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BERKSHIRE ART ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2010 WINNERS OF COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP SHOW AT THE LICHTENSTEIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Amelia Tatro, RISD
The Berkshire Art Association announced that fourteen college art students have been selected to participate in the BAA Fellowship Show 2010 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. A jury of Berkshire County artists selected this year's winners.
The exhibit will run from April 16 to May 15 with gallery hours from noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. The Lichtenstein Gallery is operated by City of Pittsfield under the direction of Megan Whilden, Director of Cultural Development.
The opening reception will be April 17, 5 – 7 p.m. During the reception, the BAA will present $4,000 in juried prizes. An additional $250 will be announced and presented to a Berkshire County native in memory of the late Lorraine Lauzon, artist, teacher, writer and long-time Secretary of the Berkshire Art Association.
Four students will receive $500. They are include three Williams seniors: Audry Bell from Colorado Springs, etchings and painting; Meghan Nidever from Ingram, Texas, digital/painted images; and Emma Steinkraus, from Fayetteville, Arkansas, paintings. Merritt Fletcher of North Adams, an MCLA senior, is showing paintings and painted constructions.
Meghan Nidever, Williams
Receiving $300 awards are Gregory Sacchetti, an MCLA senior from Pittsfield, represented by paintings, and Peter Tierney, a Williams College senior from Kew Gardens, New York, digital images.
Gregory Sacchetti, MCLA
Receiving $200 are Ali Herman, a UMASS senior from Pittsfield, drawing; Marco Sanchez,Williams College senior from El Paso, Texas, digital prints on fabric and paper; Melissa Schermerhorn, a Smith College senior from Dalton, painting and drawing; and Darcy Stall, a BCC sophomore from Pittsfield, painting and drawing.
Darcy Stall, BCC
Four $150 award winners are Alisa Garson of Pittsfield, senior at MASS College of Art,performance art; Rebecca Kane, a Williams senior from Lee, New Hampshire, painting; Amelia Tatro of Adams, a senior at RISD, jewelry; and Ambika Thoreson, a Williams College senior from Brooklyn, New York, watercolor.
The BAA Fellowships were established in the 1970s and have been maintained through contributions and an endowment. In recent years the association has awarded several thousand dollars annually to currently enrolled college art students who are either Berkshire County residents attending any college, ornon-residents studying at Berkshire County colleges.
Sponsors of the 2010 show include the Berkshire Bank Foundation, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, General Systems Company, Inc., Greylock Federal Credit Union, Legacy Banks Foundation, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc, Grinnell Smith, and the BAA Lorraine Lauzon Memorial Fund.
Questions? call Mary Rentz, BAA President at 442-6732, cell: 413-441-1076
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