Author: Chris Watford

Join us for our 25th Anniversary Gala & Performance Weekend on May 12, 2018 and Annual Performance on May 13, 2018 at Shakespeare and Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse in Lenox, MA!  
16 February, 2018
Join us for the opening of RARE TORNADO, a vibrant exhibit of artwork created by CATA artists with disabilities at Hudson Hall in Hudson, NY. The exhibit features paintings by seven local artists who use the innovative Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) technique to create their work.  A free, public art opening will be held on Friday, April 27 from 12pm-2pm with many of the artists in attendance.
16 February, 2018
Join us for the opening of SHAPES IN SPACE, a retrospective exhibit of artwork created by CATA artists with disabilities at the Good Purpose Gallery in Lee, MA. The exhibit features paintings by CATA artists who use the Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) technique to create their work. “SHAPES IN SPACE: A CATA A.R.T. Retrospective” offers a rare opportunity to experience this vibrant body of work created throughout the last twelve years. A free, public art opening will be held on March 15 from 4:30-6:30pm with many of the artists in attendance.
16 February, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16​, 2018 Contact: Chris Watford (413) 528-5485 Digital images available SHAPES IN SPACE: A CATA A.R.T. RETROSPECTIVE AT GOOD PURPOSE GALLERY GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Community Access to the Arts (CATA) will present a retrospective exhibit of artwork created...

16 February, 2018

CATA is partnering with Kimball Farms Life Care in Lenox, MA to present its latest Art on Tour gallery series! Join us for a public opening on Wednesday, January 24 from 3:30-5:30pm, with writer/actor Rachel Siegel reading...

08 January, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2018 Contact: Chris Watford (413) 528-5485 Digital images available CATA ART ON TOUR EXHIBIT AND POETRY READING AT KIMBALL FARMS GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Community Access to the Arts (CATA) will exhibit at Kimball Farms Life Care at...

08 January, 2018

What do a rock star, a mechanic, and CATA have in common? The CATA Writers Workshop!   Our Writers Workshop closed out the year with an informal reading for their friends and classmates at the CATA Studio....

18 December, 2017

How many times has someone composed a ukulele ode in your honor?   Last Friday, an intimate crowd of 150 friends, family members and caregivers gathered at Berkshire South for our annual Holiday Sharing—we can hardly imagine a...

14 December, 2017

Your gift could count double!   A group  of anonymous donors have banded together to issue a Match Challenge to our wider community. If CATA can raise $25,000 in new or increased gifts by December 31, 2017, the anonymous...

30 November, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2017 Contact: Chris Watford (413) 528-5485 Digital images available CATA TO EXHIBIT AT GALLERY 35 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Community Access to the Arts (CATA) will exhibit at Gallery 35 in Great Barrington, MA as part of CATA’s Art on Tour gallery series. The exhibit...

20 November, 2017