Mass MoCA Teen Invitational Reception Set Thursday

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 14th annual Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Teen Invitational is a weeklong exhibition featuring over 250 works of visual art by students and teachers in 10 high schools in the Northern Berkshires.

The opening reception is on April 16, from 6 to 9 p.m., and the exhibition is on view through Sunday, April 26. The reception is free and open to the public.

The Teen Invitational exhibit is on view and open for drop in from Thursday, April 16, through Sunday, April 26, during normal museum hours.

Participating schools include: The Academy at Charlemont, Berkshire Arts & Technology Public Charter School, Buxton School, Darrow High School, Drury High School, Hoosac Valley Middle and High School, McCann Technical High School, Miss Hall's School, Mount Greylock Regional School, Pine Cobble School, Pittsfield High School, and the Greater Commonwealth Virtual School.

The goal of the Invitational is to reach students who engage with visual art inside or outside school settings.

Free and open to all.

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MCLA STEM Week Brings Hands-On Science to Berkshire Students

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:20AM / Saturday, October 31, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — From exploring the night sky in an inflatable planetarium to measuring the copper content of pennies in a college chemistry lab, students from across Berkshire County visited MCLA for a hands-on opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts welcomed elementary, middle and high school students throughout the week of Oct. 19 through 23 as part of the state's STEM week.

The college serves as the regional center for the Berkshire STEM Network, a state-funded partnership that aims to broaden efforts to expand science education through partnerships with local schools, museums and community organizations, said Ann Billetz, Berkshire STEM network coordinator and MCLA biology teacher.

The week's activities benefited both local students and the college community by providing hands-on learning experiences for younger students while giving MCLA students opportunities to apply their classroom knowledge by interacting with them, Billetz said.

Throughout the week, MCLA welcomed students from Abbott Memorial Elementary School in the town of Florida and Clarksburg Elementary School, and from Hoosac Valley Middle School in Cheshire for hands-on activities exploring astronomy, biology, chemistry and marine science, along with opportunities to interact with college students.

The excitement among younger students was evident throughout the week, Billetz said, recalling a seventh-grade physics activity in which a student correctly identified Galileo during a discussion of Newton's work and later excitedly shared the moment with her teacher.

"To see them excited about what they're doing, to have them be able to go home and talk about the experience they had at MCLA is phenomenal," Billetz said.

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