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From the Hollywood Reporter: Douglas Trumbull to Receive Academy’s Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsThe visual effects pioneer, who worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “The Tree of Life,” will be honored at the Scientific and Technical Awards on Feb. 11. Visual effects master Douglas Trumbull has been chosen to receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and... -
2012 Arts Advocacy Day
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsArts Advocacy Day April 16 – 17, 2012 The 25th annual Arts Advocacy Day is the only national event that brings together a broad cross section of America’s cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore the... -
From the New York Times: In Winter, Berkshires Culture Moves Indoors
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsBy MARK VANHOENACKER FOR many, the Berkshire Mountains are inimitably tied to one season: summer, when the area’s tandem blooms of high culture and cherished New England countryside draw a devoted global audience to this sparsely populated corner of Massachusetts. Traditionally, early September brings a frosty curtain down... -
From NEA Arts: Community’s the Thing-The Importance of the Summer Theater Festivals to the Berkshires
Posted on December 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn the summer of 1850, David Dudley Field, Jr., an attorney and homeowner in Western Massachusetts’ Berkshire County, arranged a picnic for notable authors and a handful of Berkshire citizens atop Monument Mountain near Great Barrington. That luncheon was said to have sparked the friendship... -
NEW Chairman Announces 863 Grants and $22.543 Million in Funding
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsNEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announces 863 grants and $22.543 million in funding Grants include Art Works and creative writing fellowships Rapid City, South Dakota—At a public panel discussion in Rapid City, South Dakota, today, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the agency... -
From berkshirefilm.com: “Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving” Slated for Distribution by American Public Television
Posted on November 17, 2011 | No CommentsBerkshire-produced holiday special from Carole Murko to Air on Public Television Heirloom Meals’ creator and executive producer Carole Murko is pleased to announce American Public Television’s distribution plans for ”Heirloom Meals’ Thanksgiving,” an hour-long program capturing recipes, stories and the deep connection between food, family and heritage.... -
Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Selected for National Cultural Leadership Program
Posted on November 9, 2011 | No CommentsNorman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt Selected for National Cultural Leadership Program STOCKBRIDGE, MA, November 3, 2011—Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt was nominated into National Arts Strategies‘ highly competitive Chief Executive Program. As one of 100 executive leaders in the cultural sector... -
Berkshire Creative Director Listed on 2011 Top 25 Most Powerful and Influential Leaders in Nonprofit Arts
Posted on August 30, 2011 | No CommentsHelena Fruscio ranked at #19 with fellow emerging leaders Danielle Brazell – Executive Director, Arts for LA; Ebony McKinney – Founding Director, San Francisco and Ian Moss – Blogger / Research Director – Fractured Atlas. Last Sunday, Barry’s Blog-a service of the Western Arts... -
From Americans for the Arts: NEA Funding Cut Heading to U.S. House Floor
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsLast week, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee passed the Interior Appropriations bill, which proposes to fund the NEA at $135 million for FY 2012. If enacted, this $20 million cut would be the deepest to the NEA in 16 years. Now, this legislation heads to... -
President Obama Meets With Norman Rockwell Museum Staff at White House
Posted on July 21, 2011 | No CommentsStockbridge, MA, July 15–President Barack Obama opened the doors of the White House last week for a special meet and greet with Norman Rockwell Museum Director/CEO and Berkshire Creative co-founder Laurie Norton Moffatt; Museum President Anne Morgan; and Museum Trustee Ruby Bridges Hall. The meeting was...
