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
Wednesday was our first Make your Own Mantra Workshop! Five people attended–and we all agreed that four is the better number–but everyone had a great time. We went from very basic typesetting to advanced typesetting quickly. It’s amazing how fast you begin to appreciate the ease of computer typesetting and the awesomeness of super-powerful magnets … Continue reading
That’s it, the twelve weeks of my program are over. Saying goodbye to everyone was so surreal, it felt like I had been living in North Adams for years. I’ve been listening to the tear-jerking soundtrack of Grave of the Fireflies in a loop for the last few hours. It is a very beautiful but also an … 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
Melanie is part of an international art exchange. Along with 2 American and 3 Australian artists, every other month they send eachothers artwork following instructions given by one of the artists. When you take a sheet of paper, cut it and then fold it in a certain way, you get a one page book, also … Continue reading
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