"I really wanted to attend an institution that was somewhat of a community -- something small -- and to connect with professors and with the administration and have them know my name. And, because of MCLA's internship program, I was able to get my foot in the door at a very prominent company which jump-started my career."

Christina Barrett '03
Director of Marketing & Communications, Berkshire Chamber of Commerce

The MySpace Show

Nov. 29 - Jan. 27, 2008

Opening Reception: Nov. 29, 5-7 p.m.

To Fly

Circle

Lincoln

Since MCLA Gallery 51 created its own MySpace page it has attracted hundreds of “friends.” This exhibit will welcome our virtual friends to show their work on the gallery’s physical walls with an eclectic assortment of work from all over the cyberspace world.

MCLA BRINGS ‘MYSPACE’ VIRTUAL ART TO THE PHYSICAL WALLS

OF GALLERY 51

NORTH ADAMS, MA – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will bring the work of more than 40 “virtual friends” of MCLA Gallery 51’s MySpace page to downtown North Adams beginning Nov. 29, through Jan. 27, 2008.

An opening reception for “The MySpace Show” will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 7 p.m., in MCLA Gallery 51. The event is free and open to the public.

In addition to the physical show at MCLA Gallery 51, the gallery will coordinate elements of a “virtual show” that will allow those who cannot come to the gallery in person to experience the exhibit online. As part of the virtual show, the gallery will post images of all of the work included in the exhibit to its MySpace page and encourage its friends to comment. The gallery also will take images and video during the opening of the show and post them to the gallery’s MySpace profile.

Finally, once the physical show is up and running, the gallery will coordinate an online, collaborative art piece made by the artists who are MCLA Gallery 51’s friends on MySpace. This art piece should be completed by the New Year and will be on display at MCLA Gallery 51 during January 2008.

Gallery Manager Sean Riley said participating artists will include those from throughout the world, including Brazil, France, Germany and Portugal.

“What I find most interesting about this exhibit is that it is making virtual relationships real,” Riley said. “The artists in this exhibition are no longer just our virtual friends – they have become participants and real-life friends of the Gallery.”