Archive for September, 2008

We’ve Got Your Creative Economy Jobs!

Published: September 30, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, JOB ARCHIVETags:

Want to be part of the creative economy? Check out the creative jobs waiting for you in the beautiful Berkshires!

Manpower- Web Designer

Iredale Mineral Cosmetics- IT Professional

Hesnor Engineering- Drafter/Designer

Lenco Armored Vehicles- Electrical / Electronics Engineer

The Colonial Theatre- Executive Assistant

The Colonial Theatre-Ticket Office Manager / Ticket Office Associate

The Berkshire Arts and Technology Public Charter School – Part-time Music Instructor / Ensemble Director

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts- Director of Academic Technology

Photo Studio Assistant

Packaging Design Assistant

Associate Designer

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Online Marketplaces Reconnect Buyers and Sellers of Handmade Goods

Published: September 29, 2008Posted in: FOR PROFIT RESOURCES, NON PROFIT RESOURCES, RESOURCESTags: , , , , , , ,

Artists and Design Minded Individuals, Check Out ETSY!

Berkshire Creatives, you don’t need a physical storefront to sell your handmade goods. The advent of online marketplaces designed specifically for the buying & selling of all things handmade, such as Etsy, enables designers, artists and aritsans to sell their goods, wares and works of art to buyers around the corner and across the globe.

Etsy’s mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Their vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice: Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade. Since it’s launch in June, 2005, over 100,000 sellers from around the world have opened up Etsy shops.

Not an artistan, artist or designer? Search Etsy to find unique gifts for yourself or others from local artists, artisans, and berkshire creatives!

To learn more, checkout www.etsy.com or watch this video about Esty!

Check back for more information on the upcoming Berkshire Creative ETSY workshop which will teach you how to start up your own Etsy shop!

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BIFF Call for Film Submissions

Published: September 26, 2008Posted in: OPPORTUNITES ARCHIVESTags: , ,

The 2009 Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) announces the call for submissions for feature, documentary and short films for the 2009 Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) and the Third Annual Berkshire Student Film Festival (BSFF) Competition!

2009 Berkshire International Film Festival

Submissions deadline for BIFF and BSFF: March 1, 2009

Festival: May 14 – 17, 2009

Films may be submitted through Withoutabox.com or by sending the completed forms to P.O. Box 237, Great Barrington, MA 01230.

For submission forms, rules, and further information, visit the official website at www.biffma.com.

The 2009 festival will mark the fourth annual event and plans to showcase nearly 70 of the best films that are currently being produced in independent filmmaking.

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New Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center

Published: September 26, 2008Posted in: LOCAL NEWS, NEWS BULLETINTags:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute celebrates the opening of the new Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), with world-class artistic performances, workshops and more.

Premieres of EMPAC-commissioned artworks, presentations of research at the frontiers of science, and social events ranging from black-tie elegant to come-as-you-are eclectic are scheduled for all participants.

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MCC Releases $701,570 for Organizations, Schools, + Communities in Berkshire County

Published: September 26, 2008Posted in: NEWS BULLETIN, STATE NEWSTags:

NEW CULTURAL FUNDS SUPPORT FOUNDATION OF STATE’S CREATIVE ECONOMY

The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Monday announced the release of nearly $9 million in new public funding for organizations, communities, and schools across the Commonwealth and $701,570 in Berkshire County.

These grants will stimulate new economic activity, support creative learning for young people, and expand access to arts and culture in every community in Massachusetts.

In August, Governor Deval Patrick signed the state Legislature’s fiscal 2009 budget that boosted the MCC’s appropriation by $361,000 to nearly $12.7 million. With an additional $141,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the MCC was able to slightly increase funding for its core grant programs.

Click here to see a list of all the Berkshire Grants!

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Free Lecture

Published: September 25, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Robert Workman

Director of Crystal Bridges of American Art

Tuesday, October 7th, 7:00 pm

The Clark, Williamstown, MA

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded by Alice Walton with a vision for establishing a new museum for American art that will serve both tourists and regional residents. The museum is currently under construction in Bentonville, Arkansas, and is planned to open in 2010.

In this lecture, Robert Workman will discuss Crystal Bridges’ art and architecture and the challenges of opening a new museum in a rural area not unlike the Berkshires with ambitions to expand the economic base through cultural tourism.

For more information, click here!

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New Addition to Western Mass Creative Community

Published: September 25, 2008Posted in: LOCAL NEWS, NEWS BULLETINTags:

UMass Amherst Opens the Doors New $26 million Studio Arts Building

The facility brings together a number of two- and three-dimensional art programs that had been scattered across the vast campus — often in facilities that were cramped and not up to modern building codes — and creates, with the nearby Fine Arts Center, what one administrator calls an “integrated arts district” on campus. But the center will also benefit the region as a whole, say school administrators, by making the university’s arts programs more attractive, thus bolstering the Western Massachusetts creative community.

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John’s Interpretation of The Berkshires

Published: September 24, 2008Posted in: LOCAL NEWS, NEWS BULLETINTags:

John Dolan Photos at The Berkshire Museum!

September 12 – November 2

The exhibition includes a selection of images from Dolan’s year-long survey of the people and places of the Berkshires.

According to Dolan, his intended goal was to record life as it actually was in the year 2007. “To accomplish this,” he says, “I was forced to consider our collective expectation of what images of the bucolic New England rural life look like. These photographs show what happened when I stopped and looked at what was right before my eyes”.

The project was funded by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation in honor of its 20th anniversary.

John Dolan lives in nearby Columbia County, New York, and is as a regular contributor to Real Simple, Self, Martha Stewart, Brides, and Cookie. He has woven a career of fine art, editorial, and advertising photography and gained national recognition as a leader in the movement to revitalize the fine art of wedding photography. His wedding clients included celebrity couples Will and Jada Smith, Matt and Annette Lauer, and Ben and Christine Stiller.

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More Upcoming Events in the Creative Economy

Published: September 24, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Faculties of Art: Work by MCLA Art Major Professors

MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA

Opening reception Thursday, October 25, 5-7 pm

Slow Food of Western Massachusetts Benefit Dinner

Allium Restaurant, Great Barrington, MA, Thursday, September 25

Reservations available from 5-9:30 pm

Lee Founder’s Weekend

Downtown Lee, September 26-28

Three days of food, music, art, crafts, and culture!

BERKTOBERFEST

Downtown Pittsfield, Saturday, September 27, 12-7pm

Eight breweries and many food vendors, along with der Otto Schultz Oompah Band.

All proceeds go to the Glady’s Allen Brigham Center and Downtown Inc.

Click here to read Berkshire Eagle Article!

The 5th Annual Think Pink Art Exhibit

The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA, Friday, October 3-5

Opening reception Friday, October 3, 2008, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. during

“Healing With Humor” is the theme for this year’s Think Pink, which annually raises funds for and awareness of Breast Cancer. Last year hundreds of people gathered together and honored breast cancer survivors and the talent of the artists. Think Pink is sponsored by the Storefront Artists Project and the American Cancer Society’s Breast Health Team.

Massachusetts Poetry Festival

Lowell, MA, Friday, October 10-Sunday, October 12

The Massachusetts Poetry Festival is a three-day celebration of the poets, poetry, and literary heritage of a state whose contribution to American poetry is unsurpassed in the nation. This first-ever, state-wide event will include readings by renowned and emerging poets, teacher workshops, performance poetry, films & music, programs for children and young writers, literary heritage tours, a small press fair, poetry in the streets, and much more.

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Pittsfield Cultural Council Information Session Tonight

Published: September 24, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

The Pittsfield Cultural Council is holding a grant-writing workshop and public input session tonight at 7:00 PM in Room 203 of Pittsfield City Hall.

The Pittsfield Cultural Council invites applications to the Local Cultural Grant program, to support cultural activities. This year, the Council has $27,780 to grant. Individual artists and first-time applicants are welcome. Grant application packages are available at the Berkshire Athenaeum’s Reference Desk; the volunteers desk at Pittsfield City Hall; the Christian Center at 193 Robbins Avenue; the Lichtenstein Center at 28 Renne Avenue; the Storefront Artists Project office at 124 Fenn Street; and 311 North Street.

Deadline for the grant applications is October 15. For more information, e-mail pittsfieldculture@yahoo.com.

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