Join Us in Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary in 2025

Upcoming Events

The Landscape We Live

May 30 @ 5:00 pm - July 6 @ 5:00 pm
Show opens Friday May 30 5 - 7 pm and closes July 6. After the opening reception, Gallery hours are 11 am to 3 pm weekends.  Celebrating the 30th anniversary and long anticipated renovations…

From Church to Synagogue to Arts Center: Book talk and slide presentation by Ron Bernard

May 31 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join local historian Ron Bernard, author of Sandisfield Then and Now 1762-2012 and The Little Brown Church of New Boston, Mass., and the Lives of Its Pastors, for a book talk and slide presentation…

Making Horse Sense: Kari Weil on the Language Between Humans and Horses

June 7 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Animal communication researcher Kari Weil, University Professor of Letters at Wesleyan University, shares insights on the language between humans and horses. To learn to ride a horse is to learn a language we don’t…

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Daniel Manacher, Shwoopy Loops, 2013.

Call for Artists - Daniel Manacher 2025 Young Artists Prize!

The Sandisfield Arts Center is pleased to announce the 4th annual Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists. Up to three artists will be selected as finalists and will each receive $400 in support of their art practice, as well as a group show of their work at the Sandisfield Arts Center in the 2026 [...]

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About Us

In 1839, the Sandisfield Arts Center building began an 80+ year run as a Baptist meeting house, followed by another 75 as an Orthodox synagogue (the only known rural Orthodox synagogue on record in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). In 1995, the building was reborn as a performing arts center.

Since that time, the Sandisfield Arts Center has evolved into a professional non-profit organization recognized by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the National Trust, and the public for our dedication to preserving this historically-important building and rehabilitating it for use as a performing arts center. In 2006, the building was accepted on the National Registry of Historic Places as “The Montville Baptist Church.” Visitors now come from all over Berkshire, Hampden & Litchfield Counties, as well as New York, Boston and Connecticut for our unique, quality performances.

The small-town, grass-roots commitment that gave birth to the Sandisfield Arts Center in 1995 is still present today, as the organization depends almost entirely on volunteers. These dedicated folks meet, administer, clean, bake, paint, host, donate and perform their way through tough economic times, long, cold winters, and all the challenges that small, non-profit arts organizations face on a daily basis. Please see our Volunteer page if you’d like to participate!