The Artful Farmer Exhibit

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Grown and Mosaic EventSpace present The Artful Farmer, a pop-up exhibition at

Mosaic EventSpace, 49 Main Street, North Adams, on April 3 and 4.

A reception will be held during the First Fridays celebration on April 3 from 5PM - 8PM. Additional gallery hours for the pop-up exhibit will be 11AM-4PM on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4.

The Artful Farmer explores non-farming aspects of farmers' lives and celebrates their imaginations, interests, passions and creativity. The exhibit features creative expressions that bring respite, joy, humor and beauty to one of the most resourceful and challenging ways of life—that of a farmer, stated a press release.

Farmers will share what they make in spare moments, in winter, or on the fringes of their busy seasons, as well as pursuits they explored before farming and hope to get back to someday. The exhibit will feature a wide-ranging display of work including painting, sculpture, ceramics, woodworking, photography and collected objects, crafts, metal work, textiles, tools and more.

Farmers featured in The Artful Farmer are from farms in the northern Berkshire area including: Big FootFarm, Caretaker Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, East Mountain Farm, Fahey Family Honey Farm, Forgotten Pines Farm, Full Well Farm, Ioka Valley Farm, Larry Valley Farm, Many Forks Farm, Peace Valley Farm, Starry Ridge Farm and Tanner Farm.

Farmers will be present at the reception on April 3, 5PM-8PM at Mosaic, to greet the public and engage in conversation. Light refreshments will be available. Free and open to the public.

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MCLA STEM Week Brings Hands-On Science to Berkshire Students

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
06:20AM / Saturday, October 31, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — From exploring the night sky in an inflatable planetarium to measuring the copper content of pennies in a college chemistry lab, students from across Berkshire County visited MCLA for a hands-on opportunity to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics concepts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts welcomed elementary, middle and high school students throughout the week of Oct. 19 through 23 as part of the state's STEM week.

The college serves as the regional center for the Berkshire STEM Network, a state-funded partnership that aims to broaden efforts to expand science education through partnerships with local schools, museums and community organizations, said Ann Billetz, Berkshire STEM network coordinator and MCLA biology teacher.

The week's activities benefited both local students and the college community by providing hands-on learning experiences for younger students while giving MCLA students opportunities to apply their classroom knowledge by interacting with them, Billetz said.

Throughout the week, MCLA welcomed students from Abbott Memorial Elementary School in the town of Florida and Clarksburg Elementary School, and from Hoosac Valley Middle School in Cheshire for hands-on activities exploring astronomy, biology, chemistry and marine science, along with opportunities to interact with college students.

The excitement among younger students was evident throughout the week, Billetz said, recalling a seventh-grade physics activity in which a student correctly identified Galileo during a discussion of Newton's work and later excitedly shared the moment with her teacher.

"To see them excited about what they're doing, to have them be able to go home and talk about the experience they had at MCLA is phenomenal," Billetz said.

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