Community Access to the Arts
Great Barrington
Community Access to the Arts (CATA) nurtures and celebrates the creativity of people with disabilities through the arts.
Artists & Writers
Sit on the terrace with a notebook, and you can look across gardens to a lake as Edith Wharton used to do. In a loft in a mill in North Adams, local artists are elbow-deep in clay. These hills have inspired artists and writers for centuries, and continues to do so today.
- Novelists Jim Shepard and Andrea Barrett, poet Louise Glück, journalist Elizabeth Kolbert and many more have deep local roots.
- Berkshires-based painters such as John MacDonald, Stephen Hannock, and Jessica Park show at art spaces across the world.
- Tupelo Press and residencies at The Mount and The Mastheads support today’s writers. MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists encourages visual artists. WordxWord and local bookstores host readings and performances.
Enjoy perusing our introductions to some of the top-notch artist and writers living and working in the northern Berkshires.
Stephen Hannock
A painter and collagist of luminous landscapes whose work can be found in prominent museum and private collections.
Howard Cruse
An influential comics artist and graphic novelist who is considered The Godfather of Queer Comics
David Lachman
North Adams
Check out David’s line and color figure drawings and learn how he’s managed to continue working from a live model even during the pandemic.
Local Authors
The authors listed here reveal the rich literary community in our region.
Mary Lum
North Adams
Mary Lum’s work involves geometry, collage, drawing, book projects, tapestry, and more!
John MacDonald
This local artist’s paintings offer inspiration and beauty of the surrounding landscapes.
More Regional Artists
The artists listed here live and/or work in the northern Berkshires. Their presence reveals the rich artistic atmosphere inspired by our community.
North Adams Artist Impact Coalition
Working to make the Northern Berkshires’ community and economy a supportive and inclusive place for artists of all disciplines.
Amy Podmore and Frank Jackson
Williamstown
Frank and Amy have been creating art, living, and teaching in the northern Berkshires for decades.
Carol Stegeman
Williamstown
A photographer who composes some of the most beautiful and always changing scenes of Williamstown and the Northern Berkshires.
Diane Sullivan
North Adams
Discover Diane’s haunting, beautiful ceramic heads…