Archive for June, 2009

  • UPMIFA

    Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act

    14% of the Massachusetts work force is employed by non-profits. UPMIFA will free funds to provide charities operating cash to maintain jobs and services. The non-profit sector is already shedding jobs, and Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities (MAASH) is asking the Legislature...

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  • Creative Jobs in the Creative Economy!

    Creative Jobs in the Creative Economy!

    Check out these career opportunities in the creative economy! Editorial Designer/Associate Editor, Association of Marian Helpers Dance Faculty, Berkshire Dance Theatre Coordinator of Marketing and Communications, Berkshire United Way R&D Project Leader, Crane & Co. Nail Tech/ Hair Stylist, Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club...

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  • Call for Submissions

    Call for Submissions

    Check out these calls for submissions! Click each title to learn more! SPACES: Call for Proposals Deadline: July 3, 2009 ARTMARKET: Juried Photography Competition Deadline: July 6, 2009 LAURNMEISTER FINE ART COMPETITION:Call for Submissions Deadline: July 18th, 2009 LANDSCAPE: SCENE AND UNSEEN: Biennial juried exhibition...

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  • BFMAC Members To Speak At Berkshire Made Film Series

    BFMAC Members To Speak At Berkshire Made Film Series

    Berkshire Made Film Series is an eleven-week series of free films. The series is devoted to movies with strong Berkshire County connections. This includes films that were shot on location in the Berkshires, films with visual effects produced in the Berkshires, or with Berkshire residents...

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  • Government offering small firms ‘bridge’ loans

    Government offering small firms ‘bridge’ loans

    The U.S. Small Business Administration has begun accepting applications for loans of up to $35,000 to provide a “bridge” for small businesses with immediate financial hardship to stay open until they get back on track. The loans are available through a temporary new program called...

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  • Second Season of Downstreet Art!

    Second Season of Downstreet Art!

    Following the extraordinary success of last year’s DownStreet Art program, MCLA, along with the City of North Adams, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (NBCC) and Scarafoni Realty once again will present DownStreet Art. This year’s Downstreet Art  will be...

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  • Kids and Art

    National Arts Education Report

    Last week, for the first time in 11 years, the federal government released a national report card on achievement in the arts among 8th graders. This long-awaited report finds that since 1997, our nation’s students have not made significant progress in developing their skills and...

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  • FROM BFMAC: Budget Person Needed

    FROM BFMAC: Budget Person Needed

    Experienced Budgeting Person Needed for Independent feature film to be shot in New Mexico. Interested parties, please contact Patricia Baker of The Big Picture Agency LLC at 413-623-0950 ext. 221 or pbaker@bigpictureagency.com. Click here to visit the Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission online! Do...

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  • Massachusetts Launch of PEW Cultural Data Project

    Massachusetts Launch of PEW Cultural Data Project

    The Cultural Data Project “enables participating organizations to track trends and benchmark their progress through powerful reporting tools, empowers researchers and advocates with information to make the case for arts and culture, and equips funders with data to plan and evaluate grant-making activities more effectively.”...

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  • Arts Festival

    Berkshire Arts Festival

    Berkshire Arts Festival organizers project that “Eight to 10 thousand people will spend approximately half a million dollars on works and wares by over 175 different artists at the Berkshires Arts Festival.” Now in its 8th year at Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, the Arts...

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