Lamp Update
Currently there are about 70-80 lamps that have been donated for the Lumens exhibit. Ideally, we would like to have 180 lamps. People have been great about donating their lamps (which they will get back unharmed in October).
Here are some of the lamps hooked up to a proximity sensor prototype that Matthew has been working very hard on. At the moment people can make the lamps turn on and off via the internet or from waving their hand near the crazy looking breadboard with all the wires.
Here is a closer look at all the craziness that is going on. I believe that about 35 of these will be built to control all the lamps.
Berkshire Snippets
A View from the center of the MCLA Campus.
Street signs from the city of Pittsfield.
The view of Mt. Greylock from the front steps of Greylock Arts. (I am hoping to try and climb Greylock, the highest point in the state, by the end of the summer)
Art on Main Street (Working the Creative Economy)
For two nights I participated in a painting party. Several empty store front spaces on Main Street in North Adams are being renovated to house galleries. In particular I worked on the space that will be housing the work of Jarvis Rockwell (the son of Norman Rockwell). I know that my father would have been proud of the painting that I did! In the future myself and other interns will also being working to put together Jarvis Rockwell’s piece that will be a large pyramid covered in action figures. I’ll post pictures as the piece progresses.
Johnathan Secor, director Director of Special Programs at MCLA and Jesse Conzo, MCLA Program Coordinator working hard!
Interns, artists and volunteers.
Out in the Berkshires
Hello Everyone!
About a week ago I headed out to North Adams, Massachusetts to begin my Berkshire Hills Internship Program. It is an intensive 12 week Arts Administration internship. I have been lucky enough to have been placed at Greylock Arts located in the small town of Adams.
I am working at 93 Summer St. with Marianne and Mathew (and their two dogs Slomo and Lulu) on an upcoming event called, “Networked Realities: (Re)Connecting the Adamses.” A particular part of this project is called “Lumens” which is a networked installation connecting Greylock Arts on Summer Street, the MCLA Gallery 51 Annex on Main Street in North Adams, and a virtual gallery on Turbulence.org. What does this mean? It means that I have been walking the two main streets of Adams and asking citizens to lend their lamps to this unique interactive project!
My favorite lamp collected thus far has come from the local tattoo studio (Armory Tattoo and Piercing). The owner airbrushed the shade to match the wood that runs through out his home.
The opening for the show is July 10th – I’ll keep updating the progress!
As for my return to dorm living, I have 5 great roommates : Erin, Halli, Kerri Lee, Caroline and Eva. We are all sharing one shower in a “townhouse” on the MCLA campus. It is a quick walk to downtown North Adams.
