2022 Pittsfield Photo Challenge Winner Announced

09:27AM / Thursday, August 25, 2022Print Story | Email Story

The photo has won her a prize package donated by local downtown businesses, and her photo will be featured in Pittsfield’s 2023 Downtown Guide and a Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. social marketing campaign.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The first-place winner of the 2022 Pittsfield Photo Challenge, as determined by a panel of local judges, is Brittany Hunter with her photo "Fountain Flowers."

"Many evenings I will walk North Street with my family," Hunter said. "While we were enjoying watching the sun go down at Park Square both my son and daughter noticed the beautiful flower gardens. They enjoyed looking at them and smelling them. That is where I took my photo Fountain Flowers."

The second-place winner, Jason Stimpson, will also take home a prize package donated by local downtown businesses. The winning photo is composed of 17 photographs taken over the course of an hour and forty-five minutes while the camera remained on a tripod.

Honorable Mentions: Nicole March, "Love always reflects back to you" (3rd Place), Julia Beth Kaplan, Jason Crane, and Susan Geller.

The winners of the Pittsfield Photo Challenge were decided by an esteemed panel of Pittsfield judges:

Alex Reczkowski, Director, Berkshire Athenaeum
Arri Better, Executive Administrator, Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.
Branden Huldeen, DPI Board President and Artistic Producer/Director of New Play Development, Barrington Stage Company
Jessica Rumlow, DPI Board Chair and Executive Director/CEO, Berkshire Family YMCA
Mayor Linda Tyer, City of Pittsfield
Lindsey Schmid, 1Berkshire VP of Tourism & Marketing and DPI Board Member
Michael J. Wynn, Chief of Police, Pittsfield Police Department
Rebecca Brien, Managing Director, Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

The first and second place winners will win an assortment of prizes donated by the following businesses: 101 Restaurant & Bar, Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Fitness and Wellness Center, Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness, Otto’s Kitchen & Comfort, and Soma’s Aromas.

Featured images:

1st Place Winner: "Fountain Flowers” by Brittany Hunter

2nd Place Winner: Jason Stimpson

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Berkshire Museum Explores Ancient Egypt With ‘Soulful Creatures’

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
11:33AM / Friday, October 09, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Following its multimillion-dollar renovation, the Berkshire Museum is welcoming an exhibition unlike any it has been able to host before.

Marking the museum's first major exhibition since its renovation, "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt," opening Saturday, Oct. 10, thins the veil between the ever-evolving history of Egyptian culture and society and modern day people.

"The most important thing about history is recognizing people from the past as actual people. Ancient Egyptians are no different than us," said William Dore, the museum's chief curator. "They have different cultures and beliefs and different viewpoints, but you can say the same thing about people today."

When audiences experience the exhibit, they will see the humanity in the people of the past, which in turn helps them connect with different views and perspectives around the world today, he said.

Combining archeology with modern scientific imaging, Brooklyn (N.Y.) Museum curators Yekaterina Barbash and Edward Bleiberg designed an exhibit that works to uncover the mysteries behind these objects and the beliefs and rituals that surround them.

"I think something that people kind of misunderstand about history is none of it's ever settled. ... History is a science that is constantly questioned,” Dore said. "It only works if everyone's constantly rethinking things, learning new things ... which is for me super exciting because as much as we know a lot about the ancient Egyptians, there's a lot we don't know.”

The installation features dozens of artifacts on loan from the Brooklyn Museum that explores the practice of animal mummification and the role animals played in ancient Egyptian religion.

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