Tag: MCLA

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    A giant of American theater — MCLA celebrates Irene Fornes

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    College helps to celebrate the work of Irene Fornes By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.   The wildness comes from despair?… Sometimes it comes because something has changed inside. A light has gone out, … something that makes us feel joy, feel compassion, feel for others.   A group of friends are keeping a… read more

    A giant of American theater — MCLA celebrates Irene Fornes
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    MCLA artist’s residency lifts portraits of a community

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    Exhibit reflects artist’s yearlong residency in North Adams       Conrad Egyir’s new exhibit, “Travelogue,’ which opened in June at Gallery 51, includes his portraits of, from left, Odiase Williamson, Winston Wall and Delano Mills, along with others he met in the course of his artist residency at MCLA. Courtesy photos   By KATE… read more

    MCLA artist’s residency lifts portraits of a community
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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists

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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists   Joshua Ross, the artist in residence this fall at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, is working on a series of drawings in colored pencil in the Art Lab at Gallery 51, the college’s exhibition space in downtown North Adams. Susan Sabino photo   By KATE… read more

    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists
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    Seeking strength and sanctuary

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    At MCLA artists put college’s focus on immigration Trinh Mai Thach works on a portrait of her husband at her studio in southern California. The work will be shown at Gallery 51 in North Adams as part of a yearlong show related to immigration.courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTT Contributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. In her… read more

    Seeking strength and sanctuary
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    College aims to strengthen creative ties

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    New MCLA institute builds links to Berkshires arts organizations The poet and essayist Nikki Giovanni spoke in June at a conference organized by the new Institute for Arts and Humanities at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The bowls lay on the paths under the… read more

    College aims to strengthen creative ties
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    Images from across a spectrum

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    Keavy Handley-Byrne’s photograph “Alice Cuts My Hair” (2018) is among 38 works by contemporary artists in the exhibit “Spectrum: Exploring Gender Identification,” which runs through Nov. 18 at Gallery 51 in North Adams. courtesy Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts/Gallery 51   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.A father sits at his desk, holding his… read more

    Images from across a spectrum
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    Worlds apart, under one roof

    Exhibit links artist’s life experiences, Egypt’s upheaval By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Julia Morgan-Leamon’s “Split/Level” takes a suburban housing style from the 1970s and reshuffles it into a metaphorical zone that’s part personal history and part global reality. The exhibition, which opened July 31 and remains on view through Aug. 24 in Gallery… read more

    Worlds apart, under one roof