Women in Art Features 73 Berkshire County Women Artists

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 73 women artists will showcase their work for Women in Art, a group exhibition opening in March at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield.  
 
The show celebrates the creativity, perspectives and voices of women in the Berkshires working across all media.  It aims to highlight the diversity of women's artistic practices – bold or subtle, experimental, or traditional.  
 
The artists responded to a call for art from the Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development early in 2026.  The call was open to women artists (cis and trans).  Hundreds of pieces were submitted from across Berkshire County.  The show features emerging and established artists across the Berkshires and showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, mixed media, digital, fiber and more. 
 
"The response to this call was overwhelming, it's quite obvious that women are looking for something to celebrate," said Jen Glockner, Pittsfield's Cultural Development Director.  "Art is powerful. Women are powerful.  This exhibition celebrates that."
 
Women in Art opens on International Women's Day - Sunday, March 8 with a reception from 11am-1pm at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.  The exhibition runs through March 27.  The gallery is open Wednesday-Friday 11am-3pm or by appointment. 
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Pittsfield Man Killed on NYS Thruway

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A city man was killed Sunday night in an accident on I-87 in New York State. 
 
Joseph Mensah-Otoo, age 42, of Pittsfield, was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene after New York State Police say he hit three vehicles traveling the wrong way on the thruway. 
 
Three other Berkshire residents traveling north were injured when their vehicles were struck.
 
At approximately 9:11 p.m. on Sunday, troopers assigned to the Albany Thruway barracks responded to a report of a wrong-way driver on Interstate 87 northbound, between Exits 19 and 20, in the town of Saugerties.
 
A preliminary investigation determined that a 2025 Toyota was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes when it struck a 2022 Honda, a 2020 BMW, and a 2017 Ford F-150, all of which were traveling northbound.
 
The operator and sole occupant of the Toyota was identified as Mensah-Otoo.
 
Six other individuals were injured in the crash, including a 37-year-old man from New City; a 59-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, both from Cohoes, N.Y.; two 19-year-old men, both from Dalton; and a 19-year-old man from Hinsdale. 
 
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