At each SPARK! Berkshire Creative features businesses from the Berkshire Creative Economy.
Here is a sneak peek of the businesses that will be at SPARK! Friday, February 27 at the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College!
Please RSVP by NOON on Tuesday, February 24th to info@berkshirecreative.org or call 413.822.8324.
Click here for more information on SPARK!
Special Thanks SPARK! Hosts Stalwart Originality, MCLA Presents!, Mass MoCA, and the ’62 Center!
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Berkshire Entrepreneurs Network
Berkshire Entrepreneurs Network (BEN) is a collegial, business-to-business membership organization dedicated to promoting and fostering a vibrant small business environment in the Berkshires. We are a source of business intelligence in the Berkshires and provide professional development opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Click here to learn more about the Berkshire Entrepreneurs Network!
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Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts
The First Annual Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts boasts more than 60 events—film, exhibits, music, performance, talks and more—at venues throughout the Berkshires. Presented by The Women’s Times, the month-long festival will be held in March 2009.
Click here to learn more about the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts!
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Berkshire Made
BerkshireMade is a cooperative effort by a select group of Berkshire artisans to promote their high quality, locally made creative work. BerkshireMade artisans have established individual reputations for excellence in their mediums of jewelry, woodworking, ceramics, glass, fabric, paper, metal and fine arts. Our goal is to promote a shift in the shopping paradigm, so Berkshire consumers seek to purchase local goods created by local artisans, here in the Berkshires or on the Internet.
Click here to learn more about Berkshire Made!
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Blueline Design
Blueline Design Inc. is an architectural firm providing a full scope of services for residential and commercial projects, while also including landscape and interior design as part of its core discipline. Our primary focus is the adaptive reuse of existing structures.
Click here to learn more about Blueline Design!
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New Amsterdam Apartments
Forty-Three affordable live/work units located in a European-style village setting are almost ready for rental. This complex was built with the creative class in mind, with the colorful exteriors and large bright inside spaces designed by local Designer Bill Calligari and Developer Beth Pearson. The complex is zoned specifically to be live/work spaces for creative endeavors and most importantly they are affordable from $650 to $850 per month.
Click here for information on the New Amsterdam Apartments!
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The Norman Rockwell Museum
Founded in 1969, Norman Rockwell Museum has grown from a small house museum to a leading national and international destination and an anchor of the Berkshires’ creative economy. This year, the Norman Rockwell Museum celebrates their 40th anniversary as the nation’s preeminent museum of American illustration art, with Rockwell’s collections and guiding spirit at the core. The new Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies is the nation’s first institute devoted to the art of illustration. This summer, the Norman Rockwell Museum will present their 100th exhibition and welcome their five millionth visitor to their Stockbridge campus. Come celebrate with us!
Click here to read the recent New York Times Norman Rockwell Museum article!
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LEAD SPARK! SPONSORS:
SPARK your advertising campaign with creative help from Greylock Marketing Group, a subsidiary of Greylock Federal Credit Union, call 412-236-4129.
Click to learn more!
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FOOD PROVIDED BY MEZZE CATERING
Co-owned by Nancy Thomas and Bo Peabody, Mezze Restaurant Group is committed to the ‘buy local’ mission providing a wide range of fresh, seasonal foods from neighboring family farms, celebrating the bounty of the Berkshires. From one-of-a-kind weddings and museum galas to dinner parties and cocktail receptions, Mezze Catering works with the finest, most reliable vendors in the industry and provides exceptional event planning and design, and flawless execution
For more info, visit www.mezzecatering.com or call 413.458.8745.
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