BAA Fellowship Show 2022 Call for Art

04:16PM / Friday, January 28, 2022Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County college art majors are invited to apply for the 2022 juried Berkshire Art Association Fellowship Show.

$5,000 in fellowship grants will be awarded to college art majors whose work is selected. Submission information can be found at https://baafellowshipshow2022.artcall.org

The Fellowship Show is open to Berkshire County residents enrolled as art majors at any college in the country, as well as to non-residents majoring in art at a Berkshire County college.

"We're pleased to provide college students with Berkshire connections a rare opportunity to show their work in a juried, group show," BAA President Mary Beth Eldridge writes.

Berkshire County college undergraduate art majors are invited to submit art work in all media to the BAA College Fellowship Show 2022.

The juried BAA Fellowship Show is open to Berkshire County residents enrolled as art majors at any college in the country, as well as to non-residents majoring in art at a Berkshire County college – Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Williams, and Simon's Rock. The BAA will give $5000 in Fellowship Awards to students chosen by a panel of three jurors.

Dates:

The call for art is open. The call closes at 11:59 Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022.

Selected artists will be informed of their acceptance to the show by March 6, 2022. Student work must be delivered to the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, the week of March 9-12 from 1-4 pm, or by arrangement.

BAA Fellowship Show 2022 opens April 1, 2022, with an Awards Ceremony on April 9, 2022 from 3-5 pm. The show closes Sunday, April 30, 2022. Students will be expected to pick up their work on April 30, or by arrangement.

The BAA board plans to award at least $5000. The BAA Fellowship is funded in part by the Norman and Rose Avnet Fellowship Endowment and private donations. Additionally, local artists support the Fellowship through their 10x10 inch art donated to the 10x10 RAP (Real Art Party) at the Berkshire Museum. 10x10 RAP 2021 will be held virtually on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2021 as part of the City of Pittsfield's 10x10 Festival.

The call closes on Sunday, Feb. 27 , 2022 at 11:59 pm. Submission will be through https://baafellowshipcshow2022.artcall.org.

A gallery of recent BAA Fellowship shows may be found at berkshireartassociation.org. For additional information, visit www.berkshireartassociation.org or contact fellowships@berkshireartassociation.org

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Colombian Artist Celebrates Immigrant Stories in New Pittsfield Mural

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:49AM / Saturday, October 24, 2026

Artist Laura Barrios explains the inspiration of the mural, of immigrants building new lives in the Berkshires.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The walls along the Intermodal Center's train platform are a little more colorful following the unveiling of Let It Shine's third mural at that location, transforming a space once surrounded by bare concrete into a vibrant display of public art.

The unveiling on Thursday, marks the close of Let It Shine's 2026 outdoor public art season and the third year of its emerging artist program, said Mill Town Foundation Program Director Andy Wrba.

Let It Shine's Emerging Artists Mentorship program was established in 2024 to support aspiring artists in the community by providing guidance, hands-on experiences, and opportunities to create large-scale public art.

"This mural, along with all the murals, as part of this emerging artist program, and even more broadly, all the murals that you see downtown throughout Pittsfield shows that we care about the cultural scene and we care about the creative people that live and work in our city," Wrba said.

The new mural, painted by Colombian artist Laura Barrios, celebrates immigrants who have built lives and found a sense of home in Berkshire County.

Barrios has been working on the piece for the last two months alongside mentor artist, Jesse Tobin McCauley.

"It's a homage to the immigrants who work and make a home in the Berkshires … this is a very personal experience too because I am an immigrant," Barrios said in her speech.

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