North Adams - Go fly a kite during spring break at Kidspace at MASS MoCA! Along with extended hours during spring break, Kidspace will hold a special kite-making workshop on Friday, April 23, from 10 A.M. to noon. Kidspace will be open from noon to 4 P.M. every day from Saturday, April 17, through Sunday, April 25.
Pre-registration is required for the kite workshop. The cost for the workshop is $10 per kite (a family may purchase one kite to work on together, or one for each child to work on individually). The workshop is appropriate for children ages 5 and up, and all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Kidspace’s current exhibition, Wind Farm, features a sea of kinetic sculptures against a backdrop of large photos of wind turbines. The artwork offers myriad perspectives on wind and movement. After viewing the exhibition, visitors can investigate the science and art of wind by making their own moving art work. A resource area for children of all ages features books, music, and videos about wind and wind energy. During spring break, visitors are also invited to celebrate Earth Week by adding to a collaborative sculpture.
The group exhibition features Carrie Baker of Montpelier, Vermont, who takes evocative photos of wind turbines throughout the country; Connecticut-based Tim Prentice whose colorful kinetic works playfully move with the air that surrounds them; Pedro S. De Movellan of East Chatham, N.Y. whose wave-shaped sculpture, created especially for this exhibition, captivates visitors with its gentle, surprising motion; and William R. Bergman of Albany, N.Y. who designs sculptures that allow visitors to create wind using innovative mechanical devices and hand cranks to bring his work to life.
To pre-register for the kite-making workshop, call Kidspace at 664-4481 ext. 8131. Kidspace is proud to offer these special hours and kite-making workshop as part of the 2004 Williamstown Community Earth Week Celebration, sponsored by Wild Oats Community Market and Greensense at Williams College.
Kidspace’s regular public hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 P.M. through June 20 and 12 to 4 P.M. daily from June 21 through September 6. Admission to Kidspace is always free.
Kidspace is a joint program of the Williams College Museum of Art, the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, and MASS MoCA, and is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (a state agency and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency).
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North Berkshire Educational Study Updating Communities
By Breanna Steele & Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The steering committee for a regional study on secondary education is getting the word out to participating communities and asking for input.
The goal of the study is to focus on Grades 6 through 12 to understand current conditions across districts, hear people on their educational priorities, analyze strengths, opportunities, and challenges, and identify opportunities for future collaboration.
Steering Committee Chair Erin Milne, also a member of the Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee, introduced the study and why it was needed.
"We've been talking for decades about how the Northern Berkshire school communities can better collaborate with one another, rather than necessarily duplicating services," she told he Cheshire board. "And over time, it's become more and more of a pressing issue as our enrollment has been going down, but costs have been going up."
Hoosac Valley, North Adams, Mount Greylock Regional, Clarksburg, Savoy and Florida are participating in the study. A combination of declining population and rising costs are putting pressure on the districts, but the study will also look at educational opportunities that could come from collaboration.
In North Adams, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Callahan noted that "the reality is that in the North Adams Public Schools, our graduating class is now closer to what Lenox used to have as a graduating class 20 years ago ... So those are the realities, and what can we sustain, and what are the educational opportunities for our young people? Those are the questions that we're asking."
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