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At its founding in 1995, the Sandisfield Arts Center (formal name, Sandisfield Arts and Restoration Committee) set a two-fold mission:
To preserve our historic building and provide cultural and educational programs for our community.
In recent years, we have been aided in the first part of [...]
In April 2020, we realized that we would not be able to have our wonderful planned 20th anniversary season with in-person performances and shows. How, we wondered, could we provide community and solace and inspiration with our physical doors closed?
Ben Luxon responded to this with his [...]
We are very excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists! This year's juror was Josephine Halvorson, an accomplished artist and the Chair of the MFA Program in Painting at Boston University's College of Fine Art. She has a studio here in Sandisfield.
The [...]
April 8 update: Thank you to everyone who submitted! We are thrilled with the quality of the work our judge, Josephine Halvorson, will consider.
Applicants will be notified of results in June.
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The Sandisfield Arts Center is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Daniel [...]
The Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists was generously created by Adam Manacher and Carol Birnbaum, the parents of Daniel Manacher, in memory of their son and his passion for art. You can read about Daniel here.
Daniel Manacher’s parents, Carol Birnbaum and Adam Manacher, have described the [...]
The photograph is Horn Man by award-winning documentary photographer Andre Lambertson.
As our season ends and we bundle up our building for the winter, we at the Sandisfield Arts Center want to give our thanks for all that you have done to make possible our programs and the continuing [...]
I am deeply sorry to share with the Sandisfield Arts Center and wider community the sad news that Barbara Penn, longtime Board member of the Sandisfield Arts Center, passed away in February of this year -- an unexpected turn in what had seemed a very manageable and not life-threatening heart [...]
As we reflect on our 2022 season and begin planning for 2023, we are amazed by and so appreciative of what you--our donors, volunteers, and performers, plus the help of the Sandisfield Cultural Council--made possible this season. Many of our programs were offered at no cost, such as the Voices of [...]
July 22 update: Winners have been selected, awards will be presented at the August 13 gallery opening reception. See more here.
About the contest:
The Sandisfield Arts Center is pleased to announce the Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists, submission deadline June 15, 2022. Three artists [...]
The Sandisfield Arts Center Board of Directors thanks you for your support and your participation in 2021 and wishes you a wonderful holiday and a healthy and happy new year!
As the year ends, we'd like to share two videos, below, to brighten your winter days. These videos were labors of love [...]