“Creativity lives here.”
If you consider yourself creative, consider joining us at Berkshire Creative for networking events; finding jobs, collaborators and resources; innovative programs to meet your needs as well as news that relates to your work and your world.
If you’ve wondered what impact the creative economy has on the Berkshires, turn to your colleagues, neighbors and friends and learn that there are 6000 workers in the creative economy that touch every aspect of life in the Berkshires.
Berkshire Creative is dedicated to sustaining and growing the creative economy in ways that impact life in the Berkshires. Through our work and that of our new collaboration with the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce and the Berkshire Visitors Bureau, we are now 1Berkshire providing economic development, programming and marketing so that you can create good work in a supportive environment and create an enviable quality of life here in the Berkshires.
For over 200 years, the beautiful Berkshires has been renowned for attracting creative people and top cultural institutions thus benefiting the hospitality, food, retail — every sector of the economy. We celebrate the creative economy and encourage you to join us – Creativity Lives Here!
BERKSHIRE CREATIVE MISSION
Berkshire Creative stimulates new job growth and economic opportunity in the region by sparking innovative collaborations between artists, designers, cultural institutions and businesses.
Berkshire Creative provides the creative economy with the news, information, resources, and representation they need to do better business in the Berkshires and beyond.
BOARD |
COUNCIL |
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| Cathy Deely Board Chair |
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| Blair Benjamin MASS MoCA |
Richard Alcombright City of North Adams |
Peter Dudek Bascom Lodge |
Christine Ludwiszewski Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce |
Nancy Thomas Mezze Inc. |
| Richard Bradway Boston Symphony Orchetra |
Pam Art Storey Publishing |
Shirley Edgerton Youth Alive |
Kate Maguire Berkshire Theatre Festival |
Joe Thompson MASS MoCA |
| Connie Chin Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival |
Ella Baff Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival |
Keith Emerling Keith Emerling Photography |
Pam Malumphy Independent |
Kelley Vickery Berkshire International Film Festival |
| Allison Crane Allison Crane Interiors |
Anthony Barnaba Blueline Design Inc. |
Leslie Ferrin Ferrin Gallery |
Paul Mark Massachusetts House of Representatives |
Mark Volpe Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| David Crane Excelsior Printing |
Alan Bauman Compuworks |
Michelle Gillette Poet, Author, and Educator |
Brian Miksic North Adams Downtown Development |
Michael Wainwright Michael Wainwright, USA |
| Jennifer Dowley Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation |
Matthew Belanger Greylock Arts |
Keith Girouard Massachusetts Office of Small Business Development |
Seth Nash Blue Q |
Larry Wallach Bard College at Simon’s Rock |
| Nancy Fitzpatrick Chair Emerita |
Jim Benson Word X Word Festival |
Mary Grant Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts |
Joshua Needleman Chocolate Springs Cafe |
Joe Wheaton Artist |
| Stephanie Gravalese-Wood Artisan |
Dan Bolognani Housatonic Heritage |
Stephen Hannock Artist |
Sienna Patti Sienna Gallery |
Tracy Wilson Berkshire Music School |
| Beryl Jolly The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |
Keith Bona Bona Marketing |
Donna Hassler Chesterwood |
Diane Pearlman Berkshire Film and Media Commission |
Susan Wissler The Mount |
| Nancy Kalodner Benchmark Real Estate |
Heather Boulger Berkshire Regional Employment Board |
Erik Hoffner Orion Magazine |
William “Smitty” Pignatelli Massachusetts House of Representatives |
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| Lauri Klefos Berkshire Visitors Bureau |
Julianne Boyd Barrington Stage Company |
Gina Hyams Communications Strategist |
Annette Regan Winstanley Associates |
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| Jonathan Secor Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts |
David Carver Scarafoni Associates |
Jane Iredale Iredale Mineral Cosmetics |
James Ruberto City of Pittsfield |
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| Simon Shaw The Berkshire Theatre Group |
Lisa Chamberlain The Chamberlain Group |
Lola Jaffe The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |
Dan Shaw Rural Intelligence |
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| Van Shields The Berkshire Museum |
Mary Collins George The Berkshire Forum |
Nathaniel Karns Berkshire Regional Planning Commission |
Stephen Sheppard Williams College |
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| Peter C. Stasiowski Interprint, Inc. |
Michael Conforti The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute |
Sara Katzoff The Berkshire Fringe Festival |
Tony Simotes Shakespeare & Company |
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| John Toole L.V. Toole Insurance Co. |
Gregory Crewdson Artist |
Jeffrey Kleiser Synthespian Studios |
Richard Stanley Beacon Cinema |
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| Honey Villarreal Iredale Mineral Cosmetics |
Susan Cross MASS MoCA |
Peter LaFayette Berkshire Bank Foundation |
Hope Sullivan IS183 Art School of the Berkshires |
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| Megan Whilden City of Pittsfield, Office of Cultural Development |
Benjamin B. Downing Massachusetts State Senate |
Buddy Lewis Pittsfield Colonials |
Michael Supranowicz Berkshire Chamber of Commerce |
GET CONNECTED
ONLINE NEWSLETTER
Bi-weekly email connects busy people to news and resources to help them do better business in the Berkshires. Sign up at berkshirecreative.org/signup.
SPARK! NETWORKING EVENTS
Signature networking event, bringing people from all sectors of the economy together to spark innovative ideas and collaborations. Sign up to get invitations at berkshirecreative.org/signup.
BECREATIVE BARCAMPS
Event model adapted from the tech field consisting of short, user generated, informal presentations on variety of topics from projects to ideas to innovations. Sign up to get invitations or give a presentation at berkshirecreative.org/signup.
CREATIVE CHALLENGE
Program to connect creative with Berkshire-based manufacturers interested in the production of new creative products or refinement of existing products. Sign up to stay informed berkshirecreative.org/signup!
