Upcoming Exhibitions & Events MARCH 11 Denouement A discussion and presentation of possible paranormal findings with psychic Larry Copeland and artist Ben Kinsley   Calling Occupants: A paranormal CONCERT SERIES Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH 7:00 p.m.   MARCH 12 Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven CLOSES in Columbus, OH   Don’t miss it if you are in the area! Open Saturday, 12:00-5:00 p.m.   MARCH 21 Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven PUBLICATION available   You can see a preview here or email to order   MARCH 21 Bureau for Open Culture: Making New Learning Sites, a TALK by James Voorhies   UMass Fine Arts Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst   Sponsored by Artists in Context, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst and C3   7:00 p.m.   APRIL 5-29 Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven OPENS in Bennington, VT   Usdan Gallery Bennington College   Opening Reception April 5, 6:30 p.m.   MAY 11-15 Open Engagement, Portland State University Portland, OR   On Symptoms of Cultural Industry investigates the role of artistic and cultural production in relation to the economic and social life of North Adams, Massachusetts. Through original research interviews with former employees of Sprague Electric, the work comprehensively manifests as an installation of performance, photography and video to form an intimate portrait of a city that has transformed from an economy of manufacturing goods and materials to increasingly manufacturing culture and information.   PERFORMANCE by Cassandra Troyan May 11 @ 8 p.m.   CONVERSATION with Bureau for Open Culture May 14 @ 7 p.m.   Field Work 1101 SW Jefferson St. Portland, OR   MAY 26–SEPTEMBER 30 MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA   I Am Searching for Field Character   Organized in association with the MASS MoCA exhibition The Workers, Bureau for Open Culture inhabits a reclaimed industrial building on the grounds of the museum complex to present the exhibition series I Am Searching for Field Character. This series includes informal public conversations, performances, installations, workshops and a beer garden with a slew of artists, writers, designers and thinkers.   PARTICIPANTS Julia Bryan-Wilson, Sarah Cowles, Dylan Gauthier, Brian Holmes, Steve Lambert, Timothy Nazzaro, Nate Padavick, Claire Pentecost, Joseph Del Pesco, Sarah Pierce, Red76, Rachel Sherk, Kendra Sullivan, Temporary Services, Cassandra Troyan and Matthew Stadler   Updates MASS MoCA invites BOC to produce programming in association the exhibition The Workers   I Am Searching for Field Character receives grant from Culture Ireland Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven travels to Vermont   I Am Searching for Field Character receives grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council     James Voorhies presents a talk at UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst    BOC presents at Open Engagement, Portland   About Bureau for Open Culture Bureau for Open Culture is a nomadic institution for the contemporary arts based in North Adams, Massachusetts. Its mission is to expand traditional exhibition models to address prescient social and cultural issues by bringing together artists from national and international contexts to engage with communities where exhibitions occur.   James Voorhies Executive Director Bureau for Open Culture P.O. Box 161 North Adams, MA 01247   Like BOC on Facebook   bureauforopenculture.org

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