MCLA Professor Presents 'The Tectonics of Form'

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Gregory Scheckler will present "The Tectonics of Form: Change and Impermanence in New Contemporary Drawings and Paintings" at 5:30 p.m. on March 24 in Murdock Hall, Room 218, on MCLA's campus.  
 
Presented as part of The Mind's Eye Spring 2022 Works in Progress Lecture Series, this event is free and open to the public. 
 
This is the third iteration of The Mind's Eye's Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium series, in which MCLA faculty members share their current research or creative projects and benefit from questions and discussion. During his talk, Professor Scheckler will share new artworks that respond to questions of how we might embrace change and impermanence in visual art. . 
 
About Professor Gregory Scheckler 
Gregory Scheckler is Professor of Fine and Performing Arts at MCLA. His work is rooted in imagery from nature and its observation. When he's not writing, artmaking, or teaching, he and his wife ski, hike and bike the Berkshires and tend their solar-powered home in the company of two fuzzy cats. 
 
About The Mind's Eye 
First founded in 1977 as print publication featuring MCLA faculty's research and creative projects, The Mind's Eye has now pivoted to multimodal research and praxis initiative anchored in interdisciplinary academic programming in and beyond the Berkshires. Continuing a tradition of showcasing faculty excellence and expertise, the new direction of The Mind's Eye includes innovative forums for exhibiting faculty research, such as Works-In-Progress Colloquia and Faculty Book Writing & Publishing Panel Discussion. An incubator for collaborative interdisciplinary projects, like CARE SYLLABUS, The Mind's Eye is a platform for partnerships with neighboring institutions such as MASS MoCA. As a research and praxis initiative, The Mind's Eye aims to expand professional development opportunities and emphasize lifelong learning for faculty and staff. 

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Deep Dive: Why Do We Vote on Ballot Initiatives?

By John TownesSpecial to iBerkshires
This is the first of two articles that cover the ballot questions in this year's upcoming election. This article is an overview of the process. It will be followed by a summary of this year's ballot measures.
 
In addition to the contests between candidates and the battle for control among political parties, Massachusetts voters will also be deciding on nine ballot questions in November, the highest number since 1994.
 
While ballot questions may not have the personal drama of candidate races or ideological ramifications of partisan wars, they often have an impact on laws and other government policies and actions.
 
This year's Massachusetts ballot measures include questions that will significantly affect the state's gun-control laws, the legal status of recreational cannabis products, and the basic structure of the state's future elections, among others.
 
Before summarizing the specific questions on this year's ballot, it is useful to look at the larger context and role of ballot measures.
 
In a broad sense, ballot measures are a form of direct democracy within our system.
 
The Massachusetts official Guide to Statewide Ballot Question Petitions defines the three basic types of ballot questions.
 
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