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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Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Holds Awards Banquet

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Friday honored outstanding contributors to the Berkshire County sports scene at its third annual Awards Dinner at the Polish Falcon Club.
 
The foundation supports youth sports throughout the county each year.
 
In 2025-26, those donations totaled more than $30,000 to groups ranging from youth football and cheerleading programs, Pittsfield Little League, Northern Berkshire Softball and the Pittsfield Boys and Girls Club Recreation Therapy Program, to name a few.
 
Funds raised by the foundation also go to support its annual Vera Barborotta Memorial Sportsman Scholarship, which this year went to Lee High School graduate Joey Abderhalden and Taconic grad Madeline Harrington.
 
Two other recently graduated high school standout athletes were recognized as winners of the Al Bianchi Memorial Athletes of the Year: Madison McCarthy and Cooper Calvert, both of Wahconah Regional High School.
 
Pittsfield High School girls basketball coach Kristy Conyers and Hoosac Valley boys basketball coach Matt Larabee received the foundation's Coach of the Year Awards.
 
John Castonguay received the Bianchi-Barbarotta Foundation Living Legend Award. A.J. Ziter took home the Connie Bianchi Memorial Award of Merit. And Mark Moulton rounded out the honorees with the foundation's Volunteer of the Year Award.
 
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