Archive for October, 2008

Jobs In the Creative Economy

Published: October 31, 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!

Topia Arts Center, Inc. Grant Writer

Topia Arts Center, Inc. Fundraiser

Blass Communications Freelance Opportunities Graphic Artist

Blass Communications Freelance Opportunities Web Designer/Programme

Blass Communications Freelance Opportunities Copywriter

Looking to gain experience and valuable skills working in the Creative Economy. Check out these internships!

Berkshire Hills Internship Program (B-HIP)

B-HIP is an intensive semester-long arts management internship program uniting the renowned cultural institutions of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, with students interested in arts administration. Interns work in a multitude of administrative capacities including development, marketing, public relations and programming – as they gain hands-on experience in the field of arts management.

B-HIP combines class work, TalkBacks, cultural outings, with an intensive internship. Students can earn 12 credits through Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Former interns have worked at institutions such as The Clark Art Institute, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), Berkshire Living Magazine, Shakespeare and Company, and more!

The application deadline for the spring `09 session of B-HIP is November 15, 2008. For more information and details on how to apply for the program, visit the B-HIP website!

MASS MoCA seeks full-time interns for various departments. Paid interns are given $100/wk stipend and free housing within a block of the complex. We also have an academic internships where interns can receive up to 12-15 credits for full time employment that could be arranged between the applicants school and MASS MoCA. We offer internships in the following departments: Production, Performing Arts Administration, Box Office, Design, Marketing and Public Relations. Click here to visit the MASS MoCa website and learn more about their internship opportunities!

Jacob’s Pillow

Summer Internships
Be part of the summer Festival team that presents world class modern, ballet, jazz, and cultural dance, along with audience enrichment, documentation and educational programs.

Gain a broad perspective on arts administration, technical theatre production, dance history, and the international dance field.

Receive on-the-job training and experience working alongside professional staff.

Fall/Winter/Spring Internships
By joining Jacob’s Pillow during the off-season, you’ll assist in the preparation for the upcoming season for one of the most acclaimed international dance festivals in the world.

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Attenion Berkshire Designers!

Published: October 30, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Designing an Industry invites you to two upcoming symposia exploring the economic and business development of the design industry in Scotland and Massachusetts.

Creative Industry Development in Scotland

Thursday, November 6th
8:30-10:00am
@ Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Trustees Room, 11th Floor
621 Huntington Ave, Boston

The Director of Creative Industries for the Scottish Highlands & Islands Enterprise will discuss Creative Industry Development in Scotland. Iain Hamilton’s presentation will focus on Scotland’s emerging fashion industry, with responses from Beate Becker and Jason Schupbach.

Building a Massachusetts Design Economy

Tuesday, November 18
6:00-7:00pm
@ Seaport World Trade Center, Boston

A panel of Massachusetts designers, design educators and policy makers will discuss Building a Massachusetts Design Economy at the Boston Society of Architects’ BuildBoston event.

To RSVP please send an email to:
Stephen.Clark@massart.edu

Stephen Clark,
Project Manager
Professional and Continuing Education
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
617 879 7168

Be sure to let them know which symposia you will be attending!

Designing an Industry is a design industry initiative sponsored by Massachusetts College of Art and Design with partial funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Boston Foundation.

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Small Business Seminar for Artists

Published: October 29, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center to Offer Small Business Seminar for Artists

When: November 12th and 19th, 4:00 pm

Where: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield (map)

Participants will learn how to translate creative work into a viable business and develop a business plan that can help guide marketing efforts and business investment decisions (whether that be investments of the artist’s own time and money, or someone else’s).

The program will be tailored to the needs and challenges of artists in the Berkshires.

Attendance at both sessions is expected. The follow-up session will provide an opportunity for participants to share their initial work on a business plan and receive feedback from the instructor and other attendees.

Artists who would like to participate in this two-part small business training should contact Blair Benjamin at MASS MoCA at 413-664-4481 x8104 or blair@massmoca.org, to express interest or request more information.

A limited number of slots will be available, offered first-come, first-serve.

Assets for Artists; a project of Berkshire Creative, MASS MoCA, MCLA’s Berkshire Cultural Resource Center and Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development, with funding from Berkshire Bank Foundation – is partnering with the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) in Pittsfield to offer a two-part training seminar for artists seeking to grow an arts business. This training will be facilitated by Keith Girouard, Senior Business Advisor for the MSBDC.

Made possible with support from:

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MAASH Town Meetings

Published: October 28, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities Town Meeting

Wednesday, October 29, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm

The Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA

The Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities (MAASH) invites all members of the cultural community and their supporters to attend this town meeting to:

Learn about Question 1, the ballot referendum that would eliminate the Massachusetts state income tax, and its potential impact on the cultural community.

Hear about the budget cuts and the current political situation in Massachusetts and understand how it affects your work.

Give voice to your concerns and questions about the coming budget year, the elections, and the future of arts and culture in Massachusetts.

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Artist’s Under the Dome

Published: October 27, 2008Posted in: ARCHIVES, HAPPENINGS ARCHIVETags:

Artist’s Under the Dome

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA

Artists Under the Dome is an all day, annual event for Massachusetts to honor individual artists and for artists to become more engaged with state policy makers.

Artists working in all disciplines (visual arts, literary, performing, crafts, new media, etc.) are invited to join Massachusetts legislators at the State House. Events scheduled for the day include a networking brown bag lunch, group photo, and visits to legislators’ offices. Last year 100 artists attended this landmark event!

This event is brought to you by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Treasurer Tim Cahill, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the Joint Committee of Community Development and Small Business, and the Artists Foundation.

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Upcoming Events in the Creative Economy

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

Mieka Pauley : Singer, Songwriter, guitarist and grand prize winner of the Starbucks/NEMO Emerging Artist Award

Friday, October 24, 9:00 pm

Mission Bar & Tapas, 438 North St., Pittsfield, MA $10

Traditional Tattoo Flash Art Drawings: Opening Reception

Friday, October 24th, 2008, 7-9 pm

Storefront Artist Project, 124 Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA

For more information, call (413) 442-7201 or visit storefrontartist.org

Rocktober Fest hosted by The Crowne Plaza

Friday-Saturday, October 24-25, 8:00 pm-12:00 am

Crowne Plaza Ballroom, 1 West St., Pittsfield, MA

For more information, please call (413) 553-2185

28th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures: Anna Lappe, Dan Barber, and Sally Fallon Morell

Saturday, October 25, 10 am –5pm

First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, MA

25 BerkShares or $25.

To register call 413 528-1737 or use the donation/registration form at http://www.smallisbeautiful.org.

DUB ROCK FOR THE 21rst CENTURY: J-san and the Analogue Sons

Saturday, October 25th, 9:00 pm

Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA, $10

For more information visit www.clubhelsinkiweb.com, call (413)528-3394 or email info@clubhelsinkiweb.com

Alan Chartock Handicaps the Elections

Saturday, October 25th, 10:30am

Hancock Shaker Village, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield, MA, $10/$15

For more information, call Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at (413) 236-2190

10th annual Williamstown Film Festival

October 17-26, Williamstown, MA

To buy tickets call (413) 458-9900 or visit williamstownfilmfest.com

upstreet writers Aaron M. Beatty of Becket and Lisken Van Pelt Dus of Pittsfield, and fiction writer Linda Pierce of Pittsfield to read at Chapters Bookstore


Thursday, October 30, 7:00 pm

Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield, MA.

Refreshments will be available, and admission is free and open to the public.

Kathleen Baldwin Memorial Exhibition: Opening Reception

Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm; Memorial Service at 2:00 pm

Storefront Artist Project, 124 Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA

Joey Silverstein & Friends: Berkshire Music School Benefit Concert

Sunday, November 2, 3pm

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, MA

For more information visit www.mahaiwe.org!

“Hot Spots” in Estate Planning and Estate Settlement—Identify, Avoid and Repair: Perspectives from the bench and the bar in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut presented by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and Estate Planning Council of Berkshire County

Thursday, November 6, 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Pittsfield Country Club, 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA

Breakfast will be served $20/general; $15/members of Estate Planning Council of Berkshire County.

To register, call Seth at 413.528.8039 or e-mail seth@berkshiretaconic.org; Registration required.

The Redroom: An evening of mingling, sketching and a special performance by The Royal Berkshire Improv Troupe (RBIT)

Saturday, November 8, 8:00 pm life drawing and light refreshment,

9:00 pm, Improv show

Main Street Stage, 57 Main Street North Adams, MA, $10.00

For more information visit www.theredroomna.com or contact Kelli Newby at theredroomna@gmail.com.

“Meeting Your Muse,” a four-week poetry workshop

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield, starting October 27

Evening session: Mondays, 7 – 9 pm, October 27, November 3, 10, & 17. Daytime session: Tuesdays, 10 am – Noon, October 28, November 4, 11, & 18. The cost is $100 for four classes.

Meeting Your Muse,” a four-week poetry workshop for adults who want to begin or deepen their involvement with poetry.

Her art and writing can be seen on her website: www.rosemarystarace.com

For further information, call 413-443-6992 or email star@rosemarystarace.com
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CREATIVE RESOURCES

Published: October 23, 2008Posted in: FEATURES 2, INITIATIVESTags: , , , , ,
CREATIVE RESOURCES

BUSINESS RESOURCE MEETINGS

Berkshire Creative, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, helps local business owners connect with resources that meet their specific business needs.

Click here to learn more or to schedule a meeting!

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE*

Eighteen part seminar series produced in collaboration with Berkshire Cultural Resource Center and Northern Berkshire Creative Arts, to keep our Creatives in the know

Click here to see the 2008-2009 Sessions!

*Independently governed initiative

Hazen Paper Company Re-Opens Mill Today!

Published: October 23, 2008Posted in: LOCAL NEWS, NEWS BULLETINTags:

Hazen Paper Company Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Today, October 23rd, 3:00 PM

295 Park Street, Housatonic, MA

Representative Smitty Pignatelli invites you to join Governor Patrick, Senator Ben Downing, John Hazen and Tony Blair for the re-opening of the Rising Paper Mill by Hazen Paper Company!

Hazen Paper is a world-class paper converter specializing in film and foil laminations, gravure printing, specialty coating, and rotary embossings for use in luxury packaging, bookbinding, lottery and other security tickets, tags and labels as well as for photo and fine art mounting.

The 300,000-square-foot facility will initially “serve as a storage warehouse, allowing the company the large space needed to house their paper and keep tabs on its condition. By January, the mill’s pasting machine, which will allow the company to produce multilayer laminate products, like gaming cards, art mounting boards and packaging materials, will be running. Hazen said the state-of-the-art pasting machine, which was part of the purchase, will allow the company to remain competitive in the continuing shrinking paper industry and be adaptable to future possibilities.
“It’s the most advanced machine of its type in North America and possibly the world,” added Hazen.
Six employees have already been hired, at least four of whom were previously employed at the mill, and six more will be hired in the near future. By 2010, the company plans to hire as many as 25 additional employees.”

Click here to read the Berkshire Eagle’s full coverage of the mill’s reopening!

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Careers in the Berkshire Creative Economy

Published: October 22, 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!

Assistant Director of Development, Kripalu

Ceramic Professional, The Art of Clay

Collections Manager and Curator, Chesterwood Estate and Museum

Photography Assistant

Structural Design Engineer, Unistress Corporation

Web Marketer

Wood Craftsman

Workshop Programmer, Kripalu

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Local Photo Conservation Company Perserves and Serves

Published: October 21, 2008Posted in: FOR PROFIT RESOURCES, LOCAL NEWS, NEWS BULLETIN, NON PROFIT RESOURCES, RESOURCESTags: , , ,

What distinguishes the Berkshires, is that just when you think you know all about this county and those who inhabit it, you learn something new. That is how we at Berkshire Creative felt when Chicago Albumen Works contacted us.

Founded in 1976 in Chicago, the firm relocated to Berkshire County in 1982 and has been providing a wide range of traditional and digital services for institutional and corporate photograph collections since.

Chicago Albumen Works list of clients include the Norman Rockwell Museum for which they archived 18,000 negatives in the studio collection. CAW also conserved and reproduced a 7′ x 9′ turn-of-the-century photographic display, for Deadwood, SD, for which they received a 2008 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. Currently, CAW has set up and staffed a digital lab at the Museum of the City of New York, where they are archiving of approximately 11,000 photographic negatives.

Click here to learn more about the Chicago Albumen Works! or Click here to see CAW Director Doug Munson demonstrate how to make Albumen print!

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