What a great show! See what my friend and gallerist Leslie Ferrin says about the show! Thanks Leslie! Can’t make it to the show? Here are some some shots of the show, without anybody in the gallery–this is more for the artists in the show, so you can see how your work looks. Enjoy, please … Continue reading
What a great night! A big thanks to all who helped make opening night a hit! Michaela Jebb for taking pics. Ben Charbonneau for running the press. Jonas McCaffery for counting our numbers–345 people walked through our doors! Sara Farrell Okamura, one of the artist’s, also from North Adams, for inviting so many of her … Continue reading
This Thursday we open our first call for entries show at PRESS. And we are ready. Yep, it’s only Tuesday and we are pretty much installed–with art on the walls and pedestals, labels up, and our give away postcard ready for you to come and print its final layer this Thursday, August 29th during our … Continue reading
The Politics of ____ examines how art can ignite conversation between artist and viewer, viewer and viewer and viewer and self. The works exhibited move beyond what is assumed when thinking about political art. The show is PRESS’ first ever Call for Entries exhibition. Ten submissions were selected from a very competitive pool of entries resulting … Continue reading
I have been staying away from this blog for way too long. I am very upset at myself about that. MCLA’s B-HIP program, what brought me to North Adams, is nearing its end, so right now is all about wraping up everything to say goodbye without leaving unfinished projects or assignments behind. So much has happened … Continue reading
It has started! Our second show of the 2013 DownStreet Art summer, Liminality, officially opened yesterday night! You were just under four hundred (393 to be exact) to come and see Valerie Carrigan’s work. The DownStreet Art crowd kept flowing in the gallery and people stayed until 9:20 pm. One of our team members, Jonas, … Continue reading
It’s already been a month since our opening on June 20th! Time really flew by at PRESS Gallery and it’s almost time to say goodbye to imPRESS, our first 2013 DownStreet Art summer exhibit. During its life span, the people who saw the show came from very various places. To add to the inevitable Berkshire County … Continue reading
I hope your day yesterday was as great and amazing as ours at PRESS Gallery! It was busy, and very instructive. The day started with the making of our special 4th of July give away card. Melanie seized this opportunity to teach me the basics of typesetting. We set up the quote from Melanie’s friend … Continue reading
What a great night! Thank you to everyone that took the time to stop by. Thank you to the city of North Adams, MCLA, the BCRC people next door, and everyone else who made this gallery happen in the first place. As the honorable mention goes to Melanie’s delicious bean dip, the obvious highlight of … Continue reading
As all of you know, tomorrow is the big day! We are opening imPRESS, our first show of the summer. Among many other things, we will be giving away postcards especially printed for the occasion. When Antoine had to leave early this evening, Melanie was working on the press to have them ready for all you … Continue reading
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