Archive for January, 2010

  • Berkshire Taconic to Sponsor Local Nonprofit for Program at Harvard Business School

    Berkshire Taconic to Sponsor Local Nonprofit for Program at Harvard Business School

    Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation invites executive directors of  nonprofit organizations in the Berkshire Taconic region to apply for a scholarship to attend a six-day intensive training program at the Harvard Business School in Boston. Under Berkshire Taconic’s sponsorship, a selected director will attend “Strategic Perspectives...

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  • WFCR Seeks Nominations for the 2010 WFCR Arts & Humanities Award

    WFCR Seeks Nominations for the 2010 WFCR Arts & Humanities Award

    Public radio stations WFCR and 640AM WNNZ will be accepting nominations for the 2010 WFCR Arts & Humanities Award. The award was established in 2008 to recognize those who have made a positive impact on the arts and humanities, and to bring awareness to the...

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  • Creative Economy Career Opportunities

    Creative Economy Career Opportunities

    Check out these creative economy career opportunities! Relationship Manager, @uto Revenue Assistant to the Artistic Director, Barrington Stage Company Associate Box Office Manager and Box Office Staff, Barrington Stage Company Company Manager, Barrington Stage Company House Manager, Barrington Stage Company Telemarketers, Barrington Stage Company System...

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  • Advocacy Resource: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Soul of the Community (SOTC) Study

    Advocacy Resource: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Soul of the Community (SOTC) Study

    Soul of the Community (SOTC) is a three-year study conducted by Gallup of the 26 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation communities across the United States employing a fresh approach to determine the factors that attach residents to their communities and the role of...

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  • Americans for the Arts Releases National Arts Index

    Americans for the Arts Releases National Arts Index

    The National Arts Index is a highly distilled annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the United States by using 76 equal weighted, national-level indicators of arts activity. This report covers an 11-year period, from 1998 to 2008. Similar to reports such as The...

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  • From the Berkshire Eagle: Storefront Artist Project names new director

    From the Berkshire Eagle: Storefront Artist Project names new director

    Michelle Green, of Dalton, has been hired as director of the Storefront Artist Project. She replaces Peter Dudek who held the post since the organization’s founder, Maggie Miler, stepped down in 2006. Also, Maria Mingalone, the Berkshire Museum’s director of interpretation, has been named chairman...

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  • Get Your Work Seen: Calls for Submissions

    Get Your Work Seen: Calls for Submissions

    DIGITAL ART EXTRAVAGANZA: Call for Art Deadline: January 30th, 2010 NORTHERN BERKSHIRE CHORALE: Call for Singers Deadline: February 1, 2010 THE WASSAIC PROJECT ARTIST RESIDENCY: Call for Applications Deadline: February 1, 2010 THE BEAST IN ME-JOHNNY CASH: ART INFLUENCED BY THE STRUGGLE OF A MAN:...

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  • New York Times Reports on Growing Creativity and Innovation Trend in MBA Programs

    New York Times Reports on Growing Creativity and Innovation Trend in MBA Programs

    Multicultural Critical Theory. At B-School? By LANE WALLACE January 9, 2010 A DECADE ago, Roger Martin, the new dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, had an epiphany. The leadership at his son’s elementary school had asked him to meet...

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  • From the Berkshire Eagle: Lichtenstein exhibit showcases Pittsfield

    From the Berkshire Eagle: Lichtenstein exhibit showcases Pittsfield

    By Scott Stafford, Berkshire Eagle Staff Friday, January 1, 2010 PITTSFIELD – A juried exhibition of photography at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts is not just an art show. These are photographs that focus on Pittsfield, from its gritty industrial side all the way...

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  • Tricks of the Trade is Back!

    Tricks of the Trade is Back!

    Tricks of the Trade is a professional development seminar series for artists and creatives, held at venues throughout Berkshire County, with one session each month in the North, Central and South sections of the County! Tricks of the Trade is a program of MCLA’s Berkshire...

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