15 Aug BERKSHIRE EDGE: Strategic Growth at CATA
AUGUST 15, 2022 — THE BERKSHIRE EDGE: When COVID hit, CATA kept going—expanding programs and opening a new, fully accessible Arts Center for artists with disabilities....
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01 Jun BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE: A New Home for CATA
MAY/JUNE 2022 — BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE: When ascending the wide ramp to the entrance of Community Access to the Arts (CATA), you know you are more than welcome into their new home on Stockbridge Road in...
03 Mar BERKSHIRE EDGE: “Close Up” with CATA artists at Berkshire Botanical Garden
MARCH 3, 2022 — THE BERKSHIRE EDGE: This past fall, Eric Schumann visited the Berkshire Botanical Garden (BBG) for a series of painting workshops. While there, a transformation occurred. “It’s just a blank piece of...
08 Jan BERKSHIRE EAGLE: After 28 years, choreographer Dawn Lane retires from CATA
JANUARY 8, 2022 — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE: "Dawn Lane made dance more democratic and changed people's perceptions." After 28 years, choreographer Dawn Lane retires from CATA....
02 Jul SPECTRUM NEWS: CATA holds art show displaying work of artists with disabilities
JULY 1, 2021 — CATA's biggest art show of the year, ‘I Am a Part of Art,’ is now open at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield and the Clark Art Institute in...
20 Oct SPECTRUM NEWS: Berkshire Art Show Features Work by Artists with Disabilities
OCTOBER 20, 2020 — Despite the pandemic, Community Access to the Arts' annual show is on display at the Clark Museum once again this year. "Artists with disabilities have the opportunity to explore new techniques...
19 Aug BERKSHIRE EDGE: CATA showcases online art exhibit ‘Back & Forth’
AUGUST 19, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic may have placed physical distance between families, friends, businesses, and nonprofits, but that distance may have also provided one organization with a platform for a more intimate look...
30 Apr BERKSHIRE EDGE: CATA launches online programs
APRIL 30, 2020 — Community Access to the Arts has launched a series of online arts programs in order to combat the isolation that people with disabilities are experiencing during the COVID-19 crisis....
25 Jul WGBY TV: CATA Provides Inclusive Arts Opportunities
WGBY reports on CATA for its "Connecting Point" TV series. "CATA as a two-way street— giving both to those with disabilities and to the broader community."...
01 Jul BERKSHIRE MAGAZINE: CATA is moving to a bigger, brighter, more complete space
JULY 1, 2019 – Clearly, CATA is having a banner year— its 26th as an inimitable, impactful bridge connecting the cultural world and disabled community....
20 Jun WAMC: Great Barrington Nonprofit CATA Wins State Award, Breaks Ground on New HQ
JUNE 20, 2019 — CATA's ED Margaret Keller speaks with WAMC about CATA's new home and being recognized by the MA Nonprofit Network...
11 Jun BERKSHIRE EDGE: CATA breaks ground for new facility
JUNE 11, 2019 — Beneath clear blue skies, a team of CATA staff, board, and community supporters donned white hard hats and used red-handled spades to ceremoniously break ground at the nonprofit's new digs...
10 Jun BERKSHIRE EAGLE: CATA writers share lessons from life with disabilities
JUNE 10, 2019 — How do you learn more about someone who is different than you? As sixth-graders from Monument Valley Regional Middle School learned this semester, sometimes you just have to ask....
01 Jun BERKSHIRE EAGLE: CATA, ‘bursting at the seams,’ preps for expansion
JUNE 1, 2019 — The studio is full and spirits are bright. And Eric Schumann is putting his artistic stamp on tea towels when someone tells him they've heard he's a gifted poet....
22 May BERKSHIRE EAGLE: 6 Berkshire arts groups get $1.06M in grants
MAY 22, 2019 — The Massachusetts Cultural Council is investing $1,065,000 from its Cultural Facilities Fund into six Berkshire arts organizations. CATA won a $200,000 capital grant, among the highest-level awards....
10 May WAMC: CATA Celebrates Landmark Year This Weekend
MAY 10, 2019 — CATA's ED Margaret Keller spoke with WAMC about the organization's upcoming Gala and Annual Performance and a year full of milestones...
14 Feb BERKSHIRE EAGLE: Monument Valley 6th-graders use their minds to solve local matters
FEBRUARY 14, 2019 — On Friday, 87 sixth-graders at Monument Valley Middle School will present a check to CATA for $700, a sum raised through a change drive held schoolwide over eight days...
03 Oct BERKSHIRE EAGLE: 4 Berkshire County cultural organizations get $1.9M in grants for ‘our discretion’
OCTOBER 3, 2019 — Four Berkshire County cultural organizations have been selected to participate in a multiyear statewide arts initiative that has provided them with a combined $1.9 million in grant funding...