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.