IS183 Summer 2011

Painting, Drawing, Ceramics, Jewelry, Photography, Fiber and more

classes and workshops for all ages is183.org

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Adult Workshops by MonthAdult Classes by Day (June - Sept)

Ages 15+ are invited to join adult classes.

Mission IS183 is a non-profit community art school encouraging people of all ages, means and skill levels to enrich their lives through hands-on experience in the visual arts.

Mondays9:30 – 12:30 Intermediate Handbuilding

9:30 – 12:30 Alternative Firings

6 – 9 French Conversation

6 – 9 Drop-in Figure Drawing Studio

6 – 9 Jewelry Design and Metal Smithing

Tuesdays9:30 – 12:30 Handbuilding and Surface Decoration

10:30 – 1:30 Watercolor Studio in Pittsfield

1:30 – 4:30 Photography: My House is a Very, Very, Very Fine

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6 – 9 Making Colors Sing (Painting)

6:30 – 8:30 Make a Movie Roundtable – 3 part series

6 – 9 Storyboard Art

Wednesdays9:30 – 12:30 Painting Travelling Landscape

9:30 – 12:30 Intro to Glassblowing in Chatham

9:30 – 12:30 Intro to Weaving at Hancock Shaker Village

9:30 – 12:30 Collage Mania

9:30 – 12:30 Stained Glass (Sept)

1:30 – 4:30 Garden Art (Ceramics)

6 – 9 Intro to Embroidery

6 – 9 Photo Lab: Photoshop

6 – 9 Printing without a Press

6 – 9 The Potter’s Wheel

Thursdays9:30 – 12:30 Study of Formal Elements /Content (Painting)

10:30 – 12:30 Fundamentals of Drawing at Chesterwood

1:30 – 4:30 Sculpting the Head at Chesterwood

6 – 9 Ekphrastic Poetry

6 – 9 Drawing the Human Figure

6 – 9 Portrait Drawing (Sept)

Fridays9:30 – 12:30 Painting Studio

9:30 – 12:30 Embellish Paper Surfaces for Collage (Sept)

1:30 – 3:30 Open Critique

Saturdays10 – 1 The DIY (Do It Yourself) Series

10 – 4 Chainmaking

JuneJune 4 and 5 Intro to Jewelry

June 6 to 10 Watercolor: Simple, Fast and Focused

June 10 to 12 Drawing on the Past with Precious Metal Clay

June 17 to 19 Venetian Lampwork Beads

June 20 to 24 Photography Boot Camp

June 24 to 26 Painting the Berkshire Landscape

JulyJuly 16 and 17 Pastel Studio in Great Barrington

July 16 and 23 Basic Drawing

July 23 Chainmaking

July 23 and 24 Intro to Photography in Pittsfield

July 23 and 24 Photography with Poet William Cullen Bryant as your Muse

July 30 and 31 Premix, Paint Out!

July 30 and 31 Plaster Casting

AuguST August 6 and 7 Decorative Paint Finishes and Venetian Plaster

August 6 and 7 Workflow for Digital Photographers in Great Barrington

August 13 and 14 Intro to Collage and Mixed Media

August 20 and 21 Documentary Photography in Pittsfield

Design: Studio Two www.studiotwo.com

Make art! Work exchange and scholarship opportunities are available.

From the Director...

StaffHope Sullivan, Executive Director ext. 101, [email protected] Amy Butterworth, Registrar ext. 100, [email protected] Benjamin Evans, Studio Manager ext. 105, [email protected] Roberts, After School (LTA) Program Coordinator ext. 102, [email protected]

Dear Friends:Welcome to IS183’s 21st year in the Berkshires!

For two decades now, we have provided people of all ages, means and abilities–from the Berkshires and beyond–with sustained engagement in art-

making. That first year, in 1991, as the newly founded Interlaken School of Art, we welcomed 50 students in to this incredible process.

This past year in 2010, IS183 served over 2,500 community members!

Just imagine how good that is for ALL of us: to have 2,500 people--children, teens and adults—moving through our community with a heightened sense of COnFIDenCe in their ability to take risks, to problem solve and to respond CReATIVely to the world around them...!

That is what our art school--that is, YOUR art school, IS183--does. We CATAlyZe creativity.

This summer we offer that power to transform YOU and your life through yet another innovative mix of classes, workshops, art camps, and, new this year, the DIY (Do It Yourself) Series and Make a Movie Roundtable with industry professionals. We present you with opportunities to try your hand at media as diverse as Photography, Painting, Collage, Ekphrastic Poetry, Jewelry, Embroidery, Ceramics, Printmaking and Plaster Casting and even a French Conversation class where the topic each week will be contemporary art.

Take a look! There’s something for everyone this summer at IS183.

And please, join us to explore, create and evolve! I look forward to seeing you in the studio.

Hope Sullivan, executive Director

PROgRAMMIngSummer Camps ............................................................. 2Painting and Drawing ..................................................... 6Film ........................................................................... 8Collage and Printmaking ................................................. 9Ceramics .................................................................... 10Clay, Cardboard or computer? by Dana Bixby .................. 11Jewelry, Metal, glass and Fiber ..................................... 12The Pull of glass by nathan Hoogs ................................ 13Photography ................................................................ 14The DIy (Do It yourself) Series ...................................... 15Classes at Bascom lodge ............................................. 16Woodworking at Hancock Shaker Village......................... 16language Arts ............................................................. 17Sculpture .................................................................... 17Artist Profile: Peter Dudek ............................................ 17learning Through Arts ..................................................18

ContentsneWS AnD FRIenDSMessage from Howard Shapiro ....................................21Message from lucy Holland ........................................22Anime Hothouse gala .................................................23IS183 Supporters ......................................................27Advertising Friends ....................................................28

geneRAl InFOSummer 2011 Faculty ...............................................44Calendar ...................................................................44Adult Student exhibit .................................................44Directions .................................................................45Registration Form ...................................................... 45

Howard Shapiro, ChairMartin AlbertJohn BridgeBruce FinnSeth Nash

Michele O'HanaWendy O'NeilGary SchienemanSarah StevenTyler Weld

Board of Directorsthrough June 2011

1Get messy! Call 413-298-5252 ext. 100 or e-mail [email protected] for information or to register.

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A HEALTHY BALANCE OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CREATION AND FUN!

THIS PROgRAM TAkeS PlACe On THe BeRkSHIRe COunTRy DAy (BCD) CAMPuS.MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM*

TuITIOn: $150, PRORATeD FOR Week OF July 4

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Rock and RollAngel Heffernan

MOnDAy TO FRIDAyyA01Su11: June 27 TO July 1

Music inspires us all, and this week we are ready to rock. We will craft guitars and shakers, microphones, build a glitzed out stage, make fabulous sunglasses, and create mosaic disco balls. We’ll have all the things a band of rock stars need for a fantastic show.

Motion and Movement Angel Heffernan

TueSDAy TO FRIDAyyA02Su11: July 5 TO 8 (nO ClASS July 4)TuITIOn : $120

Jump, float, roll and dance. All of our projects this week explore movement within and around us. From creating beautiful mobiles, building hot air balloons, and making dance paintings with our feet, it will be a truly kinetic week of artistic experiences.

Walk About: Nature Exploration Angel Heffernan

MOnDAy TO FRIDAyyA03Su11: July 11 TO 15

Science, nature and art come together for a week of projects inspired by the world around us. We will craft hiking sticks, make plantable notecards, and create amazing wall hangings with the natural treasures we collect in our plant dyed back packs.

Mythical MagicalAngel Heffernan


Join us as we enter the magical world of fairy tales. Castles, knights, dragons and magic inspire us to create capes and wands, make unique crowns and shields, build a castle, and craft tin foil boats to sail. Imagination and adventure rule the week.

Animal ParadeKim Waterman


Animals inspire a week of multi-media art making. Stories and folktales pave the way for ideas as we paint, draw and collage our favorites. Giant paper puppets, masks and mobiles abound as we read, sing and play our animal theme!

Printing PartyKim Waterman

MOnDAy TO FRIDAyyA06Su11: AuguST 1 TO 5

Using our hands, our feet, our fingers, we’ll create art! Sponges will decorate, rollers will navigate over paper. Paintings will become mono-prints, styrofoam drawings transform into paintings. Legos make dots, toothbrushes make.....well, come and see!

Collage CreationsKim Waterman


Explore glue and what it can do (a little tape, too)! Using wood, tubes, boxes, paper, fabric and more, we will imagine and create sculptures small and large. Paper collages will sparkle with glitter and pop-out with shells and pebbles. Paint will add the finishing touches on our masterpieces.

Bugs & ThingsHeather Coon


Search the outdoors for bugs and things to inspire your creativity, build sculptures, Paint with tempera and watercolors. Create with collage materials. And use your imagination to make the perfect bug world.

2 Make art! Work exchange and scholarship opportunities are available.

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ALL Natural ArtMaggie Vescio


An exploration of the natural world using our senses and translating the experience into works of art. From handmade charcoal to grass, wool, shells and bark we’ll use materials found in nature to create masks, montage, wall hangings, gnome homes and more!

Decoding Art MysteriesMaggie Vescio

TueSDAy TO FRIDAyyA10Su11: July 5 TO July 8 TuITIOn: $112

From graffiti to celtic knots, totems, mandalas and russian eggs we’ll find the messages hidden in art through the ages. A week of discovery and adventure across the globe and time!

Fiber FrenzyMaggie Vescio


From batik to henna to screen printing and Tie-Dye we’ll paint, embellish and design patterns inspired by tradition and imagination. Best part is? At the end of the week you can wear your work home!

Masterpiece MadnessKim Waterman


We will look at masterpieces old and new! Build with wood and wire inspired by the sculptures of Nevelson and Calder. O’Keefe’s bones and flowers will inspire our drawing. Miro and Kandinsky’s lyrical shapes help us create collage. We will look at Matisse and Degas and dance! Each day will begin with a self portrait, with peeks at Van Gogh and Rembrandt.

Gifts From Mother NatureFay O’Meara


Mother Nature provides us with a myriad of materials from which to make art.

In this class we will work with materials that come from the earth, and from animals and plants such as clay, wool felt and birch bark. We will create beautiful and functional works of art, and explore the origins of these materials. And, in between, we will paint, draw, cut and glue the week away!

AnimaliaAngel Heffernan


We’ll go wild as we run with the animals! Swim, waddle, roar, and walk on all fours, a multi media zoo of creative possibility. Each day we circle up to hear, sing and move through an animal inspired story, then mix it up with art projects inspired by the wild kingdom.

FULL DAY CAMP for 5 to 7!MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 3PM

lOCATIOn: BeRkSHIRe COunTRy DAy SCHOOl CAMPuS (BCD)TuITIOn: $275, Full DAy $160 HAlF DAy, (DISMISSAl AT 12:30)

Light and ColorAngel Heffernan

MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 3PMyA15Su11: AuguST 8 TO 12

Explore the fantastic way light plays with color. From making kaleidoscopes to crafting colored goggles and creating tissue paper kites, we are exploring the pure joy of translucent art. Let the sun shine in on all of our beautiful radiant creations.

Jungle JiveNancy Castaldo

MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 3PMyA16Su11: AuguST 15 TO 19

Come explore the world’s jungles as we learn about 40 foot snakes, lizards that change color, bountiful butterflies and colorful parrots. We’ll create amazing mixed media art using chalks, paint, papers, and clay. We’ll read stories and produce our own Jungle Book show to wow our friends.

5 to 7 YEARS oLDMOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM*

TuITIOn: $140, InCluDeS All MATeRIAlS, PRORATeD FOR Week OF July 4

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Up, Up and Away!Nancy Castaldo, Nancy Magnusson


Spend an awesome week creating marvelous mobiles, paper airplanes, high flying kites and upcycled sculptures from paper, paint, wire and found objects. With a little wind we’ll head outdoors and watch our creations take flight.

Kites Gone Wild!Dennis Fougere, Nancy Magnusson

TueSDAy TO FRIDAyyA18Su11: July 5 TO 8TuITIOn: $192

Everyone knows you can go to a store and buy some cheap, plastic kite with some boring picture on it, but where is the fun in that!? Join us this week to design and build kites of all kinds from the craziest of materials (aluminum foil kites?) and the wackiest shapes and sizes we can figure out, to fast and maneuverable fighter-kites, and a big, lumbering giant we can all build together. This week will be loads of fun inside and out!!

Go Big or Go Home!!Dennis Fougere, Ben Evans


This title says it all; we are going to make BIG ART. From paintings to sculptures, let’s not just use our hands to make… lets put our bodies into it! Join us as we use any and all the materials we can find to build towering sculptures, wall-length paintings, and everything else on a super-size scale. Guaranteed surprises and tons of fun!

The Wonder of LightJohn Clarke, Ben Evans


Light is miraculous and this week we’ll investigate its most fascinating aspects... reflection, color and color mixing, highlight and shadow, day and night. Students will design and construct their own sundial, build kaleidoscopes, paint shadows on rice paper, create their own lamp shade, and explore the “key to photography” (George Eastman) through image transfer on ceramics.

Textile Treasure HuntAngel Heffernan, Nancy Magnusson


Our hands will be in wool, reed, thread, clay and pulp this week as we explore the wild world of fiber art. The possibilities are beautiful, so clear some space on your walls and coffee tables for incoming works of art. This is a very organic and ancient medium for creative expression.

The Art of ScienceMaggie Vescio, Nancy Magnusson


The studio becomes a laboratory as we delve into the science of making art. Learn how great art is made to last for ages and why some treasures have been lost forever. Experiment with math to create visual masterpieces and moving sculptures. Explore the workings of the human eye and create your own mutant monsters. From DaVinci and Michelangelo to Escher and Seurrat, science has never been so much fun!

Weaving our StoriesLaura Evonne Steinman, Nancy Magnusson

MOnDAy TO FRIDAy

yA23Su11: AuguST 8 TO 12

We’ll be creating individual and collaborative woven stories with fabrics yarns, found objects, paints, sound, the grass outside and so much more. A week filled with imagination, justice and peace inside and out.

Around the WorldAngel Heffernan, Nancy Magnusson


Pack your bags and fasten your seatbelts as we depart for Mexico, Spain, China, India, Brazil and south East Asia. Expect a travel adventure as we circle the globe in search of some really cool inspiration for art projects! We’ll craft paper lanterns, make punched tin luminaries, and batik dye cloth.

7 to 11 YEARS oLDMOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 3:30PM*


*early drop-off begins at 8:30 and late pick-up is available until 4:30 for the additional cost of: $60/week for both morning and afternoon, $35/week for just morning or afternoon


Body, Book, BoxMelanie Mowinski, Nancy Magnusson, Heather Coon

MOnDAy TO FRIDAyyA25Su11: June 27 TO July 8 (nO ClASS July 4) TuITIOn: $405

Explore your inner worlds of make-believe and fantasy. Dive into art explorations and make a life-sized self-portrait, a storage book filled with dreams and desires and boxes of collections, among other things!

Upcycle, Rebound, Deconstruct Nancy Castaldo, Ben Evans, Heather Coon


Re-imagine the book! We’ll turn old books into everything from sculptures to mobiles, to tote bags, wallets and jewelry. We’ll explore book artists, street artists and digital artists, and we’ll create our own journals from found objects and handmade paper using a variety of binding methods.

Create a Lost City John Clarke, Nancy Magnusson, Heather Coon

MOnDAy TO FRIDAyyA27Su11: July 25 TO AuguST 5

Journey through the ancient world of the Aztecs, the Incas, The Mayans. Explore their writing, their art, and their calendar. (Re)Discover how carefully their buildings were planned and built, and how absolutely amazing their cities were. As we travel through the ruins they left behind, we’ll construct an entire ancient city of our own.

S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpturally Purposed Art for Contemporary Environments)Ben Evans, Tom O’Brien, Heather Coon Monday to FridayyA28Su11: AuguST 8 TO 19

Explore and experiment with materials ranging from ceramics, film/video, even cement; to transform a space. Christo, Anish Kapoor, Nam June Paik and other artists will inspire us to transform the viewer’s perception of space. Students will work individually and in groups to design and create site specific installations and sculptures.

11 to 15 YEARS oLD TWO Week SeSSIOnS, MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 3:30PM*


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Please note: Wednesdays camp meets off-site; first week at the Norman Rockwell Museum, the second at either the Berkshire Botanical Garden or Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.

Have an Art Party!

Choose from a variety of art and craft projects for a fun filled and

memorable celebration!

Call (413) 298-5252 ext. 100 for details.


Exercises in Interpretation - Any MediaYura Adams

THuRSDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM

Part One: Study of Formal ElementsPD05Su11: July 7 TO 28 (4 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $132, PluS $10 MATeRIAlS Fee

Become a better artist by learning to interpret your subject, rather than copying it by rote. This course will lead the student to study the ways to interpret a subject using the media of your choice; paint, watercolor, mixed media, graphite, pastel etc. The emphasis will be on the “how” the rather than the more usual “what” the artist decides to put onto a two dimensional surface. This course is exercise driven, topics will include form, color, picture plane, and brushstrokes. All Levels, excellent for beginners to advanced.

Part Two: Study of ContentPD06Su11: AuguST 4 TO 18 (3 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $99, PluS $10 MATeRIAlS Fee

Study how create content by interpreting the same subject in different ways. Examples will be shown, ways of strengthening and changing content will be studied. Students will choose one subject and approach it three different ways over the three weeks with one study each week. Students may use any two dimensional media; oil or acrylic paint, watercolor, mixed media, graphite, pastel etc. This course is exercise driven, and is excellent for beginners to advanced.

Watercolor Studio in Pittsfield June Ferrin

TueSDAyS, 10:30AM TO 1:30PMSeSSIOn 1PD11SP11: June 14 TO July 19 (6 SeSSIOnS)lOCATIOn: THe lICHTenSTeIn CenTeR

SeSSIOn 2PD01Su11: July 26 TO AuguST 30 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198lOCATIOn: THe lICHTenSTeIn CenTeR

This class is for the student who would like to learn more about the various approaches to the medium or who have taken Beginning Watercolor. Demonstrations will be given each week, showing students how to paint wet-on-wet washes, dry-on-wet washes and with a dry brush. Color theory and use of color to create shadow and light will be practiced as well.

Making Colors SingWednesday Sorokin

TueSDAyS, 6 TO 9PMPD13Su11: July 12 TO AuguST 23, nO ClASS AuguST 2 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198

How do artists use color to create atmosphere, mood, and depth? How can one start with three colors and end up with an infinite number? How can a color look one way over here and another way over there? This class will include examinations of color relationships and how colors affect the viewer and the viewer’s perception of the colors themselves. During the class, students will learn how to choose colors, mix colors, and use color to represent light, shadow, and space, and to convey emotions. This class will help students use color effectively to enhance the visual impact of their work.

Painting Travelling LandscapeArthur Yanoff

WeDneSDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMPD02Su11: July 13 TO AuguST 24 (7 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $231

With IS183’s studio as your home-base we will explore the landscape of the Berkshires at magnificent sites that offer varied views. Through observation and experimentation, you will capture the warmth of a luscious field and the saturated blue of a summer sky with direction, clarity, and particular emphasis on the essentials that make a dynamic composition personally expressive.

Fundamentals of Drawing at ChesterwoodPhilip Howie

THuRSDAyS, 10:30AM TO 12:30PMPD04Su11: July 14 TO AuguST 25, nO ClASS AuguST 4 (6 SeSSIOnS) TuITIOn: $150

This is a class for beginners as well as artists who would like more practice and instruction on the fundamentals of drawing. Students will explore the art of drawing directly from observation. Basic principles of proportion, form, volume, composition and light will be covered. Class will include working from a still life and analysis and study of master drawings. The instructor will give demonstrations of drawing techniques and critiques of student work.

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Drawing the Human Figure Philip Howie

THuRSDAyS, 6PM TO 9PMPD07Su11: July 14 TO AuguST 25, nO ClASS AuguST 4 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198, PluS $75 MODelS Fee

This course will be a rigorous and intense study of drawing the human figure. Students will draw from the live model . A simple and effective charcoal technique will be used. Emphasis will be on achieving a strong understanding of the dynamic principles of figure drawing, the basic volumes and masses of the human form, and creating space in drawing. We will also study great drawings of the past.

Portrait Drawing Wednesday Sorokin

THuRSDAyS, 6PM TO 9PMPD01F11: SePTeMBeR 8 TO OCTOBeR 6 (5 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $165, PluS $20 MODelS Fee

Establishing a likeness and conveying a sense of vitality has compelled artists throughout history. Learn how to translate the three-dimensional world into two dimensions by focusing on the face. This class will teach you how to determine proportions and find relationships within forms to create portraits that reflect humanity. Beginners will find a path into the portrait, and more experienced artists will strengthen their abilities to reproduce what they see with vigor and expression.

Painting StudioYura Adams

FRIDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM PD08Su11: July 8 TO AuguST 19 (7 SeSSIOnS) TuITIOn: $231, PluS $30 MODelS Fee This painting class is for all levels of painters. If you are new to painting, you will begin with basic, simple exercises to get you working with confidence. More advanced painters are welcome to brush up skills that might have gotten a little rusty and develop a new relationship to their painting practice. Yura’s teaching style creates a friendly and supportive class environment in which students learn the basics and the emphasis is on the development of the individual. Students will learn to freely get paint on the surface and to control it, and to strengthen form and composition. Original exercises and projects tailored to each student will encourage the creative vision of each student. The course will include two sessions with a live model and all painting mediums are welcome.

Open CritiqueYura Adams

FRIDAyS, July 29 AnD AuguST 12PD09Su11: 1:30PM TO 3:30PM (2 SeSSIOnS) TuITIOn: $50

Artists join together to critique each other’s work in an open discussion led by Yura Adams. Photography, painting, installation, drawing, sculpture, ceramics. Video artists will need to bring viewing system. Any media welcome! Participants bring 3-5 pieces to have critiqued. Critiques will be conducted using professional and constructive criticism.

All levels, from beginning to advanced can benefit.

WORkSHOPSWatercolor: Simple, Fast, and FocusedMel Stabin

MOnDAy THROugH FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 4PM

PD05SP11: June 6 TO June 10 (5 DAyS)TuITIOn: $775

This outdoor on location workshop, painting landscapes and people in landscapes, will reflect the title of Mel’s book, Watercolor: Simple, Fast, and Focused. Emphasis will be on design principles with the objective of building strong paintings by seeing and thinking simply, painting quickly and energetically, and focusing on the “idea” of the painting. Design, composition, and color/value relationships will be discussed throughout. Demonstrations, personal instruction, and critiques. Mel creates a casual, friendly atmosphere allowing an easy, open dialogue with his students.

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Drop-in Studio MOnDAyS, 6PM TO 9PM

yeAR-ROunDTuITIOn: $15 OR $50 FOR 5 SeSSIOnS, DROP-InS WelCOMe

As a service to practicing artists and a complement to other course work for IS183 students, this drop-in open studio provides ongoing access to a live model, working in both short and long poses. Please bring your own materials. Monday evenings the model is nude and only drawing is permitted during studio.

Painting the Berkshire LandscapeYura Adams

FRIDAy TO SunDAy, 9:30AM TO 4PM (3 DAyS)

PD06SP11: June 24 TO June 26TuITIOn: $210

This workshop takes us outside to paint the June landscape in the spectacular Berkshires at a different location for each day of the workshop including a Berkshire farm. Over the weekend, students will create a series of small and immediate studies that capture the light and atmosphere of the moment. Starting with sketches, students will learn to organize the view into simple shapes then transfer the most effective composition to the painting ground. This becomes the basis for the painted sketch in which the students focuses on the interpretation of light. At the end of each day, there will be a critique and a presentation by the teacher on historical and contemporary landscape painting. Beginners to advanced will enjoy this special class and all painting media invited to join.

Pastel Studio in Great BarringtonPieter Lefferts

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 10AM TO 4PM

PD10Su11: July 16 AnD 17 (2 DAyS)lOCATIOn: CATA STuDIOTuITIOn: $132

Develop your skill and understanding of soft pastels with award-winning pastel artist Pieter Lefferts. During this two-day intensive students will work from still life and/or their own photographs, with emphasis on tonal values, color mixing and compositional arrangement. Beginning with blocking in, we will explore the varieties of soft pastels and how to use them, paper selection, and how to preserve and present finished work. Individual instruction makes this workshop excellent for beginning and advanced students alike. Sessions will include instructor demonstrations and group critiques. Weather permitting we may take our work outside of our Great Barrington location.

7Call 413-298-5252 ext. 100 or e-mail [email protected] for information or to register.

Basic DrawingWednesday Sorokin

SATuRDAyS, 12 TO 4PMPD14Su11: July 16 AnD July 23 (2 DAyS)TuITIOn: $88

This is a brief but condensed introduction to the history of drawing and drawing techniques. In addition to looking at drawings from throughout the world, students will be introduced to a variety of types of drawing and drawing techniques. We’ll be using pencil, charcoal and India ink to make lines and tones.

Premix, Paint-Out!Yura Adams

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, July 30 AnD 31 PD11Su11: 10AM TO 4PMTuITIOn: $175, PluS $10 MATeRIAlS Fee

Experience new ways to approach painting! The goal is to loosen the grip on the brush and gain a painterly surface by investigating spontaneity. Students will experience liquid pre-mixes, pouring, splattering, mixing paint with drawing media, non-dominant-hand-mark-making, and just about every device that Yura Adams has invented to lead painting students to breathe life into their paintings. Students who leave evidence of their brush marks will receive chocolate!

Decorative Paint Finishes and Venetian PlasterMarianne Van Lent

SATuRDAy, AuguST 6 AnD SunDAy, AuguST 7

PD12Su11: 10AM TO 4PMTuITIOn: $132, PluS $35 MATeRIAlS Fee

Explore decorative paint finishes, venetian plaster, and transfer and silkscreen techniques for interior walls. Silkscreen and transfer enable the painter to place images on walls. Students will learn how to manipulate color and value to facilitate optional aesthetic beauty. Ms. Van Lent has employed her techniques in many venues including the W Hotel in New York. You will produce your own samples and be ready to create your own exquisite finishes.

The first class I ever took at IS183, about twelve years ago, was painting from a live model; while it was quite a challenge, it also was a very satisfying experience—and fun! Since then I have been fortunate enough to participate in classes and workshops in still life painting, knitting, basket-making, and drawing. In every case, the instructors were wonderful: explaining, encouraging, and engaging. And in every case I went home with artwork of which I was proud. I have found that there is an exciting synergy that occurs when a group of people come together

for art-making at IS183, even when working on individual projects. Surrounded as we are, in the Berkshires, with an amazing array of culture and creativity, IS183 is really a treasure, offering individuals marvelous opportunities to make art—

paintings, jewelry, baskets, ceramics—themselves. lesley Ann Beck,

Editor, WritEr and artist

FIlMMake a Movie: Roundtable DiscussionsJoin us for a three part series of discussions about the process of filmmaking with industry professionals -- hosted by IS183 in collaboration with the Berkshire Film and Media Commission. Participating panelists to be announced in late Spring, 2011. This series is free and open to the public however, pre-registration is required.

TueSDAyS, 6:30PM TO 8:30PMJuly 19: PRe PRODuCTIOnJuly 26: PRODuCTIOnAuguST 2: POST PRODuCTIOn

Storyboard ArtRobert Taylor

TueSDAyS, 6 TO 9PMPH25Su11: AuguST 9 TO 30 (4 SeSSIOnSTuITIOn: $132

From script directions, research and Concept Art and Boards, to Continuity Boards, and finally Shooting Storyboards - Learn the art and mechanics of the Storyboard. Lectures will involve discussion defining how a board is conceived, what elements go into it, and what mediums might be used. Following this, the process of determining what scene moments need illustration, and how to determine camera position point of view and lighting. Lastly, the art of the action boards - the Shooting Storyboards, from which the Cameraman sets up and shoots the final film takes.

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COllAge AnD PRInTMAkIngCollage ManiaMarianne Van Lent

WeDneSDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMCP01Su11: July 13 TO AuguST 24 (7 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $231, PluS $25 MATeRIAlS Fee

Explore a world of exciting and beautiful materials and images. Guided by a personal theme such as a special place, your biographical narrative or a particular concept you wish to convey, students will develop a personal visual vocabulary. Diverse collage techniques such as monotype, silhouettes, drawing, and textured paint finishes will be employed. A specialized collage technique using rice paper as surface interest will be demonstrated. Ms. van Lent will share an exquisite store of long collected images for your use but finding some of your own personal images is also encouraged.

Printing Without a PressMolly and Aurel de St Andre

WeDneSDAyS, 6 TO 9PMCP02Su11: July 27 TO AuguST 31 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $260, PluS $55 MATeRIAlS Fee

An introduction to printmaking for students who are interested in learning the basics of relief and screen-printing. Learn to transfer and carve original designs onto linoleum and/or wood plates and to ink and print plates with ease, creating single and multi layered relief prints on fine print making papers. Using basic screen-printing materials, you will learn to stretch and prepare screens with photo-sensitive emulsion for screen printing. Then explore different options for generating original designs and using a simple exposure process, create a screen that can be printed over 100 times onto paper, clothing, or textiles of many kinds.

Intro to Collage and Mixed MediaKaren Arp-Sandel

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 10AM TO 4PM CP03Su11: AuguST 13 AnD 1410 (2 DAyS)TuITIOn: $132, PluS $20 MATeRIAlS FeeDive into art history to learn how the collage tradition originated with the Dada artists, influenced the Cubists and informed the Surrealists’ dream-like imagery. This workshop provides a sampler of techniques to jump start imaginative collage compositions. Learn photomontage and simple image transfer techniques. Try your hand at Suminigashi marbling on a variety of unusual papers. Discover the variations in substrates and adhesives. Put it all together in an Accordion Fold artist collage book. Students will bring home many useful technique samples and a book form full of inspiration.

Pressure Printing on the Vandercook in North AdamsMelanie Mowinski

SATuRDAy, 10AM TO 4PMCP05Su11: AuguST 13 (1 DAy)TuITIOn: $66, PluS $40 MATeRIAlS Fee

IS183 partners up with 29 Press for this special off-site workshop. Explore the atmospheric quality of pressure printing by making low-relief collages to print on a Vandercook press. This alternative technique allows the artist to create patterned backgrounds similar to rubbings and ghost prints. Then we’ll experiment with other low-tech printmaking techniques like stenciling, pochoir and stamping to add additional layers.

Karen Arp-Sandel

FRIDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMCP01F11: SePTeMBeR 23 TO OCTOBeR 14 (4 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $132, PluS $25 MATeRIAlS Fee

For the collage artist, unique papers are the medium of choice. Using mixed media techniques students will create sheets of embellished paper which will add depth, texture and originality to future collage creations. Learn how to combine frottage with watercolor resist, create patterns and texture with paste paper design and explore the Japanese suminigashi paper

marbling technique. By the end of this course, students will develop a great stock of hand embellished paper to be used for their own artist books, collage substrates and painted paper collage. Learn to experiment with both traditional and innovative techniques that are great foundations for unique collage art.

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CeRAMICS Ceramics Open Studio C01Su11: June 27 TO AuguST 28 (9 WeekS)TuITIOn: $297, PluS $55 FOR eACH 50 POunDS OF ClAy*leVel: InTeRMeDIATe TO ADVAnCeD

An opportunity for experienced clay artists to develop their own projects outside of a structured class. Access to the studio is available during non-class hours throughout the term. Students must have an initial interview with the Studio Manager and attend a studio orientation.

*includes glazes and firings; tailored packages available upon request.

Intermediate HandbuildingPaula Shalan

MOnDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMC02Su11: July 11 TO AuguST 29, nO ClASS AuguST 8 (7 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $232, PluS $55 MATeRIAlS Fee

For students with prior experience in the studio an in-depth exploration of handbuilding technique and decorative finish work.

Handbuilding and Surface DecorationPaula Shalan

TueSDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMC03Su11: July 5 TO AuguST 22 (8 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $232, PluS $55 MATeRIAlS Fee

Discover the expressive qualities of pinch, coil, and slab construction to create vessels, tableware, boxes and more. Surface decoration and glazing as well as primitive smoke firing, will be explored. Both the beginner and the experienced potter will be encouraged to develop their personal style through individual attention, along with observation and discussion of historical and contemporary ceramics.

Garden ArtNancy Magnusson

WeDneSDAyS, 1:30PM TO 4:30PMC04Su11: July 13 TO AuguST 24 (7 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $232, PluS $50 MATeRIAlS Fee

Enliven your garden year round with hand-made decorative sculptures. Decorated with dramatic textures and natural colors with slips, glazes in the soda kiln, we will make sculptures for your garden, pagodas and perhaps a gargoyle or two. Potters will be encouraged to pursue their own ideas while exploring various techniques of handbuilding with distinctive enhanced surfaces. No previous clay experience necessary.

The Potter’s WheelBen Evans

WeDneSDAyS, 6PM TO 9PMC05Su11: July 6 TO AuguST 24 (8 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $264, PluS $50 MATeRIAlS Fee

For both beginning and more experienced potters, individual attention will be given to students’ goals for specific forms. Beginning students will learn to center on the potter’s wheel and make drinking vessels, bowls, and plates, while more experienced potters will be challenged with lids, closed forms, square bowls and plates, and some altering. Decoration techniques will include brushwork, slip trailing, carving, resist and multiple glazing techniques. The class will also explore Cone 6 oxidation, reduction and salt glazes.

WORkSHOPSAlternative FiringsPaula Shalan and Ben Evans

MOnDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM

Smoke Fire with Paula ShalanC02SP11: June 6 AnD 13 (2 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $75, PluS $20 MATeRIAlS Fee

Soda Fire with Ben EvansC08SP11: June 20 AnD 27 (2 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $115, PluS $35 MATeRIAlS Fee

enROll FOR BOTH AnD TuITIOn IS Only: $165, PluS $55 MATeRIAlS Fee

SMOke FIRIng: Learn how to prepare your work for Smoke Firing with terrasigilatta and “dry” burnishing. Using various resist techniques, we will “paint” surface designs with smoke and fire. Building and firing a simple sawdust kiln will be included. We will gain inspiration from both historical and contemporary smoke fired pottery.

SODA FIRIng: Soda firing is an atmospheric firing where sodium carbonate (aka ”soda ash”) is used to give the work inside the kiln a natural glaze. It is the modern equivalent to salt firing. The soda ash is added when the kiln is close to its’ peak temperature and vaporizes creating a bond with the alumina and silica in the clay. For best effect, we will use slip and minimal glazing on our pots to expose the raw clay to the soda.


Communication of the design is a critical part of the architectural process. An architect must conceive the design in the abstract and then gain acceptance of the idea by the client in order to make a commitment to invest and build. In this day and age computer modeling and 3D rendering have become common and readily available. The power of modeling software has increased, while the cost has come down drastically.

In the case of a recent project, the Montessori School of the Berkshires, a high level of realism in 3d computer modeling was a very useful technique, and communicated very successfully.

But is it always the best thing that we experience the future by ever more “accurate” 3d modeling?

An Architects process begins with listening to clients. Success of the project comes when the client recognizes what they asked for, and then also discovers and experiences something more. Architecture must work for all the functional reasons set out at the beginning of the project, but it must also enable people to be the architect of their own experience. Comfort, warmth, and keeping the rain out, of course, but also imagination, surprise, wonderment, and discovery. Moving through space, and discovery, are prerequisites for the experience of architecture.

Of course, traditionally architects draw. With pencils (and other tools.) These are preliminary drawings I recently did for a current project, a Dancemeditation retreat center in New Mexico.

I also started some 3d computer modeling. These are examples of a couple of different views of an early design for one of the buildings, the “summer movement pavilion.”

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However, I discovered that for this project, this approach didn’t work. I realized that I did not need or want something too literal. Rather, I needed the experience of drawings and models to have an emotional component. The client will only make a decision to move forward when the design feels right.

Dancemeditation is a spiritual practice rooted in dance, movement, and embodiment. There are subtleties and complexities of the work that are much deeper than the need for a 44’x56’ movement space that has a good floor, keeps the rain and wind out, and is neither too hot or too cold.

In this space there will be movement to the “inside” in a spiritual way. This not a hierarchy, as if outside is outside, and inside is better. There is a pathway to the inside. Like middle-eastern music, this may be a series of rhythms, transformations, and an unfolding or awareness. The experience of natural light is very important to this work and in the design of the space, light is a component of experience of the space

• Concentrated south light is bounced and reflected into the space

• Transitory light from the sides moving thru the day – low and direct in early morning and late afternoon and reflected off the ground in the late morning, and early afternoon

• The northerly end of the space, which is the “deepest space” will, by contrast, be “shadowy”

What I must communicate is the feeling of the space, the abstract poetic qualities that support the spiritual work. I must suggest the possibility of experience without actually making the experience. So, right now, in the middle of a design process, with its necessary step-by-step communication with my client, I am switching to building a physical model. With this approach, you begin to feel what the building will be made of, instead of just thinking about it.

For the roof there are facts and functions. Dimension. Span. Strength. Technique. Heavy timber trusses seem at this point to be the best choice. These models of trusses are built of 1/8”x1/8” basswood, cut and fit to a template that I had drawn and then cut out of cardboard.

In the Dancemeditation work, the teacher speaks of experiencing one’s bones and tissue, and shifting focus from one to the other. When I laid these 1/8” scale timber trusses out on the floor, they felt like bones moving. I discovered a connection between those bones we build with and the bones we ache with. From seeing these truss splayed out as they are, the feeling that I now have gives me confidence that this inside-outside connection will be a well-articulated and something I will delight in experiencing once it is built.

As to walls, we are intending to build of rammed earth and hay bale. I started using clay to model these. But, this did not work. Either the clay was not suited to the architecture, or I did not have enough dexterity with clay to make it work. Now the earth walls are built of laminated layers of cardboard that suggest the texture that results from the formwork used in rammed earth construction.

With a physical model architectural communication is not a prescription, it is an experience.


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Jewelry Design and Metal SmithingJames Kennedy

MOnDAyS, 6PM TO 9PMSeSSIOn 13D06SP11: June 20 TO AuguST 1, nO ClASS July 4 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198, PluS $50 MATeRIAlS Fee

SeSSIOn 23D09Su11: AuguST 8 TO 29 (4 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $132, PluS $35 MATeRIAlS Fee

Make rings, pendants, brooches and other forms of wearable art in wax, then invest and cast the pieces in silver or bronze. Explore various wax working and model making methods used to create jewelry from start to finish. Traditional tools and their uses are covered in depth. Layout, sawing, soldering, forming, surface texturing, chain making, simple stone setting and finishing are examined. Appropriate for Beginner to Intermediate students.

Intro to GlassblowingNathan Hoogs

WeDneSDAyS, 9:30AM - 12:30PMlOCATIOn: HOOgS AnD CRAWFORD STuDIO - CHATHAM, ny 3D01Su11: July 20 TO AuguST 24 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $325, PluS $270 MATeRIAlS AnD lOCATIOn Fee

The art of Glassblowing originated in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and continues to flourish up to the modern era. This is a basic introduction to working with hot glass from a furnace. Students will learn how to gather hot glass and work with it to form various blown forms. Subjects include making punties, marvering, correct usage of the tools used in glass. We will also cover paperweights and other solid working techniques. Emphasis is placed on teamwork and students will be working together on projects. This course has a maximum of 4 students.

Stained GlassGlenn Shalan

WeDneSDAyS, 9:30AM TO 12:30PM3D01F11: SePTeMBeR 7 TO OCTOBeR 5 (5 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $165, PluS $50 MATeRIAlS Fee

Learn how to fabricate a simple stained glass panel in the copper foil technique. Students will receive instruction in layouts, patterns, glass cutting, copper foiling and soldering. Expect to gain a working knowledge of the steps involved in stained glass fabrication and to complete your own stained glass panel by the end of the course.

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WORkSHOPSIntroduction to JewelryJames Kennedy

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 10AM TO 4PM 3D05SP11: June 4 AnD 5 (2 DAyS) TuITIOn: $132, PluS $40 MATeRIAlS Fee

This course is designed for students with little or no experience in metal smithing. Exlore cutting, hammering, drilling, stamping and shaping copper and silver into pieces used to create jewelry. Demonstration and discussion of jewelry bench tools and practices will be covered.

Venetian Lampwork Beads Stephanie Maddalena

FRIDAy, SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 10AM TO 4PM

3D25SP11: June 17 TO 19 (THRee DAyS)TuITIOn: $300, All MATeRIAlS InCluDeD

Students will explore the ancient art of Venetian “lampworking” or “flameworking” which uses molten glass to form beads. Use enamels, silver foil, flower decorations and sculpting techniques to create beads with your own personal style. No experience necessary. All tools and materials will be provided.

ChainmakingJennifer Jordan Park

SATuRDAy, 10AM TO 4PM3D37Su11: July 23TuITIOn: $66, PluS $10 MATeRIAlS Fee

Learn the ancient art of chainmaking with the loop-in-loop technique. In this workshop you will: explore the history of this fascinating technique, create and fuse fine silver loops without solder, weave loops together to create single, double, and two-way-double loop-in-loop chain styles, learn relationships between wire gauge and dowel size, learn the side-weave and sailor's loop styles. Appropriate for beginners and those with torch experience.

Drawing on the Past with Metal Clay and the Berkshire Museum collectionLinda Kaye-Moses

FRIDAy THROugH SunDAy, 10AM TO 5PM

3D07SP11: June 10 TO 12 (3 DAyS)TuITIOn: $330, PluS $175 MATeRIAlS lOCATIOn Fee

This unique class combines the use of metal clay and an exploration of antiquities in the collection of the Berkshire Museum, with the

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Every once in a while things happen in life that just seem right. You have no idea when you wake up that morning what’s to come, but your mind’s open to possibility. So as you go along through life, you might come across an opportunity to do something that you never considered before. For me, that was the craft of Glass Blowing. It came out of nowhere, and took over my life. Being 19 years old at the time, I wasn’t tied down to much. This craft allowed me to be creative, to make beautiful objects, to start to look at the world a little closer, more deliberately. Suddenly, I had a reason to look deeper. Glass Blowing was my gateway to the art world.

Why did it appeal to me? Glass blowing is a technical, process driven craft, rooted in thousands of years of history and technique. It is hands on, rugged, challenging. It is also delicate, smooth, and graceful. It is a simple material that has so many possibilities; therefore it allows a creative mind a lot of room to play. But on a basic level, we use glass in its molten state, at 2100 degrees F, when it’s like honey, and that’s just not something people experience a whole lot. We see glass all around us- Windows, light bulbs, cups, television screens. It is so useful. We couldn’t live without it. But long before it was ever made for utilitarian purposes, glass was art. It was coveted. It was rare, difficult to make, expensive, exclusive.

The discovery of glass was probably accidental. There are several stories, but no one knows for sure. We know that it began in Mesopotamia, Modern day Iraq and Northern Syria. The basic ingredients for glass are Silica (a component of sand) soda (acting as a flux) and lime. They become glass when heated above 2000 degrees. A prolonged, hot fire in just the right spot with the naturally occurring ingredients could have produced a chunk of this mysterious new material.

The development of a glass industry happened over a long period of time, and nothing

more complex than small beads were produced for the first 1000 years. A huge technical development came with the invention of the core forming technique. This method was used for 1500 years and allowed for vessel forms to be made by shaping a mixture of clay and dung into the shape, firing that and them glazing the form with many layers of glass frit. The ancient furnaces were simple clay volcanoes built around a hot fire, with an air trough at the bottom, and the opening at the top.

The glass that people in ancient times were able to produce is astounding, considering the crude methods they had. In contrast, a modern glass studio is a high tech, digitally controlled machine. The main advantage in this is the saving of manual labor that old methods necessitated. Today’s furnace is programmable, and well insulated, and produces large quantities of glass. Separate ovens for reheating and blowing the glass, as well as annealing, are also modern refinements. Still, there are many tools that closely resemble what was used 1000 years ago. The steel hand tools such as jacks, shears, tweezers, blow pipes haven’t changed much, nor the way that we use them. Modern techniques of glass blowing began 2000 years ago during the Roman Empire. Hand blown glass became obsolete during the industrial revolution and too costly as mechanization took over to produce bottles and other utilitarian wares. With the

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goal of producing a jewelry objet(s) based on that collection.

We’ll begin this three-day class on Friday with an in-depth visit to the gallery of ancient art at the The Berkshire Museum. In addition, this visit will include a private tour of pieces that are not currently on exhibit in the gallery. We’ll spend the day investigating, drawing and/or digitally photographing the design elements in the collection that appeal to us. After visiting the museum, and a break for lunch, we’ll head out to the studio at IS183 to begin to incorporate some of those elements into metal clay jewelry objets.

All our photographs will be immediately transferred to a computer and printed out for our use in the studio, for the purpose of creating our own interpretations of these artifacts... our own contemporary relics. Friday will be a full day, perhaps even including evening hours to get a head start on making your piece(s).

We will be using metal clay (PMC3 exclusively), and utilizing its user-friendly quality to create our pieces. Because metal clay is such an easy material to use, this class is open to all skill levels. Even if you have no experience with metal clay, this class can serve as an introduction

FIBeRIntroduction to EmbroideryLaura Evonne Steinman

WeDneSDAy, 6 TO 9PMF01Su11: AuguST 10 (One SeSSIOn)TuITIOn: $33

Learn and practice a variety of basic hand stitches from a running stitch to couching, french knots, chain stitches and more! Your stitches will then transform into pictures and text and added onto quilts, fabric collages, clothes, and more.

Intro to Weaving at Hancock Shaker VillageKathy Vincent

WeDneSDAy, 9:30AM TO 12:30PMF01F11: SePTeMBeR 21 TO OCTOBeR 26 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198, PluS lOCATIOn AnD MATeRIAlS Fee $60

Begin your exploration of the world of weaving. This beginner class will introduce students to the mystery and mechanics of a loom and how woven textiles developed. Learn to read a draft of a woven pattern, warp a loom, and weave a three yard, balck and white sampler, of a variety of patterns. If time permits the students will also set up the loom a second time and weave some toweling. All material provided.

to the material and the many ways it can be used. The only real prerequisite is a willing and creative enthusiasm. There will be extensive individual attention paid to each student and to each object being made.

Many tools will be available in the studio for your use, in addition to those that you may be asked to bring yourself (a full list will be furnished when you register for the class) and there is a materials fee that will cover the metal clay and other consumables required for the class.

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exception of a few glass factories, the craft all but died out until the 1960’s when two men, Harvey Littleton, a ceramics instructor, and Dominic Labino, a glass engineer for a fiberglass insulation company, developed a small furnace and held workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art, and the University of Wisconsin. The resulting back and forth between European glass makers, steeped in tradition, and the American sense of artistic freedom produced exceptional, original work which has now gained acceptance as a Fine Art in Museums and galleries all over the world!


PHOTOgRAPHyExploring Landscapes in the SpringCassandra Sohn

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 12:30PM TO 5:30PM

PH05SP11: MAy 21 AnD 22 (2 DAyS)TuITIOn: $110, PluS $10 lOCATIOn Fee

This intermediate weekend seminar focuses on photographing the landscape. Learn how to capture the magic and essence of any environment. Exercises in composition, light and depth of field will help you create unique images. A portion of the workshop will take place on-location. Through discussions, demonstrations, and in-class assignments you will become more sensitive to light and environment wherever you take your camera. This class is for students who have already taken Intro to Photography, or have equivalent beginner photographic knowledge. Bring your camera with manual mode!

Photography Boot CampJason Houston

MOnDAy TO FRIDAy, 9:30AM TO 4PM PH04SP11: June 20 TO 24 (5 DAyS) (TueSDAy – FRIDAy MTng TIMe WIll lIkely Be eARlIeR DePenDIng On SHOOTIng SCHeDule)TuITIOn: $600

New to photography and want to jump start the process? Switching from film to digital? Looking to better understand how to control your camera to better achieve the types of photographs you want? This workshop will provide a detailed overview of digital photography from explanations of the technology to basic camera functions to overriding the auto settings to gain better control to the basics of a digital workflow using Adobe Lightroom.

Intro to Photography in PittsfieldTony Israel


PH04Su11: July 23 AnD 24 (2 DAyS)lOCATIOn: lICHTenSTeIn CenTeR FOR THe ARTSTuITIOn: $132

For the energetic beginner. Starting with the basics we will go over the workings of your digital SLR. We’ll aim to get up to speed and learn the ingredients that go into making a good solid manual exposure. From there we will begin using light both natural and artificial to explore photographic possibilities from the measured portrait to the street hip shot.

Photography with Poet William Cullen Bryant as Your MuseCassandra Sohn


PH06Su11: July 23 AnD 24 (2 DAyS)*TuITIOn: $132, lOCATIOn Fee $5

The serene vistas of the Berkshire countryside inspired one of America’s greatest poets and Cummington, MA, resident, William Cullen Bryant. Using his words as your muse, you will craft unique photographs of the diverse, scenic grounds of his estate. While becoming more sensitive to light, color, composition, texture, pattern and depth, you will approach your subjects from a conceptual viewpoint. Saturday we will meet at Bryant’s estate and begin our visit with a private tour. Sunday we will meet at IS183 to discuss our experiences and view your images.

*Optional - Friday night come to an exclusive viewing of the exhibition A Summer Ramble at Sohn Fine Art in Stockbridge, MA. 5-7pm

LIGHTROOM: The New Darkroom Workflow for Digital Photographers in Great BarringtonTim Heffernan


PH03Su11: AuguST 6 AnD 7lOCATIOn: CATA STuDIO, RAIlROAD STReeTTuITIOn: $132

Process and organize your images like the pros using the fantastic techniques available in Adobe Lightroom. From image capture to developing, printing and getting ready and onto the web immerse yourself in the technical process behind making your digital photographs as good as they can be. Laptop and digital camera required (see Adobe.com for free trial download of latest version of lightroom).

Documentary Photography in PittsfieldTony Israel


PH05Su11: AuguST 20 AnD 21 (2 DAyS)lOCATIOn: lICHTenSTeIn CenTeR FOR THe ARTSTuITIOn: $132

Learn and get control of your camera then take it to the street. We will explore different techniques for getting out there, over ourselves, out of the way, and involved, all with the aim of producing revealing storytelling and documentary images.


DESIGNSATuRDAy, July 16

Moho Designs is a local screen printing and graphic design company that creates small runs of hand printed apparel, textiles, stationery, and tableware. Run by a bicultural husband and wife team who make all their screens and other materials by hand, they work hard to strike the delicate balance between their own creative work and doing custom design and printing for local businesses and non profits.

MASKSSATuRDAy, July 23

Huckleberry Delsignore creates absolutely unique, wearable masks crocheted over wire and often branches out to crochet interactive sculptures. Learn about the process she uses to create and promote her work and how she documents and promotes the completed works, and then gets it out into the world (eg MASS MoCA).

CERAMIC ARTSSATuRDAy, July 30

Daniel Bellow’s functional porcelain pottery is sold at fine stores nationwide. Recently, he has been branching out into sculptural work. He likes to wood fire. His studio is in Great Barrington.

COSTUME DESIGNSATuRDAy, AuguST 6

Arthur Oliver is a professional Costume Designer with extensive experience ranging from Broadway to Television. He will discuss translating the written word into a three dimensional product, as well as his process of rendering the garment. There will be renderings to view as well as costumes from recent productions, specifically ones from his highly praised Richard III (Shakespeare & Company, 2010) which was singled out for “resplendent costuming” by the Wall Street Journal’s BEST of 2010.

PHOTOGRAPHYSATuRDAy, AuguST 13

Taylor Mickle takes fun and amazing macro/close-up photographs of a variety of subjects including candy, toys, natural and household objects. Mickle will discuss focusing, lighting, composition, color and final output as well as how she approaches selling her work. She’ll also share tips and techniques of using macro settings, so bring your (macro capable) camera!

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My House is a very, very, very fine houseUsing Personal Inspiration for Intense Creativity With Your CameraLeslee Carsewell

TueSDAyS, 1:30 TO 4:30PH01F11: SePTeMBeR 13 TO OCTOBeR 4 (4 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $132

Take the people, animals and environment you know best and make them the subjects of intense camera work. Become aware of your daily patterns of behavior and turn them into an autobiographical study. By looking at your own “stuff”, you will be able to make a quantum leap to photographing other subject matter with more ease. Whether its your pooch or your classic car, there is a story waiting to be told. Follow it through with this class.

Wednesday night Photo lAB with Tim Heffernan

WeDneSDAyS, 6 TO 9PMTuITIOn: $99

Photoshop 101PH01Su11: July 13, 20 AnD 27 (3 SeSSIOnS)

Intro Photoshop CS and Elements: learn how to enhance and improve your photographs. Photoshop is great for other layout and graphic design work too. Learn how to use text layers, styles, selection tools, layers, masks, filters and cloning. Both natural corrective usage of filters and more artistic applications will be explored. Digital camera and laptop with Photoshop CS or Elements required (see Adobe.com for free trial download).

Intermediate PhotoshopPH02Su11: AuguST 17, 24 AnD 31 (3 SeSSIOnS)

Improve your photography and graphic design with some of the advanced tools in Photoshop. Explore sharpening, advanced selection masking, content aware fill, merge to HDR and pixel accurate editing. Use text and vector styles to create layouts, designs and creative presentation of your images. Digital camera and laptop with Photoshop CS or Elements required (see Adobe.com for free trial download).

SATuRDAyS, 10AM TO 1PM

Join us this summer, on Saturdays from 10 to 1, to learn from five artists who are each finding ways to make it commercially (from Etsy to Mass MoCA to retail). We’ll cover the whole process and you’ll get a chance to ask questions, examine the final product and try your hand at their techniques as well! $10 In ADVAnCe, $15 DROP-In, $40 FOR All 5 In ADVAnCe!


Sketchbook Club at Bascom Lodge eVeRy TueSDAy In June, 5 - 6:30PM

COST (PeR DAIly SeSSIOn): $10

Meeting at Bascom Lodge students and experienced sketchers alike are invited to enjoy the highland evening beauty found at the summit of Mount Greylock.

Artist -Educator, Karen Arp-Sandel offers discussion about keeping a sketchbook for recording visual observations from drawing in nature to landscape subjects. An avid sketcher, Karen brings her sketch book everywhere and recently exhibited her sketchbooks of Italy at the Lichtenstein Gallery in Pittsfield.

At the end of 4 weeks all participants are invited to share their sketch books with the group & community and join for dinner at the Lodge (June 28). Materials are simple: a small scale sketch book, your favorite drawing implement- pen, pencil or even colored pencils. Karen will demo various portable materials for easy on site sketching. Sketch Club will meet on Tuesdays: June 7,14, 21 and 28 during the approach of Summer Solstice light. Rain or Shine. In the event of inclement weather, we will sketch natural objects or guide book subjects inside Bascom Lodge.

Car-pooling will be coordinated at the Greylock Visitor Center,To register email:[email protected] Or phone: 518-781-3413

Painting the Landscape on the Summit of Mt. Greylock

SATuRDAy, SePTeMBeR 17 10AM-4PMCOST: $99

This workshop will take place on the peak of glorious Mt. Greylock at the newly renovated Bascom Lodge. Included will be information on how to perceive the landscape for purposes of painting: methods of creating compositions, principles of perspective and basic watercolor techniques such as washes, gradations, color mixing, transparent layering and the sequencing of making a watercolor painting. Individual guidance offered and individual expression encouraged. The class will meet outdoors. In the event of inclement weather the class will be postponed until the following day, Sunday, September 18. To register, email or phone: [email protected] or call413-634-0066

IS183 Art School and Bascom lodge team up to sponsor art-making at the highest point in Massachusetts, the summit of Mount greylock!Bascom Lodge is a rustic stone and wood Lodge atop Mt. Greylock that was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. It has private and group rooms available for overnight stay. Breakfast, lunch & dinner are served 7 days a week. An enclosed porch with wraparound windows overlooks the finest views in the Berkshires. Visit bascomlodge.net for more information or directions.

Woodworking at Hancock Shaker Village

TO RegISTeR COnTACT HSV DIReCTly By PHOne AT 413.443.0188.

Shaker 2-Step Stool WorkshopJune 18, 9AM TO 4PM

TuITIOn: $200 ($180 FOR HSV MeMBeRS)

An intergenerational learning opportunity! This beginner's workshop is designed for adults or a child ten or older working alongside an adult to make a Shaker two-step stool. Teams will learn to use tools such as the band saw and drill press and will assemble the stool to take home that day to paint or finish as they wish.

Hand-Cut Dovetail WorkshopJuly 16, 9AM TO 4PM


The dovetail joint has long been considered a hallmark of fine craftsmanship. The Shakers were well versed in hand joinery and used dovetails in boxes, case construction, and, of course, drawers. In this one day workshop, you will make either a pine candle box or a pine tray using dovetail joinery.

Oval Box Making: Box BasicsAuguST 6 AnD AuguST 7, 9AM TO 4PM


Make your own nest of four boxes while learning to carve swallow tails, bend the box, and install tops and bottoms with instructor Steve Grasselli. A great weekend for woodworking beginners to get a good start, and for experienced woodworkers to develop an new skill. No previous experience required. Tools and materials provided.

Oval Box Advanced ClassSePTeMBeR 10 TO SePTeMBeR 11, 9AM TO 4PM


Build on your woodworking skills and master the form of the oval box. This class will be lighter on group instruction and allow more individual work time with assistance from instructor Steve Grasselli. Students may make bigger boxes than in the Box Basics, or advance to other box-like projects such as oval carriers or trays.


I’m a sculptor (www.peterdudek.com). I was born in Adams but disappeared from the region for about 20 years after moving to NYC where I studied sculpture and began my art career.

I currently teach beginning and advanced levels of sculpture at the School of Visual Arts and Hunter College in NYC and therefore travel back and forth between the city, my house in Windsor, Ma, and my studio in Pittsfield.

I started resettling in the Berkshires in the late 90’s and at some point I got a series of temporary studio spaces from the Storefront Artist Project (http://storefrontartist.org/about/), which eventually led to me becoming its Director from 2006-2009. While in that role I expanded their exhibition program, created a Mentorship Program (in which artists are paid to mentor high school students in the arts), started a Salon Series (where artists meet to drink and dialog about cultural topics), and in general worked to build a community of visual artists in an area (the Berkshires) historically better known for theater, dance and music.

At the same time I was developing the idea of the Cultural Corridor, which was the name I had given to the region between Beacon, NY and Bennington, VT. And of course Berkshire County functions as the magnetic core of this “corridor”.

ARTIST PROFIle: Peter Dudek

Sculpting the FigurePhilip Howie

WeDneSDAyS, 6PM TO 9PM3D03SP11: MAy 4 TO June 8 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198, PluS $100 MATeRIAl AnD MODelS Fee

Explore the technique of creating figurative sculpture by working directly from the model. Students will create and refine figures in clay and will be encouraged to visualize the human figure in a new and dynamic way. Images of historical figurative sculpture will inspire and instruct us in our exploration.

Sculpting the Head at ChesterwoodPhilip Howie

THuRSDAyS, 1:30PM TO 4:30PM3D02Su11: July 14 TO AuguST 25, nO ClASS AuguST 4 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $215, PluS $90 MATeRIAl AnD MODelS Fee

In this course the students will sculpt two heads in clay. The first head will be created without the model present. A basic construction format will be presented .The instructor will demonstrate techniques for modeling human features. Students will use these techniques on their own sculptures. In the latter sessions students will create a second head working directly from the model. In final class finish and hollow out their sculptures and prepare them for the firing process. We will seek inspiration from great busts and portrait sculpture of the past including Phideas, Bernini, Rodin and Marini.

Plaster CastingPeter Dudek

SATuRDAy AnD SunDAy, 10AM TO 4PMPD03Su11: July 30 AnD 31 (2 DAyS) TuITIOn: $132, PluS $50 MATeRIAlS Fee

Learn easy methods of mixing and casting plaster. In this two day class we will make “waste molds”, and by casting plaster into them create unique three dimensional plaster forms. Students will learn how plaster has been used for ages in the production of sculpture and how this material has maintained a continued vitality and relevance today.

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French Conversation and Contemporary ArtMolly and Aurel de St Andre

MOnDAyS, 6 TO 9PMlA01Su11: July 18 TO AuguST 22 (6 SeSSIOnS)TuITIOn: $198

Salut! Come and revive your dwindling French skills in this fun, hands-on, and interactive language class. With a focus on contemporary art and taught by a native French speaker, students will practice their French while discussing, enjoying, and creating artwork of many kinds. Designed to be a light, innovative way to play with language and art, this class is great for a visual learner or anyone who wants to learn the basics of French conversation without the stress.

lAnguAge ARTSWord and Image: Ekphrastic Poetry WorkshopMichelle Gillett

THuRSDAyS, 6 TO 8PMlA02Su11: July 21 TO AuguST 11 (4 SeSSIOnSTuITIOn: $98

Ekphrastic poetry is an “enigmatic genre of literature that requires writers to focus on a piece of art and write about it.” This poetry workshop offers opportunities to try out a range of approaches, forms and styles in writing about art. We will develop descriptive and critical writing skills and explore ways to interpret and represent works of art through writing and reading and discussion.

Every July an exhibition is held entitled Selections from the Cultural Corridor, which I curate. It’s a collection of art works made by the extremely diverse and talented artists who populate this region. The sixth annual installment will be held this July at three locations in Berkshire County. The Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, Chesterwood in Stockbridge and DownStreet Art in North Adams.

But more about me as an artist.

My goal as a sculptor is to make complex works that require no artist statement or press release to explain it. Creating works that are self-explanatory and able to communicate directly to the viewer without any mediating information might not be my only goal, but it’s an important one. The work is architectural, enterable, often takes shape as an installation and is colorful and low-tech. Was that an artist statement? I hope not.

On a final note I must mention that I curate the Cultural Programming at Bascom Lodge atop Mt. Greylock. Operating there from May through October this weekly series covers topics related to the culture and nature of the region (http://bascomlodge.net/Events.html). Do stop by.


Thanks to $11,000 raised in dedicated funding at Anime Hothouse’s live auction on April 9, as well as $7,500 from Berkshire Life Insurance Company and $5,000 from the Berkshire Bank Foundation, IS183’s Learning Through Arts program in the public school systems of Berkshire County will significantly expand in the coming year. Currently serving 200 kids per week during the school year, IS183 plans to reach 500 kids per week in 2012!

Now, that’s news!

Launched just four years ago, IS183’s Learning Through Arts program is a K-12 after-school curriculum which reinforces academic curriculum goals through sustained engagement in art-making. Taught by IS183 faculty artists trained in both studio arts and education, LTA offers young people the tools to use the visual arts to better perceive, understand and shape the world around them. Over the course of three eight-week semesters during the school year, LTA introduces students in

grades K-12 to a wide range of media, materials and techniques, encouraging them to explore their creativity and self-expression through the completion of informed, theme- and curricula-based, yet independent art work. In this process, kids are being empowered to acquire new skills for increased academic success, including expanded ability for problem solving and critical thinking; increased confidence through guided risk-taking; and more active engagement in community-making through critique and mentoring.

IS183 hopes to one day be in every school in Berkshire County, offering Learning Through Arts to young people in all of our public schools. For making this kind of transformation possible in our community, we thank all of our LTA contributors and catalysts, for their imaginative and visionary support and participation.

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Howard J. Eberwein, III, Ed.D.

(413) 499-9512

FAX (413) 448-2643

[email protected]

Spring, 2011

To Whom It May Concern:

RE: Support of IS183 Art School’s “Learning through Arts” (LtA) Program

I am writing in support of IS183 Art School’s Program “Learning through Arts”

(LtA). The Pittsfield Public Schools has partnered with IS183 for over four years to

develop, test and implement this successful arts enrichment curriculum and

reinforce academic in-school programming.

Pittsfield is the urban center of Berkshire County with approximately 49% of

school-aged children coming from low-income families versus the State’s 32%.

Through the LtA program, IS183 is able to reinforce academic concepts through

multi-sensory teaching techniques while inspiring K-12 students to develop a high

level of art-making through a fun, creative program. In addition, the LtA Program

provides positive and meaningful change in the lives of at-risk children and youth by

giving them the tools to use the arts to perceive and shape the world around them.

The projected enrollment for the 2010-2011 academic year for LtA is

approximately 450 students. This program is in five of our eight elementary schools

and was recently introduced in the high schools. Plans are currently underway to

include the remaining three elementary schools, as well as the middle schools into

the program.

I support continuing IS183 in the Pittsfield Public Schools and encourage you

to recognize this program and the efforts of their staff and faculty artists by joining

me in support of this program.

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Sincerely,

Howard J. Eberwein, III

Superintendent of Schools


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Foundation & Business DonorsBerkshire Bank FoundationBerkshire Heavy Haulers Berkshire Life Insurance Company of AmericaBlue QGreat Barrington Cultural CouncilHigh Meadow FoundationLenox Cultural CouncilMorningside Advisory CouncilPittsfield Cultural CouncilPrice Chopper’s Golub FoundationStockbridge Cultural CouncilTD Banknorth.West Stockbridge Cultural Council

A VERY Special Thank You to our 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students from Williams Elementary School who created Manga characters to decorate IS183’s spring gala, “Anime Hothouse:"

As an assistant in IS183’s learning Through Arts I’ve experienced a wonderful year of working with kindergarteners through 2nd grade in afterschool classes that explore academics through art. Working with artist karen Arp-Sandel the children’s curriculum of math and science is put to practical use. For example, a class working on watercolors or pastel drawings of animals living in rainforests, deserts & oceans begins by looking at books on the subject and finding the appropriate location on the globe; geography and earth science helped along by art. Pattern making becomes applied math using rulers and measuring skills to make their own decorative repeating patterns.

The children come in excited and ready to work. There’s a great sense of community within the class, the kids love helping each other. I love the atmosphere at Morningside school and Principal Joseph Curtis is friendly and very, very supportive. This has been a great experience!

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Faculty, Administrators & key VolunteersKaren Arp-SandelAmy ButterworthNancy CastaldoHeather CoonRebecca DeWittBen EvansAmanda HartlageAngel HeffernanTony IsraelNancy MagnussonDan MahoneyFay O’MearaTom O’NeilKarla RobertsEileen RosenthalShirley ShapiroMaggie Vescio

IS183 gratefully Acknowledges our lTA Supporters

Special Thanks To:The Ferrin Gallery Jenn Gomez Office of Cultural Development, City of PittsfieldPCTV Megan Whilden


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Two years ago, I was honored to become Chairman of the Board of the art school, following in the able footsteps of a number of terrific community leaders who had held the post in the past, including William Caligari, Sienna Patti, Nancy K. Kalodner and Founding Board Chair Lucy Holland.

It has been a wonderful experience to serve this organization and to watch its growth and success. During my tenure as Board Chair, I have had the pleasure of working together with an impressive Executive Director Hope Sullivan and an enthusiastic and terrific hands-on board, to strengthen IS183’s institutional standing. Together, we have increased IS183’s donor base, operated the school on a balanced budget for three years running and experienced significant growth in students, especially in the youth sector.

In particular, I am proud to have been part of the development of Hope’s visionary Learning Through Arts public school art program. Over the past four years, the art school has developed, tested and launched this K-12 after-school arts program which offers kids sustained engagement in artmaking while reinforcing academic concepts taught in the classroom. My wife volunteers as an LTA teaching assistant and I encourage interested community members to call the school and get involved in this thrilling program. engaging children in art gives them tools to take risks and approach problems –academic, social and/or artistic ones – creatively. And we need to ensure that the younger generation learns when and how to ‘color outside the lines’!

In addition, I have had the personal experience of taking photography classes at IS183 from the most accomplished professional photographers in our community. It has opened a whole new vista of creative opportunity for me in my retirement and it has provided me with a new avenue of interest. And I am not alone. Hundreds of other adults, working and retired, as

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well as young people, come to IS183 throughout the day, after work, in the evenings and on the weekend, to explore their creativity and try something new – every season, every year. For those seeking to advance their professional skills, IS183 is there, as well, offering classes and workshops in specific media and techniques to take working artists to the next level of professional application--and producing a number of new working artists along the way!

As I conclude my tenure as Chairman of the Board of IS183, it is my pleasure to introduce and welcome Lucy Holland to the position. As Founding Chairman of the Board of IS183 for nearly its first decade, Lucy brings enormous talent, energy and commitment to the school in its next era of growth. I look forward to continuing to serve with Lucy on the board and to ensuring, together, with all of you, its continued success.

Please join us this summer at IS183 – and encourage your family and friends to come, get messy and make art!

Howard Shapiro

Chairman, Board of Trustees, concluding June 2011

Dear IS183 Students and Supporters…Happy 21st Birthday, IS183!

Photo courtesy of howard Shapiro.


When the art school first opened its doors in 1991 as The Interlaken School of Art, 50 eager painting and drawing students flocked to its makeshift studios in Citizen’s Hall, the old schoolhouse in the Interlaken village of Stockbridge.

It was a risk-taking venture. After all, would the

Berkshire community—legendary for its rich appreciation and support for the summer performing arts scene—embrace and rally around a year-round place where people of all ages, means and abilities could “make stuff,” as Founding Board Member Seth Nash so ably put it? (And would the fledgling organization, be able to hold up its charming, yet ailing rental home to provide year-round studio space for the endeavor?!)

With a fervent belief in the capacity of artmaking to both contribute to and nourish community, a passionate founding board soon formed and together with a small, committed staff — and a growing number of friends — said yes, and pressed on!

Over the next two decades, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires (as it would become renamed in 1999,) would expand its programming to year-round classes, workshops, art camps for kids, internships for teens, open studios for adults, lectures and national intensives — not only in painting and drawing, but also ceramics, fiber arts, photography, jewelry, metals and more. Year-round faculty would be drawn from our talented community; workshop and intensive leaders would often be attracted from around the country and around the world.

In addition, the art school would become a catalyst in our community for creative collaboration, helping to launch such noteworthy programs in Berkshire County as Community Access to the Arts (born in the studios of IS183 its founding year and continuing there this summer;) and, more recently, its own Learning Through Arts after-school arts program, a partnership with the Pittsfield Public Schools, now in its fourth year, serving 200 kids per week during the school year. (This coming year, IS183 will expand LTA to South County, while piloting its newest joint venture--a college internship program with Berkshire Community College, which will provide education majors the opportunity to teach in the LTA program!)

This small, tenacious newcomer, while struggling year-to-year to support its worthy mission, would also come to set the tone for imaginative fundraising, regularly turning out some of the most memorable and witty galas on the Berkshire cultural scene. Gamely produced on a shoestring, IS183 events would come to represent remarkably anticipated, annual moments in creative community-making, coalescing the collaborative genius and juice of an astonishing number of talented volunteers for this uncommon endeavor. (And this year’s Anime Hothouse Gala on April 9 at Elm Court was no exception—just look at the photos that follow!)

Now, as IS183 Art School of the Berkshires prepares to enter its 21st year, it is indeed a new era for the school and the community that has come to rely upon its growing voice and program platform as an essential underpinning of the health and wellbeing our creative Berkshires.

So it is thanks to two decades of visionary and generous work, wealth and wisdom on the part of a long line of IS183 board members, donors, volunteers and staff--particularly its most capable current Executive Director Hope Sullivan—that IS183 now:

• engages 2,500 people of all ages, means and abilities in artmaking each year, from the Berkshires and beyond, both on site in its founding home studios at Citizen’s Hall and off;

• Awards $15,000 annually in need-based scholarship support to kids, teens and adults who wish to participate in IS183 classes, workshops, art camps, open studios and intensives;

• Serves 200 kids per week during the school year in the Berkshire County public school system through its innovative Learning Through Arts after-school arts program–slated to expand to reach 500 per week in 2012 (please read the LTA story in this catalogue!)

• Collaborates strategically with similarly creative and motivated cultural organizations in Berkshire County to produce win-win partnerships for the community, conserve resources and maximize results;

• Operates assiduously on a balanced budget—now, three years running--having retired its debt and completed the historic restoration of its landmark home (which it now owns!)

now, that’s what I call a coming of age! let’s celebrate!

On Thursday, July 7, IS183 will kick off its 21st year festivities with champagne at the Opening Reception for KITE, its juried gallery show at Stonover Farm from 5 to 7 pm. Please join us! On Saturday, July 9, we'll host a Family Art kite-Making Workshop and Picnic at Citizen's Hall from 11 am to 2 pm. And that night, we'll get down at IS183's 21st Birthday Bash Barbecue & Barn Dance at Stonover Farm from 7 pm to midnight. (Do book your tickets now...you know how these events sell out!)

And join us, too, throughout the coming year to say yes to art-making in Berkshire County and yes, most assuredly, to this most uncommon community resource, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires.

I look forward to rolling up my sleeves with you!

lucy Holland

Incoming Chairman, Board of Trustees, beginning July 2011

Anime Hothouse Co-Chair

Founding Chairman of the Board

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governor Deval and Diane Patrick with Laurie norton-Moffatt, Executive Director of norman Rockwell Museum, Ahh Dinner Committee member and Annie Selke of Pine Cone hill, Ahh Dinner Committee Member and Dinner Decor Chair (kS)

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Ahh Live Auction Artist walton ford and assistant kate van olst, flanking Ahh Dinner Committee Member/Auctioneer and iS183 founding board Member & former board Chair nancy k. kalodner (Ri)

incoming board Chair & Co-Chair, Lucy holland & Tyler weld (EA)

Photographer Lincoln Russell with governor Deval Patrick (EA)

Ahh Live Auction Artist Tom o'neill & Ahh Silent Auction Chair & iS183 board Member & incoming board Secretary wendy o'neill (EA)

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Rural intelligence Dan Shaw, with Painter Clifton jaeger & Maude gabrielle (EA)

Ahh Dinner Committee Members valerie & geoffrey Maynard (EA)

Ahh Sponsor berkshire Distiller's Chris weld & Charlie Miller (EA)

TD bank gwen Davis & bookloft Mike ouilette (EA)

Ahh Dinner Committee Member, Photographer Scott barrow (EA)

iS183 faculty Member Painter yura Adams (EA)

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Motorcycle Medic Sarah & kevin boyle with Ahh Co-Chair Lucy holland (EA)

Artists Robert & Shana Parkeharrison (EA)

Sculpture installation by new Paltz artist Leslie Pelino (photo by bibiana Matheis)

iS183 hairball '09 Co-Chairs orit kadosh & Robin Seeley with Executive Director hope Sullivan (EA)Executive Director hope Sullivan (EA)

Here's to Our Anime Hothouse Friends of IS183!

Together, we:• Sold out 280 dinner and dance tickets

(with waiting lists in both categories!)

• Netted $73,000 for the school (a nearly 50% increase over last year!)

• Raised $11,000 in dedicated funding for Learning Through Arts, IS183's innovative public school arts program, to expand from serving 200 kids per week

during the school year to a goal of 500 in 2012!

• Generated infectious goodwill!

• Enjoyed a most creative and beneficent evening for IS183!

Thank you, everyone!

Ahh food Chair & Red Lion inn Executive Chef brian Alberg, takes a bow (kS)

Seize sur vingt & Spring Lawn owners james & gwendolyn jurney (kS)

Ahh Live Auction Artist walton ford, with assistant kate van olst, iS183 Executive Director hope Sullivan & Ahh Decorating Chair Dan Mahoney (Th)

Ahh Dinner Committee Members Catherine & Matt Mandel (EA)

iS183 Empress of gratitude vicki bonnington & David Schecker (EA)

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Ahh Contributors Maurice Peterson & Mark johnson of Seven Salon (EA)

Ahh volunteers bridget Conry & Scott vighi (EA)

Ahh Dinner Decor Coordinator Melissa Lillie of Pine Cone hill with Ahh Dinner Committee Member Danielle Steineman (EA)

iS183 Registrar Amy butterworth & berkshire botanical garden Executive Director Molly boxer (EA)

Ahh Dinner Committee Members barbara Shulman & jonathan ball, with Toni Shulman & Philip Deely (EA)

former iS183 board Member Anne fredericks (EA)

Ahh (nearly Entirely) volunteer Catering Staff!

Marty & Mike gervasi (Th)

gallerist Leslie ferrin & Executive Director hope Sullivan(EA)

Didier & iS183 board Member Sarah Steven, flanked by CarolAnn & Tony Patterson (kS)

Caity Delphia & kevin hillman (kS)

Pine Cone hill jess fitzgerald & Ahh Lead Event Sponsor Studio Two kevin Sprague (kS)

iS183 faculty Member & Sohn fine Arts owner Cassandra Sohn & husband Alex (kS)

Photographer john Dolan & iS183 board Member Michele o'hana with bCD headmaster Paul & Margaret Lindenmaier (kS)

Ahh Contributing Chef josh needleman of Chocolate Springs (kS)

Ahh Dinner Committee Member, Painter Cynthia wick with Eric & Carol haythorne (EA)

key to identifying phototgraphers:(EA) = Ed Acker(Th) = Tim heffernen(kS) = kevin Sprague(Ri) = Ruralintelligence.com

hothouse habitants & iS183 Radioactive bodega '10 Chair Sandra & Richard Laughran (EA)

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underItInG BuSIneSS SupporterSBerkshire BankBerkshire Bookkeeping, Inc.Berkshire Mountain distillers

BuSIneSS frIendSAbbott’s limousine and car ServiceAscenteck technology SolutionsBerkshire livingBerkshire ShenanigansBlue QBprclassical tentscutting edge videodavid J. tierney Jr., constructiondoc’s Auto SalesGood dogs farmhidden Meadow Bed and Breakfast kushi & Myers, pcMahaiwe tentpasko frame Shoppine cone hillpittsfield cooperative Bankred lion InnrurallianceSandra dee, Inc.Shakespeare & companyward’s nurserywilliam caligari Interiorswilliams collegewJ Blueprint

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And All of our SIlent AuctIon contrIButorS!

hothouSe hABItAntSvicki Bonnington & david ScheckerSandra french & richard laughranlaurie & Joe GallagherSally & Michael Gordon

dIvIne orchIdSJeannene BooherBobbie crosbyhilary & philip deelypascale delfosse & william caligari nancy fitzpatrick & lincoln russelltracy & Andy fosterlucy holland & charlie Schulzenancy kalodner & doug Shufeltclara & david londonerMary & Seth nashwendy & tom o’neilhunter runnette & Mark vandenBoschelizabeth & harry Seherr-thossShirley & howard ShapiroSarah & didier StevenJacqueline & Al togutliz & Mark williams

GAnBAtte AnGelSelise deelizabeth hilpmankate & hans MorrisBarbara nelsonSandra newmanMinkie & Bruno Quinsonlouise & Arnold SagalynStephanie & richard SolarSuky & tom wermanenid & Mel Zuckerman

dInner coMMItteerobin & dai Bankaren Beckwith & Scott Barrowvicki Bonnington & david Scheckerwilliam caligari & pascale delfosseBobbie crosbyhilary & philip deelylacy davisson doyle & Joe carrollelyse etlingnancy fitzpatrick & lincoln russellGina hyams & dave Barrettnancy kalodner & doug Shufeltclara & david londonercatherine & Matt Mandelvalerie & Geoffrey Maynardlaurie norton & craig MoffattSienna patti & leonardo QuilesJana & neil purdyhunter runnette & Mark vandenBoschBarbara Shulman & Jonathan BallAnnie Selkekelley vickerySuky & tom werman

food coMMIttee & donorSBrian Alberg, the red lion Inn and kate Baldwin, kate Baldwin food co-chairschris Amendola, Allium restaurant + Barlester Blumenthal, route 7 GrillJames Burden, Mission Bar & tapaselyse etling, pronto cooking SchoolGuido’s Sushicathie kavanaugh, chefJoshua needleman, chocolate Springs peter platt, the old Inn on the Greendave renner, the Marketplace kitchendan Smith, John AndrewsAdam Zieminski, café Adamcocktails, wine, Beer and Beverages

Barrington coffee roastersBerkshire Mountain distillersBarrington Brewerydomaney’s liquors and fine winenejaime’s wine cellar

event coMMItteeBruce finn, volunteer StaffingMary Garnish, Silent Auction decornancy k. kalodner, live Auctiondan Mahoney, decorating chairwendy o’neil, Silent Auction chairAnnie Selke & Melissa lillie, dinner décordrew Suto, projectionsnicole Suto, videographerMichelle Quigley, tyvek flower designtony Barninipaul BoulaisBridget conrycaity delphiarenee deragonpaul doddsSallyann kazimierczakAquilina faginasJess fitzgeraldtim heffernanBess hochsteinchris hoovertrevor hotchkissorit kadoshkaren leekipp lynchJaramy MoranArthur oliverelizabeth pettyBrendan potashMichael rousseaudanielle SteinmanScott vighirebecca weinman

wIth SpecIAl thAnkS toJacqueline & Al togutleslie pelinoles freeman & elm court estateAmy rudnick

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DIReCTOR'S CIRCleLucy Holland and Charlie Schulze

ART PATROn CIRCleBerkshire Bank Foundation ***Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America***Susan B. Fisher and Gary SchienemanMary and Seth Nash

AngelMassachusetts Cultural CouncilTD Charitable Foundation***Shirley and Howard ShapiroAlice Shaver Foundation

SuSTAIneRBerkshire Heavy Haulers***Black Rock FoundationBlue Q***Vicki Bonnington and David ScheckerJohn BridgeHigh Meadow Foundation***Nancy K. Kalodner*Leslie Milton and David RosenthalThe Claudia and Steven Perles Family FoundationPittsfield Cultural CouncilSarah and Didier StevenLori Walsh

SPOnSORWilliam Caligari, Jr.Lucie H. CollinsNancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln RussellGreylock Federal Credit UnionDaniel LindsayPrice Chopper's Golub Foundation***Elizabeth and Wynn SaymanSally TalleyTyler and Christopher Weld

COnTRIBuTORAnonymousDana Bixby, AIADeborah H. and Daniel J.CarterTina and John ChandlerSusan LausellMichele O'Hana and John DolanMarion SimonKristine and Kevin SpragueLorna and David StrasslerStockbridge Cultural CouncilJudy and Irwin Wrubel ***

SuPPORTeRKaren and Jeff Arp-SandelAlison and Jeffrey AtlasDorene BellerKathryn Castelle and Gary StollerBarbara Priester DeelyHelen and Albert FebboBenno FriedmanSally Ann KazimierczakPhyllis and Harvey KleinJohn KochanowskiDonna KrenickiBarbara and Fred LaferWendy Laurin and Jeffrey KonowitchDavid LawrenceLee Cultural CouncilKatie and Steven LipkinsEleanor LordCynthia and Roger Mellick* Dr. Jennifer and Dr. Basil MichaelsKate and Joel MillonziAntonella PreveKaren and Jeffrey RossPamela SandlerBarbara SchulmanArline and Leslie ShalanLeslie and Stephen Shatz

Margaret SkaggsCaroline StewartLenore and Paul SundbergIngrid and Richard TaylorMarilyn and Stan Tulgan** Jeff Gunderson and Lorraine WhiteAnne WolfgangTerry and Steve YacubichMolly and Chris Vreeland

Support IS183 Art School of the Berkshires

* In honor of Lucy Holland and Charlie Schulze**In honor of William Caligari*** In support of Learning Through Arts

Three cheers to ed Sepanski (pictured here,) John Bridge, Todd Drury and David Vincent

for improving the lighting in the Painting and Drawing Studio, performing much needed car-pentry repairs at IS183 and a spring-clean up

of our yard! Thank you!

Through gifts of work, wealth and wisdom, you can support IS183! And you can be sure that when you give to IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, IS183 gives right back to the community—through meaningful community collaborations; annual scholarships to kids, teens and adults; year-round open houses and family programs offered at no charge; and year-round advocacy for the essential, contributing role artmaking plays in our creative Berkshires. We encourage you to roll up your sleeves and join in!We gratefully acknowledge the generous gifts that were made to IS183’s Annual Appeal and Sustain Campaigns between April 15, 2010 and publication. Thank you!

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May27–28 I Got Sick Then I Got Better (Unicorn)

June02 Sherri James Buxton and Friends: Songs from the Great American Songbook with Special Guest Matt Cusson (Colonial)09 Ron White: Behavioral Problems Tour (Colonial)11 The Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats (Colonial)18 Bobby Sweet: CD Release Party (Colonial)28–6/16 Moonchildren (Unicorn)

July06–16 Hansel and Gretel’s Grimm Tale (Berkshire Museum)07–16 The Who’s Tommy (Colonial)12–30 Sylvia (Fitzpatrick Main Stage)18–30 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (The Mount)19–8/6 Dutch Masters (Unicorn)22 Talib Kweli (Colonial)

August05 Bob Weir Solo Acoustic (Colonial)02–13 In The Mood (Fitzpatrick Main Stage)09–27 Finian’s Rainbow (Unicorn)11 Tommy Tune in Steps in Time (Colonial)13 Bakin’ with the Boss Tour starring Buddy Valastro: The Cake Boss (Colonial)16–9/3 Period of Adjustment (Fitzpatrick Main Stage)20 Word x Word Festival (Colonial)25 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (Colonial)30–9/3 Birthday Boy (Unicorn)

September09–11 The Wizard of Oz (Colonial)24 Berkshire Comedy Spotlight II (Colonial)

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October14–16; Made in the Berkshires 21–23 New Works Festival (Unicorn & Colonial)09 Frank Rich (Colonial)15 The Grace Kelly Quartet with special guest Phil Woods (Colonial)19 David Sedaris (Colonial)21 The Tartan Terrors (Colonial)28–29 Romance, Soul & Rock N’ Roll presents:THIS is Broadway! (Colonial)

November09 Ani DiFranco (Colonial)12 Christopher O’Riley (Colonial)19 Arlo Guthrie (Colonial)30 Natalie MacMaster: Christmas in Cape Breton (Colonial)

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Please register by:PHOne: Call (413) 298-5252, ext. 100, Monday through Friday e-MAIl: [email protected] OR MAIl: Please complete the registration form and mail to:

IS183, PO Box 1400, Stockbridge, MA 01262IS183 accepts tuition payments by check, cash or credit card; $2.50 credit card processing fee.

Class registrations are taken on a first come, first served basis. A reserved class space is guaranteed once we have received payment. Please register at least three weeks prior to the start date of the courses or workshops you wish to attend. Early registration allows us to plan appropriately and avoid last minute cancellations! A waiting list will be created for courses that have reached maximum enrollment.

Refund and Cancellation PolicyIf you cancel ten days or more before the beginning of a class, you will receive a refund minus a $10 cancellation fee. If you cancel seven to ten days before the beginning of the class, you will receive a 50% tuition credit. No refunds or credits are given for cancellations six or less days before the first day of class. This policy also applies to work-study and scholarship students. If it is necessary for IS183 to cancel a class for any reason, students will be notified and offered the option of another class or a full refund. No refunds or credits are given for missed classes.

general Info

Adult Student Art exhibition

@ IS183 Art SchoolMOn, June 27 TO FRI, SePT 30

Artists reception - Wednesday, August 24 from 5 to 7pm

Open weekdays 10 to 4 and week-ends by appointment

For information call: 413.298.5252 ext 100 or visit www.is183.org

IS183 2011 ScheduleSat, May 28 through Mon, May 30 CLOSED for Memorial Day Week-end

Mon, June 27 to Fri, Sept 30 Adult Student Exhibition in IS183s Stairwell Gallery

Mon, June 27 to Fri, Aug 19 Summer Camp – ages 3 to 15

Thurs, July 7 Opening Reception for KITE 5 to 7PM at Stonover Barn Gallery

Sat, July 9 7 to 12pm Kite Fest: BBQ feast and kick-off party for IS183's 21st year!

Wed, Aug 24, 5 to 7pm Artists reception for Adult Student Exhibit, open to the public

Sat, Sept 3 through Mon, Sept 5 CLOSED for Labor Day Week-end

Tues, Sept 6 Fall Classes and Workshops Begin

Sat, Oct 8 through Mon, Oct 10 CLOSED for Columbus Day Week-end

Fri, Nov 18 and Sat, Nov 19 Color Your World – Fine Art and Craft Sale

Thurs, Nov 24 through Sun, Nov 27 CLOSED for Thanksgiving Week-end

Sat, Dec. 17 through Sun, Jan. CLOSED for Winter Holidays

Summer 2011 FacultyBIOS AT IS183.ORg Yura AdamsKaren Arp-SandelLeslee CarsewellNancy CastaldoJohn ClarkeHeather CoonMolly de St AndreAurel de St AndrePeter DudekBen EvansJune FerrinDennis FougereMichelle GillettTim HeffernanAngel HeffernanJason HoustonPhilip HowieTony IsraelLinda Kaye-MosesJames KennedyPieter LeffertsStephanie MaddalenaNancy MagnussonMelanie MowinskiNathan HoogsTom O'BrienFay O'MearaPaula ShalanGlenn ShalanCassandra SohnWednesday SorokinMel StabinLaura Evonne SteinmanRobert TaylorMarianne Van LentMaggie VescioKathy VincentKim WatermanArthur Yanoff


Name Child’s age

Name of parent

Current mailing address

City State Zip

Telephone (evening) Telephone (day)

e-mail

Payment by: ❑ Check or money order (enclosed, payable to iS183) ❑ Charge my credit card: (plus $2.50 Credit Card Processing fee) ❑ MasterCard ❑ VISA ❑ AmEx ❑ Discover

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Course(s)

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2 Tuition $

3 Tuition $

4 Tuition $

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Total $

Materials fees $

$2.50 Credit Card Processing Fee $

Tax-deductible contribution to IS183 $

Your support really makes a difference. Thank you! (for details on support opportunities please visit www.is183.org)

TOTAl enClOSeD $

Mail: IS183, PO Box 1400, Stockbridge, MA 01262

DirectionsIS183 is located at 13 Willard Hill Road in the Interlaken village of Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

By AIR: IS183 is roughly an hour drive from the Albany Airport, Albany, NY and an hour plus from Bradley International, Windsor Locks, CT.

By CAR: IS183 is roughly a two-hour drive from Boston, MA and a three- hour drive from New York City.

By BuS/TRAIn: Bus service to Stockbridge from Boston and New York. Train service from New York City to Wassaic, NY on MetroNorth; to Hudson, NY on Amtrak (both roughly a one-hour drive from IS183).

local Driving Directions FROM STOCkBRIDge AnD All POInTS eAST, SOuTH AnD WeST: find the local Stockbridge intersection of Routes 183 and 102; take Route 183 north one mile to Trask Lane; go right on Trask Lane and left at Hill Road. IS183 will appear on your left at the crest of the hill.

FROM lenOx AnD All POInTS nORTH: head south on Route 183 from Lenox; notice the Tanglewood Main Gate on your left; continue 3 miles south to Trask Lane; turn left at Trask Lane and left at Hill Road. IS183 will appear on your left at the crest of the hill.For additional information, please call (413) 298-5252, ext. 100

Scholarships and Work exchange!Our Tuition Assistance and Work Exchange Programs allow children and adults to enroll in our classes regardless of financial means. Last year IS183 awarded over $10,000 of tuition assistance to students from across the region. Funds are limited so students are encouraged to apply early. Applications must be received at least 2 weeks prior to the start date of class in order to be considered. For more information about this program please call the Registrar at 413-298-5252 x100.

Program/Independent Study and IS183 Studio Space availableWork one-on-one with a faculty artist mentor to achieve your personal goals. A mentor instructs, guides, critiques and supports students who wish to work on a specific project or advance their skills. Faculty artists of all mediums are available to work individually with children and adults. Call the office for more information 413-298-5252 x100

Overnight AccommodationsFor lodging information please call or visit the Berkshire Visitors Bureau at (800)273-5754 or www.berkshires.org or the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce lodging hotline at (866)626-5327 or www.stockbridgechamber.org.

Weather In the event of serious weather, IS183 will cancel classes when the Berkshire Hills Regional School District is closed. If you’re not sure please check our website www.is183.org or our voicemail system at (413)298-5252. IS183 does not call students when classes are cancelled due to weather. Classes cancelled because of weather or instructor absence will be made up at the end of the semester, time permitting.

Materials Many classes require students to bring materials even if there is a materials fee listed. Students should expect to receive a materials list in the mail once they have registered.

Work at IS183Teachers with enthusiasm and experience in the visual arts who are interested in working with adults and children at IS183 please send a cover letter, course proposal and resume.Volunteers are always welcomed to help with administrative, development, press and marketing support, as well as assistance monitoring studios, in the classroom and planning/executing events. Contact Hope at [email protected] or 413-298-5252 x101.

Registration FormWe recommend calling us to register if it is less than ten days before your class begins.

If registering a child, please include his or her age and name of parent.


you are cordially invited to join us to celebrate IS183's 21st Birthday at

kITeFeST!Opening Champagne Reception for kITe, a juried gallery show

Thursday, July 7, from 5 to 7pmStonover Farm Barn gallery, lenox

Family Art kite-Making Workshop and PicnicSaturday, July 9, from 11 am to 2 pm

Citizen's Hall, IS183's Historic landmark Home, Stockbridge

21st Birthday Bash Barbecue & Barn Dance PartySaturday, July 9, from 7 pm to midnight

Stonover Farm Barn, lenox

Food by lakota Bar-B-Q; music by Allen Wrench and Selector Birdy$75 per person for dinner and dance; $30 per person for dance only

RSVP by calling Registrar Amy Butterworth (413) 298-5252, ext. 100) and reserving your tickets now!

What’s Inside:Summer 2010 Classes, Workshops & Camps for Kids, Teens & Adults... page 2

Learning Through Arts Expands... page 18

President of the Board Howard Shapiro Steps Down... page 21

Founding Chairman of the Board Lucy Holland Steps Up...page 22

Anime Hothouse Produces Warm Results(and great photos!)...page 23

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