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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Dalton Board Signs Off on Land Sale Over Residents' Objections

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Residents demanded the right to speak but the agenda did not include public comment. Amy Musante holds a sign saying the town now as '$20,000 less for a police station.'

DALTON, Mass. — The Select Board signed the sale on the last of what had been known as the Bardin property Monday even as a handful of residents demanded the right to speak against the action.

The quitclaim deed transfers the nine acres to Thomas and Esther Balardini, who purchased the two other parcels in Dalton. They were the third-highest bidders at $31,500. Despite this, the board awarded them the land in an effort to keep the property intact.

"It's going to be an ongoing battle but one I think that has to be fought [because of] the disregard for the taxpayers," said Dicken Crane, the high bidder at $51,510.

"If it was personal I would let it go, but this affects everyone and backing down is not in my nature."

Crane had appealed to the board to accept his bid during two previous meetings. He and others opposed to accepting the lower bid say it cost the town $20,000. After the meeting, Crane said he will be filing a lawsuit and has a citizen's petition for the next town meeting with over 100 signatures.

Three members of the board — Chair Robert Bishop Jr., John Boyle, and Marc Strout — attended the 10-minute meeting. Members Anthony Pagliarulo and Daniel Esko previously expressed their disapproval of the sale to the Balardinis.

Pagliarulo voted against the sale but did sign the purchase-and-sale agreement earlier this month. His reasoning was the explanation by the town attorney during an executive session that, unlike procurement, where the board is required to accept the lowest bid for services, it does have some discretion when it comes to accepting bids in this instance.

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