North Adams Artist Census

08:00AM / Saturday, February 19, 2022Print Story | Email Story

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Artist Impact Coalition (AIC) launched its second North Adams Artist Census of artists and creatives who live, work and participate in the arts in North Adams.

The Artist Census will collect responses from Feb. 15 to March 15, 2022 through an anonymous, 10-minute online survey.

Self-described artists who (1) live in North Adams, (2) work in North Adams, (3) make creative work in North Adams, or (4) regularly attend or participate in the arts in North Adams are encouraged to participate. After submitting a response, participants will have the option to enter a drawing to win one of several prizes offered by Plant Connector, Bright Ideas, Terra, the Airport Rooms at Tourists, and MASS MoCA.

Since launching in 2020, the Artist Census collects responses every two years to help the Artist Impact Coalition better understand the North Adams creative community and to assess its strengths and needs.

Like with the regular census, the specific demographic data for the artist community will help area organizations and initiatives better serve the population. In the aggregate, the data collected will make sure AIC prioritizes what the community really needs and track progress through future data collection, as well as offer critical information for grant applications that can leverage more money for the area. AIC will present the collected data from both the 2020 and 2022 Artist Census in May 2022.

For more information, and to take the North Adams Artist Census, please visit www.artistimpactcoalition.org/artist-census.

The Artist Impact Coalition is a group of community arts organizers who care about making North Adams an amazing place for artists to live and work. Other projects organized by the coalition are NAMA Swap-o-rama, monthly artist e-newsletter, the New North Adams Project, North Berkshire Artist Meet-ups, Antiracism in the Arts Community Conversations. AIC stakeholders include MASS MoCA's Assets for Artists, North Adams Chamber of Commerce, Common Folk Artist Collective, MCLA Art & Culture, Eclipse Mill, Installation Space, Walkaway House, and various independent artists.

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Veteran Spotlight: Coast Guard Capt. Thurman 'Tom' Maine

By Wayne SoaresSpecial to iBerkshires
04:42PM / Sunday, September 13, 2026

MASHPEE, Mass. — If I were to describe the best attributes of this week's veteran, they would be an infectious personality, role model, leader, wonderful family man and a person that leads by example in the very best way.

The aforementioned, are the primary reasons why Thurman "Tom" Maine enjoyed a successful and distinguished military career in the Coast Guard from 1983 to 2014.

Born in North Stonington, Conn., Maine entered the Coast Guard at the age of 21 and was sent to boot camp in Cape May, N.J. His first assignment was at Coast Guard Station in Provincetown, R.I. From 1994 to 1997, he was a helicopter pilot for Coast Guard Air Station at Otis Air National Guard Base and was elevated to operations officer, chief pilot at the base from 2004 to 2007.

During his 31-year career, Maine flew some of the Coast Guard's most elite helicopters; the Sikorsky H-3 (the Coast Guard's last amphibious aircraft), the Sikorsky H-60 (the most widely flown military helicopter in the world) and the H-65 (a smaller, faster helicopter that deploys on ships).

Maine continued to rapidly climb the ranks and in 2009 was promoted as the Coast Guard's liason to the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, a position he held until 2011. Following that assignment, he was promoted to captain and rose to be the commanding officer at the Coast Guard's prestigious Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Ala.

During his tenure as commanding officer, he suffered a devastating blow when four Guardsman were killed during a night training exercise. He conveyed that his greatest achievement in his entire military career, was the leadership he provided

to his 600-member unit and the families of the fallen Guardsmen, by always being accessible, communicating constantly and holding vitally important family nights.

He said this tragedy, "gave him the ultimate opportunity to live out his faith." He also lobbied intensely for the student pilot who was killed to be awarded his designation posthumously, which he did.

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