Berkshire Art Association College Fellowship Show 2023: Call for Art

11:31AM / Wednesday, December 28, 2022Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County college art majors are invited to apply for the 2023 juried Berkshire Art Association (BAA) College 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://baacollegefellowshipshow2023.artcall.org

The call is open from Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, and closes on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 at 11:59 pm. Participants will be informed of their acceptance in the show by Friday, March 6.

Submissions can be made by going to https://baacollegefellowshipshow2023.artcall.org. The exhibit will be at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, MA during the month of April.

An award ceremony will be held Saturday, April 15 from 3-5 pm.

The BAA College Fellowship Show is open to Berkshire County, Massachusetts residents enrolled at the undergraduate level as art majors at any college in the country, as well as non-residents majoring in art at a Berkshire County college; Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Williams, and Simon's Rock.

The BAA board has set a goal of awarding a total of $5000 in fellowship awards. The BAA College Fellowship is funded in part by the Norman and Rose Avnet Fellowship Endowment and supplemental private donations. In 2021 and 2022, the Feigenbaum Foundation funded the fellowship award. Additionally, local artists support the Fellowship through their donations of 10x10 inch art to the 10x10 RAP (Real Art Party) which is held at the Berkshire Museum on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 as part of the City of Pittsfield's 10x10 Festival.

A gallery of recent BAA Fellowship shows may be found at berkshireartassociation.org.

For additional information, visit 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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