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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BAAMS' Monthly Studio 9 Series Features Mino Cinelu

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On April 20, Berkshires' Academy of Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) will host its fourth in a series of live music concerts at Studio 9.
 
Saturday's performance will feature drummer, guitarist, keyboardist and singer Mino Cinelu.
 
Cinelu has worked with Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Vicente Amigo, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, Pino Daniele, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Salif Keita.
 
Cinelu will be joined by Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion.
 
Doors open: 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased here.
 
All proceeds will help support music education at BAAMS, which provides after-school and Saturday music study, as well as a summer jazz-band day camp for students ages 10-18, of all experience levels.
 
Also Saturday, the BAAMS faculty presents master-class workshops for all ages, featuring Cinelu, Boulger, Boente, Lewis and bassist Nathan Peck.
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