all holiday purchases, or 50% off one item with 2 donations for the local food pantry at River Hill Pottery, and 10% off one item or 20% off one item with 2 donations for the local food pantry at Shima Boutique. |
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SAVE THE DATE: DECEMBER 8 |
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Hometown Holidays continues…
Rogue Waves:
The Work of Jennifer Smith and Colleen Williams
NAACO Gallery
33 Main Street
Opening December 8
Click here for more info.
Smith will exhibit fiber collage that combines shimmery thread, beads, metallic paint and bits of fabric mounted onto wooden panels; in addition, she is showing an array of holiday ornaments created using the same materials and process. Williams will show new porcelain works which feature complex surface design on figurative vessel forms. |
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IMPORTANT INFO |
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How to get here: Road Closure
Berkshire County
Click here for more info.
We are still here! Tropical Strom Irene damaged some roads in Berkshire County but, there are ways around them. Check out this site for alternative driving directions and come to North Adams!
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DOWNSTREET ART ON ICE – DECEMBER 1, 2011 – 5 PM ON…
November 22nd, 2011.
DownStreet Art on Ice will return for a third consecutive year, extending this summer and fall’s art events into December with art openings, live music and more in downtown North Adams on Thursday, Dec. 1, beginning at 5 p.m., to be held in conjunction with the city-wide celebration, “Hometown Holidays.”
This year’s events – which are free and open to the public – will feature six exhibition openings, two performances, art deals, art on a stick wandering cart, as well as specials at downtown businesses.
Exhibition openings include those at MAYA IV by Jarvis Rockwell, 49 Main St.; “99¢ and up: Art Mall” at MCLA Gallery 51, 51 Main St.; Melanie Mowinski’s installation at PIP Gallery, 53 Main St.; “Patterns and Pressure” at PRESS, 105 Main St.; and an MCLA student show in the window of 109 Main St.
99 Cents show at MCLA Gallery 51 in 2010
MCLA Gallery 51 Manager Ven Voisey said the event offers a wide variety of artistic holiday gifts for purchase. “Whether you’re a conflicted idealist, a die-hard capitalist, something in-between, or none of the above, you’ve probably found yourself befuddled by shopping malls and big box stores, and people’s behavior within them, during holiday shopping season. This upcoming exhibit is simultaneously an examination of that phenomenon, and a great chance support the local economy by adding artwork from a selection of MCLA Gallery 51 and DownStreet Art. The gallery will be chock-full of affordable, ready-to-be-sold-off-the wall art of a wide variety of mediums priced between 99 cents and $99.”
MCLA Gallery 51 Merchandising 2010
MAYA IV, 49 Main St., will feature new and old works by North Adams artist Jarvis Rockwell. In addition to new works – including a new wall drawing – Rockwell has on exhibit his “MAYA IV sculpture and works he created in the 1960s and ’70s.
MAYA IV – detail
The PIP Gallery will feature an installation by Melanie Mowinski, MCLA art professor. It consists of a series of hanging silk panels entitled, “Tree of Souls,” that was originally created for and shown as part of the “Festival of Trees” at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield.
“PRESS: Letterpress as a Public Art ” will unveil the new exhibit, “Patterns and Pressure,” featuring MCLA student projects printed at PRESS during the fall semester by students in Mowinski’s “Intro to Design” and “Concrete Poetry” classes.
PRESS Gallery
At 109 Main St.,“Coming up NEXT! MCLA’s Emerging Artists” is a preview of work created by some of the students who will graduate from MCLA this spring.
In addition, artist Mark Mulherrin and Kirsten Warming will return downtown with their “Artsicle” cart. Artists were asked to participate in the project creating their own “art on a stick,” which will be given away during DownStreet Art on Ice. The cart will be then parked at MCLA Gallery 51 as part of the “99¢ and up: Art Mall” show.
DownStreet Art on Ice also will see the culmination of the Window Decorating Contest. All businesses are invited to participate in this holiday window decorating contest. Judging will take place on Dec. 1. Judges will include: North Adams Mayor Richard Alcombright, local artist Jarvis Rockwell, Michael Foster of the North Adams Transcript and Sean Taylor from Freight Yard Pub.
Michael Chapman’s window installation, 2010
A City Councilor’s Choice award and a People’s Choice Award also will be awarded. The trolley will take judges and interested members of the public to all decorated sites throughout the city. For more information about the Window Decorating Contest, contact Veronica Bosley at tourism@northadams-ma.gov or 413-664-6180
Performances include those by the MCLA Allegrettos, the College’s a cappella group that has performed throughout the county, as well as on public television. The students will perform traditional songs of the season at different venues throughout downtown the night.
And, the MCLA Jazz Band, under the guidance of local musician and teacher Jamie Choquette, will perform from 6-7 p.m., at 107 Main St. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Patrick Gray will perform on the stage at PUBLIC Restaurant, 34 Holden St.
In addition, a Children’s Scavenger Hunt will be held throughout North Adams, Dec. 1-8, as part of the Hometown Holidays celebration. Clues will be available at Verizon Wireless, I Got Goodies and MCLA Gallery 51 starting Dec. 1, as part of the evening’s events.
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DownStreet Art is a project of MCLA’s Berkshire Culture Resource Center, partnering with the City of North Adams, Develop North Adams, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The program is made possible through leading sponsorship support provided by Orbit Visual Graphic Design, Excelsior Printing, Scarafoni Reality and Berkshire Bank. Additional support is provided by: Adams Co-Operative Bank, Brewhaha Café, Edward Jones Investments, The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, Moulton’s Spectacle Shop Inc., Persnickety Toys, Jarvis W. Rockwell and The Sushi House.
The initiative was designed to revitalize downtown North Adams by identifying the city as a cultural haven. The program serves not only to increase MCLA’s visibility, but also to showcase what other local arts organizations have to offer. For more information about DownStreet Art and MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, go to www.downstreetart.org and www.mcla.edu/bcrc .
For more information, call (413) 664-8718, or go to www.downstreetart.org .
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