JOIN YOUR CREATIVE ECONOMY COLLEAGUES AT SPARK!
NETWORKING EVENT FOR BERKSHIRE CREATIVES!
Come and meet your creative economy colleagues! If words like art, culture, design, innovation, and technology are part of your vocabulary chances are you are part of the region’s growing creative economy. Whether you work in industry or the arts, Berkshire Creative invites you to come out to mix and mingle at our signature event!
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The Mount
Thursday, September 2, 2010
5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Click here for a map!
For more information please contact info@berkshirecreative.org or call 413.822.8324.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!
Would you like to become more involved in the creative community? Volunteer for SPARK! contact info@berkshirecreative.org or call 413.822.8324.
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ABOUT THE MOUNT
Edith Wharton Restoration was founded in 1980 to preserve and restore The Mount as a tribute to its remarkable creator and to establish The Mount as a cultural and literary center.
The guiding principles are: preservation, education, and quality in all endeavors.
Edith Wharton Restoration’s goals include: creating the Edith Wharton Center for the Written Word, to celebrate the literary arts, restoring the Georgian Revival stable and gatehouse, recreating the elaborate kitchen garden designed by Beatrix Farrand, expanding both educational and cultural programming.
Click here to visit their website and learn more!
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“Our Creative Berkshires”
As usual, all attendees are invited to bring business cards and brochures to leave on a table showcasing “Our Creative Berkshires.”
We will also have breakout groups to ensure you meet your creative economy colleagues!
Let’s talk across industry, talk across sector, talk across town!
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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR LEAD SPARK! SPONSOR
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SNEAK PEEK OF SPARK! FEATURED BUSINESSES
Check out the Berkshire Creative Economy businesses that will be featured at the upcoming SPARK! at The Mount!
The Berkshire Artists Colony supports local, regional, and visiting artists, writers, and performers through public exhibition, education, work-space, and residency programs.
The Berkshire Artists Colony (BAC) is a non-profit art organization founded in 2009 by working artists for working artists. Through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, performances, studio space, and artists’ residencies, the BAC seeks to promote the creation and appreciation of contemporary art, literature, and performance. Located in the Berkshire Mountains, the BAC is part of one of the most important contemporary art regions outside of metropolitan cities. The nations largest contemporary visual and performing arts museum, MASS MoCA, is located here, as are the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Williams College Museum of Art. The Tanglewood Music Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, Berkshire Museum,Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, and many other cultural and recreational offerings are also nearby.
The Berkshire Forum is a three-day conference promising inspiring ideas and stimulating dialogue led by a remarkable network of business owners, economists, social innovators, technology visionaries, cultural enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and thought leaders—bound by a devotion to the Berkshires. The Berkshire Forum’s mission is to inspire participants to assume active roles in rejuvenating the local economy and shaping its cultural and economic future.
Since 1892 Excelsior has enabled our customers to prosper and succeed by providing innovative print and distribution programs that provide a competitive edge. Based in North Adams, the capabilities of this innovative company range far beyond traditional print which include, list services, packaging, one-to-one direct- marketing, custom publishing, warehousing, fulfillment, creative consulting, and mailing services. Excelsior welcomes the challenge to assist it’s customers with their strategic projects and encourage the stimulation and development of new approaches and creative solutions. Excelsior is committed to understanding its customers’ businesses so they can identify new opportunities and offer unique print and digital communication solutions. Call 413.663.3771 to receive a free quote on your next project or email mpburke@excelsiorprinting.com for further inquiries.
Hancock Shaker Village celebrates 50 years as an outdoor living history museum this year, bringing the Shaker story to life through reflection on principled living. Exhibits, tours and programs that investigate sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and historic preservation offer insight for our modern lives using examples from history. Join us for special anniversary events this fall, including Country Fair September 25th and 26th, and our famous Shaker Suppers in October and November. The contemporary art exhibit, Simple Gifts: Contemporary Artists Celebrate HSV’s 50th Anniversary, is on view until October 15th, and will be auctioned on October 16th at 5pm.
North Adams Open Studios opens its doors for you to come celebrate a weekend of art with over 100 artists exhibiting their work. Open Studios takes place on Saturday, October 16th and Sunday, October 17th 2010 from 10 am to 6 pm.
During this free event for the arts, established, mid-career and emerging artists working in a broad spectrum of fine art styles and craft media will exhibit and sell their work. You will be able to see artists in their studios, galleries and other community spaces. We hope to see you there! www.facebook.com/northadamsopenstudios
Would you like to be a featured business at a future SPARK!? Please email info@berkshirecreative.org or call 413.822.8324.
Do you have an item you would like to share about the creative economy? Suggest a Post to Berkshire Creative!
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