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Ashfield Community Hall
Western
2022
Feasibility
Young person at piano

Grant: $6,000

Location: Ashfield

Description: for a feasibility study to address accessibility needs in the Community Hall.

Barbara and Eric Rudd Art Foundation
Western
2022
Capital
Berkshire Art Museum

Grant: $100,000

Location: North Adams

Description: for facade and exterior protection and stabilization, and accessibility, environmental, and security system upgrades for the Berkshire Art Museum.

Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns
Western
2022
Capital
Front view of Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns

Grant: $40,000

Location: Becket

Description: to add heating and cooling and electric system upgrades to the Becket Art Center's home in the historic Seminary Hall.

Berkshire Environmental Action Team
Western
2022
Capital
Outside of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team building

Grant: $200,000

Location: Pittsfield

Description: for the purchase a former community church to become BEAT's new Environmental Leadership & Education Center, and for an energy retrofit, making the building fully accessible, and restoring the adjacent stream bank and property with native plantings.

Berkshire Music School
Western
2022
Feasibility
Berkshire Music School building

Grant: $25,000

Location: Pittsfield

Description: to study feasibility for accessibility, increasing program space, and repairing the campus's 150-year-old physical plant.

Blandford Historical Society
Western
2022
Capital
Museum at the Blandford Historical Society

Grant: $35,000

Location: Blandford

Description: to replace exterior windows, upgrade fire safety systems, and consolidate the building's two small gender-separate lavatories into one ADA compliant facility.

Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
Western
2022
Capital
Performance at Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity

Grant: $162,000

Location: Northampton

Description: to acquire and renovate the 150-year-old Florence Congregational Church to create the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity; a performing arts venue, spiritual center and community resource.

Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity
Western
2022
Systems
Performance at Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity

Grant: $7,000

Location: Northampton

Description: for a systems replacement plan.

Buckland Historical Society
Western
2022
Capital
Buckland Historical Society

Grant: $137,000

Location: Buckland

Description: for the stabilization of an 18th century barn on the Wilder Homestead, including beam replacements, a restoration of the threshing floor, siding, and for a new stone foundation.

Clinton Church Restoration
Western
2022
Capital
Outside the historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church

Grant: $117,000

Location: Great Barrington

Description: for engineering plans and the final architectural design for the restoration and adaptive re-use of the former Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church into an African American heritage site and visitor center, which will educate the public about the life and legacy of civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois and the Berkshires' rich African American history.

Community Access to the Arts
Western
2022
Capital
Community Access to the Arts

Grant: $46,000

Location: Great Barrington

Description: for acoustic damping materials, to install a permanently mounted projection system, and new energy-efficient windows.

Community Music School of Springfield
Western
2022
Systems
Community Music School of Springfield

Grant: $10,000

Location: Springfield

Description: for a systems replacement plan.

Community Music School of Springfield
Western
2022
Capital
Community Music School of Springfield

Grant: $90,000

Location: Springfield

Description: for a roof replacement.

Double Edge Theatre Productions
Western
2022
Capital
Main barn theatre

Grant: $154,000

Location: Ashfield

Description: for the final phase of renovations and expansion to the main theatre and performance venue, including egress, accessibility, fire & safety improvements, sight line and rigging improvements, and a new HVAC system.

Drama Studio
Western
2022
Capital
Drama Studio

Grant: $200,000

Location: Springfield

Description: for code improvements and exterior repairs.

Earthdance Creative Living Project
Western
2022
Capital
Umbrella Studio at Earthdance Creative Living Project

Grant: $80,000

Location: Plainfield

Description: for roof repairs, renewable energy generation and storage systems, heating and cooling, and ventilation systems in the farmhouse and dance studios.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Western
2022
Capital
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Grant: $90,000

Location: Amherst

Description: for foundation and exterior repairs, new entrance doors, outdoor lighting, new ionization systems, replaced cooling tower baffles, and to establish a well for landscape watering.

Friends of Franklin County Fairgrounds
Western
2022
Capital
Roundhouse at sunset

Grant: $70,000

Location: Greenfield

Description: for improved walkways to allow guests full access to the historic cultural facilities.

Historic Northampton
Western
2022
Capital
Raised garden beds outside of the Shepherd Barn

Grant: $106,000

Location: Northampton

Description: to construct accessible public restrooms, a small kitchenette and prep room, storage room, dressing rooms and green room space.

Holyoke Community Media
Western
2022
Capital
Second floor under Rehab

Grant: $200,000

Location: Holyoke

Description: for the completion of the multi-phase renovations to the Community Media and Education Center.

Irish Cultural Center, of Western New England
Western
2022
Capital
Irish Cultural Center of Western New England

Grant: $200,000

Location: West Springfield

Description: for renovations to a new fourth floor performance space, including new ceilings and flooring, staging, wall coverings, fire and public safety improvements, and electrical work.

IS183
Western
2022
Capital
IS183 Art School of the Berkshires

Grant: $27,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: for HVAC and lighting upgrades.

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Western
2022
Capital
Site of the former Doris Duke Theatre and new theatre to be built

Grant: $200,000

Location: Becket

Description: for the development of a conceptual design and scope for a new 21st century creation/performance space to replace the Doris Duke Theatre, which was destroyed by a fire in November 2020.

Jones Library
Western
2022
Capital
Exterior building façade of the Jones Library

Grant: $200,000

Location: Amherst

Description: for upgraded mechanical systems and accessibility measures in the Burnett Art Gallery.

Lupa Game Farm
Western
2022
Capital
Aerial view of Lupa Zoo

Grant: $90,000

Location: Ludlow

Description: to create accessible restrooms and install shading at the Lupa Zoo.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Western
2022
Capital
Aerial view of campus

Grant: $150,000

Location: North Adams

Description: for roof replacements, electrical, plumbing, and heating systems updates, and for bathroom and kitchen remodeling and ADA upgrades at two artist housing facilities/

Norman Rockwell Museum
Western
2022
Capital
Exterior and grounds of the Norman Rockwell Museum

Grant: $140,000

Location: Stockbridge

Description: to upgrade paving on walkways, electrical systems and outdoor lighting, and for new HVAC condensers and monitoring systems, alarm and security system components, signage, and automatic doors.

Northampton Community Arts Trust
Western
2022
Capital
Front exterior

Grant: $150,000

Location: Northampton

Description: for lobby renovations, including the build out of a box office, concession area and an art gallery.

Performance Project
Western
2022
Feasibility
Theatrical Performance

Grant: $22,000

Location: Northampton

Description: to complete a feasibility study and begin the pre-development work necessary to advance The Performance Project's vision of a permanent facility to a design phase.

Shakespeare & Company
Western
2022
Capital
Stage view of the outdoor New Spruce Theatre

Grant: $94,000

Location: Lenox

Description: For an assisted listening device, sun shading, and for lighting and resurfacing of pathways, parking and restroom areas at the New Spruce Theatre, a 540-seat outdoor amphitheater.

Shea Theater Arts Center
Western
2022
Capital
Stage at the Shea Theater Arts Center

Grant: $50,000

Location: Montague

Description: for updates to three restrooms and theatrical lighting.

Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute
Western
2022
Capital
Lunder Center

Grant: $200,000

Location: Williamstown

Description: to replace sections of the roof of the Research Center, and for a new central plant at the Lunder Center.

Westfield State University
Western
2022
Capital
Rendering of the new Dever Stage Lobby Area

Grant: $100,000

Location: Westfield

Description: for seating and other crucial updates to the Dever Stage.


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