Clark Art Hosts Morningside Student Poets
iBerkshires
“This project is a great model of how the Clark can partner with other arts organizations and support our local schools. What’s not to like? Poetry, written by third graders, inspired by the Clark, and installed on our beautiful grounds.”
How young Pittsfield writers find their inner ‘Fireside’ poet
The Berkshire Eagle
Crosby Academy Students Read Poems on North Street
iBerkshires
“Writing poetry has been such an empowering experience for our students. It gives them confidence in their academics and lets them know, Yes, I am smart, yes I can do this.”
Arts project offers words to stay warm by with park giveaway on Pittsfield's West Side
Two Pittsfield elementary schools and a rock troubadour related to John Steinbeck got together to create music. Here's how it happened ...
Fireside Students Silas and Kahlan in The Berkshire Eagle.
The Mastheads’ INSCAPES taps into new Berkshire poets
Read the most beautiful article about The Mastheads by BTW Berkshires!
WAMC
As Pittsfield, Massachusetts carries out a project to make its downtown corridor more pedestrian and biker friendly, a new art project will bring the voices of local students to city streets.
WAMC
A Berkshire County art project that combines writing, architecture, and public spaces has a new season underway this month.
We’re on the cover of Berkshire Magazine!
The whole issue is available online here. The Mastheads story starts on page 36 ♡
NEH Impact: Fostering Community Pride through the Humanities—a report on The Mastheads’ impact on the Pittsfield community
NEH Announces $43.1 Million for 218 Humanities Projects Nationwide
The Mastheads is awarded $87,600 for the implementation of a two-year community conversation and in-school programming series connecting local residents in the Pittsfield area to the literary and urban history of the Berkshires.
Mass Humanities Announces $177,000 in Grants
$3,500 is awarded to the City of Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development for “Class and Culture in the Gilded Age Berkshires,” a lecture and moderated discussion on the early lens of James Van Der Zee and the pen of W.E.B. Du Bois, part of The Mastheads’ 2019 season.
FRAGMENTS IN THE FIELD AT NEXT LEVEL DESIGN SHOW NYC: TESSA KELLY AND CHRIS PARKINSON TALK ABOUT "THE MASTHEADS" A RESIDENCY YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
Mastheads Gear is here! Available for purchase at Mastheads events.
Announcing the 2019 Mastheads Writers Residency, Mass Poetry
Berkshire Writing Project Explores A Literary History Of Activism, WAMC Weekend Edition
Writers Work in Mobile Studios at This Incredible Residency in Massachusetts
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"It's a wonderful, quixotic, beautiful project." —Joseph Thompson, Director, MASS MoCA
Writers' Residency in Pittsfield Searches for New Fellows
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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CREATE IN THE MASTHEADS STUDIOS
During weekday museum hours from September 1 to November 26 2017, the studios are free to use and open to the public.
In digital age, tiny studios offer writers solitude—and ties to a literary past
The Boston Globe
The National Endowment for the Arts
Downtown Pittsfield
Writers Reinvigorating Pittsfield's Rich Literary History
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
NEA Chairwoman Tours Upstreet Cultural District in Pittsfield: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Letter: MassDevelopment program Commonwealth Places key to Mastheads development: The Berkshire Eagle
An architecture of the imagination: In Mastheads studios, new building material shapes creative environment
The Berkshire Eagle
Tessa Kelly's "Defamiliarize the Familiar" in Five Millennials Give Their Take on Navigating the Berkshire Economy: The Berkshire Eagle
Success! Thanks to our wonderful supporters and sponsors, we earned a $50,000 match from MassDevelopment to get the studios built. We couldn't be more grateful.
Big Steps Ahead for Mastheads Writers Studios: The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield Writers Residency Mixes Art, Architecture: iBerkshires
An Interview with architects Chris Parkinson and Tessa Kelly, of THE MASTHEADS: The Poetry Society of America
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
‘Mastheads’ Project Takes a Creative Look at Literary Heritage: Berkshire Trade and Commerce, pp. 4-7
Pittsfield Reviving Local Literature: The Greylock Glass Podcast
Our Town grant awarded to The City of Pittsfield to support The Mastheads: the National Endowment for the Arts
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