Community Access to the Arts: redefining disability

FOR RELEASE
April 5, 2013
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413) 528-5485
Images available at

http://www.communityaccesstothearts.org/press/press-images

GT. BARRINGTON, MA — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents its annual performance and gala at The Tina Packer Playhouse at Shakespeare & Company on Saturday, May 11 at 6 p.m. A matinee performance is scheduled for Sunday, May 12 at 1pm. Over 700 people from the Berkshire community and beyond are expected to attend.

Based in Great Barrington, the award-winning non-profit was founded in 1993 by Sandra Newman to nurture and celebrate the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts.

In addition to the gala performance, CATA’s 20th Anniversary events include a photo retrospective by Christina Lane (CATA’s event photographer), an advance screening of the documentary “CinemAbility” at The Berkshire International Film Festival, and an art show and poetry reading at The Berkshire Museum in July. Other special projects include the publication of “going for a flower,” a 116-page poetry anthology, a performance for 300 students, and “Shake Your Art Out,” a traveling box that houses an inventive way to make collaborative art.

Also unique to the 20th anniversary year – a stipend for each performing artist with a disability in the May performance as a gesture toward cultural equality (courtesy of Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation) and the filming of the annual performance by CTSB-TV public access television station.

CATA recently won two awards: The Commonwealth Award in the “access” category presented by The Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the new “Berkshire Award” from The Berkshire Museum which recognized and celebrated the contributions Sandra Newman has made to the quality of life for all of us in Berkshire County.

Over 100 local businesses and individuals are underwriting the 20th anniversary Annual Performance & Gala. CATA is also supported by many local foundations and The Massachusetts Cultural Council. To learn more, visit www.communityaccesstothearts.org.

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BACKGROUND
CATA was born when Sandy Newman coordinated one weaving workshop for 12 women with disabilities from The Riverbrook Residence. Today, CATA offers over 1000 individual arts workshops annually in its Great Barrington Studio as well as in 30 different health and human service organizations. 22 local artists are employed as faculty along with 6 full-time and 2 part-time staff.

CATA uses the arts to integrate people with disabilities into the community, lessening the stigma of disability. Through participation in local events and creative endeavors in the arts, the Berkshires have come to know and respect CATA’s exceptional artists.

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE SPONSORS:

UNDERWRITERS: Mahaiwe Tent, Emily Rechnitz & John Paladino, Liz & Mark Williams

PRODUCERS: Sandra Baron & Gregory Diskant, Berkshire Bank Foundation, Berkshire Mountain Distillers

SPONSORS: Allegrone Compaies, Cohen Kinne Valicenti Cook, LLP, Domaney’s Fine Wines & Liquors, Kathy & Ken Gogel, Heather & Matt Heim, Joan & Jim Hunter, Kwik Print, Inc., Kate & Joel Millonzi, Dr. William O’Donnell & Lucy Sacco, Helice & Steve Picheny, Elaine & Bernard Roberts, Deborah Ryan, Salisbury Bank, Anne & Ernest Schnesel, Ben & Elaine Silberstein, Maria Sirois

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Susannah Jolly (413) 528-5485

GREAT BARRINGTON – On Friday, April 5th Community Access to the Arts (CATA) will present “Happiness 2.0” featuring inspirational speaker, Dr. Maria Sirois. The lecture takes place at Berkshire South Community Center from 7pm-8:30pm.

Sirois is a clinical psychologist working in the intersection of psychology and health for more than twenty years. An expert in the field of positive psychology, she brings a depth of experience, weaving together inspirational story and poetry with research, to enable people to move forward toward the life we most want: one filled with vitality, health and meaning.

Sirois will share with the audience the latest research on happiness, enabling people to return home with tools, strategies and inspiration that can be applied immediately. Learn what boosts happiness, how you can sustain happiness no matter how stressful your days are, how happiness creates success and why generosity elevates both happiness and success. And, enjoy a sweet treat from Peace, Love and Chocolate.

“Happiness 2.0” is just one of many events honoring CATA’s 20th anniversary. Sirois has been volunteering at CATA for over 13 years advocating for its mission of inclusion, joy and growth through participation in the arts. CATA provides arts workshops for nearly 600 individuals with disabilities in Berkshire County.

The lecture is free to the public but participants must RSVP to CATA at 528-5485. For more information about the evening contact Susannah Jolly at the same number. For more information about Maria visit www.mariasirois.com

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Berkshire Museum Press Release
For Immediate Release: February 5, 2013
Media contact: Lesley Ann Beck, Director of Communications
413.443.7171 ext. 28; lbeck@berkshiremuseum.org

New award program debuts at gala event March 15, 2013

[PITTSFIELD, MA] ― The Berkshire Museum will present the first-ever Berkshire Awards to three honorees who have made significant contributions to creating, keeping, and promoting artistic, historical, and natural heritage in the Berkshires. Awardees will be honored at a gala awards ceremony on Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Museum.

The Museum is launching the Berkshire Award program in conjunction with its 110th anniversary year: the inaugural honorees are the Crane Family, Berkshire County philanthropists and founders of the Berkshire Museum; former Berkshire Museum natural science curator Thom Smith; and Sandra Newman, founder of Community Access to the Arts (CATA).

“As the region’s only museum devoted to exploring art, history, and natural science, we felt an obligation to recognize those people that have contributed to preserving cultural and natural heritage in the Berkshires,” said Bill Hines, president of the Berkshire Museum Board of Trustees. “We expect that the Berkshire Awards will become known as our signature mission-related special event in the future.”

Executive director Van Shields noted, “The Berkshires enjoys a strong, authentic identity as a place where culture and nature meet. That did not happen by accident and we believe the Berkshire Awards will help build understanding of how people have shaped the quality of life we know today. Our goal is to recognize and celebrate those who have made such contributions and motivate others to follow their example.”

Invitations will soon be mailed for the Berkshire Award event and people interested in participating can purchase tickets or sponsorships by calling Bill Blaauw at 413-443-7171 ext. 37 or by visiting the Museum website at www.berkshiremuseum.org .

Crane Family

The Crane family has owned and managed Crane & Co. Inc. in Dalton, Massachusetts, since it was founded in 1801, manufacturing fine paper for stationery and currency. Zenas Crane (1840-1917), grandson and namesake of the firm’s founder, was a successful businessman and generous philanthropist. In 1900 he founded the Pittsfield Boys’ Club (now the Boys’ and Girls’ Club). In 1903 he founded the Berkshire Museum; Crane commissioned the architects, funded the construction, and purchased many of the objects that are still in the Museum’s permanent collections. In 1909 he was a major sponsor of Admiral Robert E. Peary’s expedition to the North Pole. Crane made donations to many other organizations and colleges in the Berkshires and around the United States. ?

After he passed away in 1917, his family continued his legacy of philanthropy, including active support of the Museum. In 1931, Z. Marshall Crane and his mother Ellen Crane gave a significant gift to the Museum, sufficient for increasing the staff, including the hiring of Laura Bragg, the Museum’s first director. In 1937, the Theater and the Crane Room were added to the Museum building, dedicated to the memory of Ellen Crane.

The Crane family’s philanthropic activities have included the founding of the Pittsfield Community Music School (now the Berkshire Music School) by Winnie Davis Long Crane in 1940. The Zenas Crane Fund for Student Aid was established in 1926 to help students from Dalton and surrounding towns achieve a college education. The fund continues to support students and is now administered by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

The Crane Family, Company, and Foundations have been consistent supporters of Berkshire Museum since its original founding. In recognition of all they have done for the Museum and our community, the Crane Family has been nominated to receive one of three inaugural Berkshire Awards.

Sandra Newman, Community Access to the Arts (CATA)

Sandra Newman is the founder and executive director of Community Access to the Arts, the Great Barrington-based organization that nurtures and celebrates the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts. While working as a clinician and dance therapist at the Columbia County Mental Health Association, Sandra was inspired by the impact of cultural experiences on her clients. In 1993, CATA was created when Sandra took women with developmental disabilities to the Interlaken School of Art (now known as IS183) for a series of weaving workshops.

In 1997, CATA operations moved into a studio/gallery space in downtown Great Barrington. By 2000, CATA was offering 500 workshops annually, and by 2003, CATA had grown to a full-time staff of five. By 2006, CATA offered 1,000 workshops every year, and currently, CATA provides services to 600 people with disabilities employing eight staff members as well as nearly 20 faculty artists.

Thom Smith

Thom Smith, naturalist, educator, curator, writer and photographer, began his long association with the Berkshire Museum as a student in the Children’s Department, under Miss Frances E. Palmer’s tutelage in the 1950s. Hired to replace Palmer upon her retirement in 1961, Thom’s leadership included expanding the Museum’s natural history program offerings for children. Early on he began developing a live animal display, and in 1970 unveiled a seven tank aquarium. He created the first touch tank in 1973. The present aquarium opened in February of 1986 with five large salt- and fresh-water tanks opposite a vivarium containing snakes, turtles, lizards, plants and more. In 1995, a Touch the Sea hands-on exhibit displaying New England tidal pool creatures was added. Thom was an early leader in environmental programming in the Berkshires and numerous members of the community credit participating in his Junior Naturalist program as their introduction to nature. Thom ended his Museum career when he retired as the curator of natural science and aquarium director in 2007 after 46 years of service. Over the years Thom was widely known as a naturalist and the go-to person in the community for queries about nature and wildlife in the Berkshires, answering questions from the public during his Museum tenure and as a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle since 1978. Thom’s column continues to be featured in every Friday’s Eagle.

About the Berkshire Museum

Located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at 39 South St., Berkshire Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit www.berkshiremuseum.org > or call 413.443.7171. Established by Zenas Crane in 1903, Berkshire Museum integrates art, history, and natural science in a wide range of programs and exhibitions that inspire educational connections between the disciplines. Bats: Creatures of the Night is on view through May 12, 2013. Ansel Adams: Masterworks will be on view February 9 through June 2, 2013. Nature Magnified: Photographs by Andreas Feininger will be on view from February 2 to June 2, 2013. Objectify: A Glimpse into the Permanent Collection opens April 1, 2013 in celebration of the Museum’s 110th anniversary. Little Cinema is now open year-round. Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Worlds in Miniature, Aquarium, and other exhibits are ongoing.

MCC Contacts:
Greg Liakos
Communications Director
617-727-3668 x343 greg.liakos@state.ma.us

Ann Petruccelli
Communications Coordinator
617-727-3668 x231
ann.petruccelli@art.state.ma.us

For Immediate Release
January 17, 2013

Achievements in Arts, Humanities, And Sciences Celebrated with 2013 Commonwealth Awards.

(BOSTON, MA) – The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) today announced the winners of the 2013 Commonwealth Awards, honoring exceptional achievement in the arts, humanities, and sciences. The Commonwealth Awards will be presented Tuesday, February 19 during a Massachusetts State House ceremony. The winners include:

• Achievement: Olympia Dukakis, Lowell
• Art/Science Collaboration: The Ecotarium, Worcester
• Access: Community Access to the Arts (CATA), Great Barrington
• Creative Community: Barnstable; Shelburne Falls
• Creative Learning: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst
• Cultural Philanthropy: Neil and Jane Pappalardo, Boston
• Leadership: Marvin Gilmore, Boston
• Media: Jared Bowen, WGBH; The Boston Phoenix

“This extraordinary group of institutions and individuals beautifully represents our state’s unique cultural fabric and tells a powerful story of the great public value of the arts, humanities, and sciences,” said MCC Executive Director Anita Walker. “Their collective and individual achievements have contributed enormously to the quality of life in Massachusetts, and I am delighted to honor them at our Commonwealth Awards ceremony in February.”

Three Categories, Media, Art/Science Collaboration, and Access, are new to the Commonwealth Awards this year. During the Awards ceremony MCC will also recognize The Boston Children’s Museum, celebrating its centennial, and the American Antiquarian Society, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2012. Full profiles of the awardees can be found on MCC’s website.

The Awards ceremony keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Karl Paulnack, acclaimed painist and director of The Boston Conservatory’s music division. A passionate advocate for music and the arts, Dr. Paulnack’s speech “Why Music Matters” has been translated into six languages. In Spring 2009, Linda Ronstadt quoted his speech during her official testimony to the United States Congress, on behalf of funding for the arts.

MCC is pleased to welcome award-winning actress, director, producer, teacher, activist, and author Olympia Dukakis back to Massachusetts to receive a Commonwealth Award for Achievment. A Lowell native, Ms. Dukakis recieved a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, BAFTA Film Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Award, and Golden Globe Award for her role as Rose Castorini in Moonstruck. She has appeared in more than 130 productions on and Broadway, and on stages across the country and around the world. Ms. Dukakis recently appeared with Shakespeare & Company as Prospera in The Tempest, she will return to Shakespeare & Company this summer in the title role of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children. The Boston Conservatory will host A Conversation with Olympia Dukakis on Tuesday, February 19 at 10am or its senior and graduate level theater students.

Each Commonwealth Award winner will receive a medal designed and created by taunton, Massachusetts-based Reed & Barton. State government leaders will be on hand to present the Awards. The ceremony will also feature performances by the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and dancers from OrigiNation, Inc. with the O’Shea-Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance.

Presented every two years, The commonwealth Awards shine a spotlight on the extraordinary contributions the arts, humanities, and sciences make to education, economic growth and vitality, and quality of life in communities across Massachusetts. The Commonwealth Awards ceremony also presents an opportunity for the Massachusetts nonprofit cultural sector to gather and assert its value and make the case for public investment in its work. Past winners include leading artists, writers and scholors such as Yo-Yo Ma and David McCullough; world-class institutions like Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and the Peabody Essex Museum; and social innovators like the Boston Cyberarts Festival and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.

The 2013 Commonwealth Awards ceremony continues this tradition on Tuesday, February 19 with a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House from 1 to 4pm. The event is free and open to the public, and registration opens this week. Details and registration information can be found on the MCC’s website.

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About the Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Massachusetts Cultural Council promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.
MCC is a state agency committed to building a central place for arts and culture in the everyday lives of communities across the Commonwealth. It pursues this mission through a combination of grants, services and advocacy for cultural organizations, schools, communities and artists. MCC receives an annual appropriation from the state Legislature and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and other sources. Learn more at www.massculturalcouncil.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 6, 2012
Contact: Dawn Lane
(413) 528-5485
Photo: Raphaella Kramer

Pittsfield, MA – The Beacon Cinema windows on North Street are awash in winter whites, courtesy of Community Access to the Arts, a nonprofit organization that serves over 500 people with disabilities in Berkshire County.

Under the direction of rustic artist & CATA faculty, Janice Shields, 35 artists and staff from The Riverbrook Residence, Cadmus Life-Sharing, Leander House, and Berkshire County ARC produced 6 holiday panels. The 3-dimensional panels, which remain in the Beacon windows through early January, feature holiday landscapes and figures made from a variety of all-white materials.

Community Access to the Arts gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors: Allegrone Companies, Berkshire Bank Foundation, The Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire Hematology Oncology, Bookmarc Creative, Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Lee Bank, Lee Body Work Associates, Paul Rich & Sons, Petricca Industries, Scarafoni Associates, Richard Stanley, John Valente, and Whaling Properties.

Community Access to the Arts nurture and celebrates the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts. For more information visit communityaccesstothearts.org.

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For Release
October 20, 2012
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413)528-5485
On Friday, November 9th at 5:30 p.m., four-time National Poetry Slam champion, Taylor Mali, will read a selection of works at Crissey Farm in Great Barrington to benefit CATA. There is a suggested donation of $10 for the reading and reception.

CATA (Community Access to the Arts) will host a writing workshop earlier in the day facilitated by Mali. Participants will include CATA’s writers with disabilities and creative writing faculty, as well as friends of CATA and members of the community. Mali will read some of the work produced in the workshop, as well as a selection of his own highly acclaimed writing.

One of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series “Def Poetry Jam,” Mali is also the author of two collections of poetry and four CDs of spoken word. Most recently, he released a book of essays called “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World.”

This event is the first of many special projects in celebration of CATA’s 20th anniversary. Community Access to the Arts was founded in 1993 by Sandra Newman to nurture and celebrate the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts. CATA now serves over 500 people with disabilities in Berkshire County. A wealth of information is available on the organization’s web site www.communityaccesstothearts.org.

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For Release
September 7, 2012
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413) 441-9542
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA – You may have heard of dryer balls but have no idea how they work or what they actually accomplish.  Community Access to the Arts (CATA) in Great Barrington, MA offers colorful felted wool versions made by artists with disabilities.  “People are immediately intrigued by these intricately felted dryer balls but they get really excited when you educate them about the benefits of doing laundry with them,” says Sandra Newman, CATA’s founder.

Dryer balls soften clothing as they bounce around, reducing static and speeding up drying time.  Known as the eco-friendly alternative to chemical-laden dryer sheets, these felted wool balls can be treated with a drop of essential oil to gently scent the entire load of clothing.

CATA’s dryer balls are made of retired tennis balls, wool fleece and scrap yarn.  Artists with disabilities work with community volunteers to create unique designs for each ball.  Sold in sets of three for $18, CATA’s dryer balls are so decorative that many choose to display them in a bowl or basket.   

Community Access to the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and celebrating the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts.  Dryer Balls are made in CATAdirect, a crafts cooperative where artists with disabilities create practical and decorative products  earning commission on items sold.  For more information, visit www.communityaccesstothearts.org

(413) 441-9542

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2012
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413) 528-5485

Over 80 works of art on display in Great Barrington

Celebrating the making of art and the artists who make it is the vital force behind Community Access to the Arts, commonly known as CATA.

CATA’s annual art exhibit & poetry reading, “I Am a Part of Art,” will open on Sunday, July 29 from 2pm-4pm and run through August 30 in the CATA studio gallery at the top of Railroad Street.

The exhibit is the culmination of artwork and poetry from a year of workshops offered to people with disabilities throughout Berkshire County.  CATA’s exemplary work creatively chips away at myths and misconceptions about disability.  Says Dawn Lane, Artistic Director, “CATA is a place where similarities and differences co-exist for the purpose of engaging the imagination.  We don’t make apologies or excuses for people with disabilities; we make art.”

The mediums explored include watercolors, collage, printmaking and  pastels as well as acrylic on canvas from CATA’s A.R.T. workshops.  A.R.T. is an innovative painting technique that allows people with severe physical disabilities the opportunity to paint with the help of a human “tracker” acting as the hands of the artist. 

CATA’s teaching artists include Adrienne Brown, Pat Hogan, Leslie Klein, Marlene Marshall, Sonia Pilcer, Sarah McNair, Janice Shields, Carol Stroll, Stefanie Weber and Michael Wolski.  Guest readers are Barby Cardillo and Diane Prusha.

“I Am a Part of Art” is funded this year by The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation.  The CATA studio gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.   CATA serves over 500 people with disabilities in Berkshire County, nurturing and celebrating their creativity through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts.  For more information, visit communityaccesstotheARTS.org.

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June 19th, 2012
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413) 528-5458
Images available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/communityaccesstothearts/sets/72157624512568157

SHARING THE TALENTS OF ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES IS CATA’S VITAL MISSION

Over 80 works of art on display in Great Barrington

Celebrating the making of art and the artists who make it is the vital force behind Community Access to the Arts, commonly known as CATA.

CATA’s annual art exhibit & poetry reading, “I Am a Part of Art,” will open on Sunday, July 29 from 2pm-4pm and run through August 30 in the CATA studio gallery at the top of Railroad Street.

The exhibit is the culmination of artwork and poetry from a year of workshops offered to people with disabilities throughout Berkshire County. CATA’s exemplary work creatively chips away at myths and misconceptions about disability.  Says Dawn Lane, Artistic Director, “CATA is a place where similarities and differences co-exit for the purpose of engaging the imagination.  We don’t make apologies or excuses for people with disabilities; we make art.”

The mediums explored include watercolor, printmaking and pastels as well as acrylic on canvas from CATA’s A.R.T. workshops.  A.R.T. is an innovative painting technique that allows people with severe physical disabilities the opportunity to paint with the help of a human “tracker” acting as the hands of the artist.

CATA’s teaching artists include Adrienne Brown, Pat Hogan, Leslie Klein Marlene Marshall, Sonia Pilcer, Sarah McNair, Janice Shields Carol Stroll, Stefanie Weber and Michael Wolski. Guest readers are Barby Cardillo and Diane Prusha.

“I Am a Part of Art”is funded this year by The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation.  The CATA studio gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CATA serves over 500 people with disabilities in Berkshire County, nurturing and celebrating their creativity through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts.  For more information, visit communityaccesstotheARTS.og

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NOTE: CATA uses “People First” language when referring to people with disabilities.  Please use the term “people with disabilities” rather than “disabled people” AND “artists with disabilities” rather than “disabled artists.” Thank you! More info at www.disabilityisnatural.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2012
Contact: Liana Toscanini
(413) 528-5485
Digital images available
 

GREAT BARRINGTON – Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents “Vital Signs,” the organization’s annual performance and gala fundraiser on Saturday, May 12 at 6 p.m.  A matinee performance is scheduled for 1pm on Sunday, May 13.   Both performances take place at Shakespeare & Company’s Founders’ Theatre in Lenox, MA.  Tickets for the Saturday evening gala are $125. Matinee tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under.

Now in its 19th year, CATA provides hundreds of performing arts workshops to people with disabilities throughout Berkshire County culminating in a showcase of original works in theatre, drumming, dance, juggling, and song.   Program & Artistic Director, Dawn Lane, along with CATA faculty Barby Cardillo, Diane Prusha, Roger Reed, JoAnne Spies, Vikki True, Stefanie Weber, and Michael Wolski, continue to chip away at the myths and misconceptions about people with disabilities.  Says Lane, “CATA is not a special place for special people; it is a place where similarities and differences co-exist for the purpose of engaging our imaginations.  We don’t make apologies or excuses, we make art!”  

Each year, CATA shares the talents of people with disabilities with an audience of 700.   “Our wonderful supportive community keeps CATA vital,” says Sandra Newman, the organization’s Founder & Executive Director.   CATA’s gala weekend is the organization’s largest fundraising effort and a celebration of the creativity of people with disabilities.   Linda & Reggie Cooper of Pittsfield are this year’s gala co-chairs.

Underwriting support for the ”Vital Signs” performance weekend comes from Emily Rechnitz & John Paladino, and Liz & Mark Williams. Additional sponsors include Allegrone Companies, Berkshire Gas Company, Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Domaney’s Liquors & Fine Wine, Kwik Print, Salisbury Bank, Sandra Baron & Gregory Diskant, Neil & Kathleen Chrisman, Joan & Jim Hunter, Anthony Kiser/The William & Mary Greve Foundation, Joyce Linde, Julie & David McCarthy, Kate & Joel Millonzi, Dr. William O’Donnell & Lucy Sacco, Elaine & Bernard Roberts, Ernest & Anne Schnesel, and Charles Shulze & Lucy Holland.  

Tickets may be purchased online at www.communityaccesstothearts.org <[ http://www.communityaccesstothearts.org ]http://www.communityaccesstothearts.org> or by phone (413) 528-5485.