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
Everytime I realize how ignorant I am, I look at all the things I don’t know, and I feel overwhelmed. And most of the time, for lack of motivation, the feeling is so powerful that I just give up on these things. Which is absolutely not the right thing to do. Deeply, I think that … Continue reading
Melanie made this print this week as a promo for our membership drive. You can get one at any membership level, but it’s our gift to you when you join for $25. And know, membership money goes directly to intern salaries and supplies for educational and community workshop! You can learn more about it by … 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
Last September I received an email with the subject GRANT NOTIFICATION in all caps. I nearly deleted it because it looked like spam. I didn’t recognize the sender, but then thought, I’ll just check, just in case. I’m glad I did, because it was an award from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation. I completely forgot about … Continue reading
It has now been seventeen days since the eventful night I arrived in North Adams. I feel comfortable today saying that I am comfortably settling. It’s easy though when everyone is so nice. I come from Lyon, second biggest city in France. People there are not as bad as in Paris, but I love this … Continue reading
Phew, wow, yes, PRESS is moving. In fact, the press has moved! From 105 Main Street to our new location, 49 Main Street. We will be reopening on June 20th at the first Downstreet Art Opening of 2013, from 6-9 pm. We hope you can make it! Big thanks to new BHIP intern Antoine Scalbert, … Continue reading
In the next couple of weeks, PRESS anticipates a number of exciting changes! 1. We are MOVING! Not far, just down the street to 49 Main Street. We’ll be right next to Gallery 51. We can’t wait. Look out for the PRESS taking a walk down the street this Thursday morning. Stay tuned to FB … Continue reading
Spring is in the air, finally! So that means Downstreet Art and a new season of exhibits at PRESS is just around the corner. We can’t wait, and we have some really exciting news related to the summer, but you’ll just have to stay tuned for that! For now, check out what’s up for the … Continue reading
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