The mission of Berkshire Creative is to stimulate new job growth and economic opportunity in the region by sparking innovative collaborations between artists, designers, cultural institutions and businesses.
HOW WE CAME TO BE
In 2007 the Berkshire Creative Economy report was unveiled as part of the Berkshire Blueprint, defining and quantifying the creative sector of Berkshire County’s economy.
As defined in the report this sector includes, the cultural powerhouses: museums, historic homes and theatres, and theater companies that have grown and developed into international icons attracting millions and creating jobs. Less well known are the many designers, architects, artists, manufacturers, and entrepreneurs who have chosen to make the Berkshires their creative home. Over 6000 local jobs were included in this sector, identifying it as a key industry for the Berkshire region.
Since the report, the organization Berkshire Creative has developed to support and grow this industry.
Click here to download the Berkshire Creative Economy Report.
WHAT WE DO
The mission of Berkshire Creative is to stimulate new job growth and economic opportunity in the region by sparking innovative collaborations between artists, designers, cultural institutions and businesses.
HOW WE DO IT
Berkshire Creative and its partners have developed, implemented, and collaborated on many initiatives to support the growth of the creative industry: making connections, growing jobs, and creating economic opportunity.
Click here for a list of our Initiatives.
Click here to see a list of our partners.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU
This means a new way of looking at things:
Berkshire Creative is a movement: a movement that came into being at the intersection of art, innovation, design and creation. It’s a big concept to grasp all at once, encompassing the collaboration between disparate groups in a dynamic new direction that is uniquely Berkshire.
One line sums it up better than anything else: Creativity means Business in the Berkshires.
Berkshire Creative is about conversation: creating the connections between creativity and business, with a goal towards sparking into being the next generation of opportunity in the Berkshires.
To learn more about Berkshire Creative’s work please visit our the list of our Initiatives and feel free to Contact Us.
BERKSHIRE CREATIVE ECONOMY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Anthony Barnaba, Blueline Design Inc.*
Matthew Belanger, Greylock Arts
Blair Benjamin, Center for Creative Community Development*
Ethan Berg, Lenox Athenaeum*
Heather Boulger, Berkshire Regional Employment Board
Julianne Boyd, Barrington Stage Company
David Carver, Scarafoni Associates
Stuart Chase, The Berkshire Museum*
Michael Conforti, The Clark
David Crane, Excelsior Printing*
Jennifer Dowley, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation*
Peter Dudek, Storefront Artist Project
Leslie Ferrin, Ferrin Gallery
Nancy Fitzpatrick, The Red Lion Inn**
David Fleming, The Colonial Theatre*
Michelle Gillette, Poet, Author, and Educator
Keith Girouard, Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
Mary Grant, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Stephanie Gravalese-Wood, Artisan*
Erik Hoffner, Orion Society
Dan Hunter, Hunter Higgs, LLC
Gina Hyams, Communications Strategist
Lola Jaffe, The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Beryl Jolly, The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center*
Nancy Kalodner, Benchmark Real Estate*
Sam Kasten, Handweaver
Lauri Klefos, Berkshire Visitors Bureau*
Jeffrey Kleiser, Synthespian Studios
Pam Malumphy, Massachusetts Office of Business Development
Seth Nash, Blue Q
Laurie Norton Moffatt, The Norman Rockwell Museum*
Sienna Patti, Sienna Gallery
Diane Pearlman, Berkshire Film and Media Commission
Fern Portnoy, Portnoy Philanthropy Advisors*
David Rooney, Berkshire Economic Development Corporation
Jonathan Secor, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts*
Dan Shaw, Rural Intelligence
Stephen Sheppard, Williams College, Department of Economics
Eugenie Sills, The Women’s Times*
Ellen Spear, Hancock Shaker Village*
Kevin Sprague, Studio Two*
Richard Stanley, Beacon and Triplex Cinema
Peter C. Stasiowski, Interprint, Inc.*
Michael Supranowicz, Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Nancy Thomas, Mezze, Inc.
Joe Thompson, MASS MoCA
John Toole, L.V. Toole Insurance Company*
Kelley Vickery, Berkshire International Film Festival
Mark Volpe, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood
Larry Wallach, Bard College at Simon’s Rock
John Whalan, Black Ice Entertainment*
Megan Whilden, City of Pittsfield, Office of Cultural Development*
Tracy Wilson, Berkshire Music School
Michael Zivyak, Berkshire Living*
*Berkshire Creative Board Members
**Berkshire Creative Board Chair
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