‘Intimate Interplay’ on Exhibit at BCC

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‘The Intimate Interplay of Mathematics and Art’ will be on display in the Koussevitzky Arts Gallery at Berkshire Community College, from now through Friday, April 24.

Pau Atela, professor of Mathematics at Smith College states “This exhibition reflects part of my longstanding research and personal interest in form and looking. It contains a small selection of objects and images, resulting from years of distilling ideas, impressions and reactions.

Most of these works are rendered in collaboration with students [from Smith College] through an experimental course called “Mathematical Sculptures,” which emphasizes creative process. In mathematics I constantly think about ideas, perception and form, but more important to me is that the experience and re-experience of this work makes me alive.”

Atela will discuss the exhibit Thursday, April 9, at 12:15 in K-111 located across from the art gallery in the Koussevitzky Arts Center. Forum credit is available for BCC students attending this gallery talk.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is located in BCC’s Koussevitzky Arts Center. Gallery hours are from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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