10x10 Real Art Party

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January 2019 – Berkshire Art Association (BAA) and Storefront Artist Project (SAP) in collaboration with the Berkshire Museum ARTISTS FROM THE BERKSHIRES AND BEYOND: CALL FOR ART for the 10×10 RAP (REAL ART PARTY) Berkshire Art Association needs your help! We are seeking donations of 10×10 inch original art for the 10×10 RAP – a fundraiser benefitting Berkshire County art students. The 10×10 RAP will be at the Berkshire Museum during the City of Pittsfield’s 10×10 Festival in February. It’s an art exhibit and FREE art party. A $25 ticket purchase guarantees a piece of original art, drawn at random, to take home. “ARTIX” will be soldRead More →

BEN GARVER — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE Artist Melanie Mowinski hangs examples from her “50 Card Project” in the “Showing Up: for Our Communities, Our Neighborhoods and Our Selves” exhibit at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield.

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By Benjamin Cassidy, The Berkshire Eagle PITTSFIELD — The concept of community isn’t traced by town or county lines. Neither is Berkshire Art Association’s (BAA) biennial juried show “Showing Up: for Your Neighborhoods, Communities and Each Other” which is on view at Pittsfield’s Lichtenstein Center for the Arts through Nov. 16. The display of painted, sculpted, drawn and photographed art represents a bevy of Berkshire-based artists’ work, but the exhibit also includes creators from New York and other parts of New England. Denise Minnerly of Norwalk, Conn., and Donald Bracken of Cornwall Bridge, Conn., collaborated on “Village Project,” an installation that directly engages with theRead More →

BAA Biennial: Showing Up

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The Berkshire Art Association presents Showing Up: for Our Neighborhoods, Our Communities and Each Other – a juried exhibition of contemporary art exploring themes of community and civic engagement. Interpretations of the theme, as well as the definitions of ‘community’ and ‘neighborhood’ are open to the Artist. Artists working in all media will be considered for acceptance. The call is open to artists living and working in the Northeast (New England and New York). An artist’s statement, outlining how the artist’s experience and work pertain to the theme is required with submission. All visual media will be considered for submission. A non-refundable registration fee ($25) coversRead More →