IDA's for artists NORTH ADAMS, MA (WAMC) - A financial assistance program for artists is being launched in the Berkshires. And as WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo, reports its program administrators believe it is one-of-a-kind;

Information sessions will be held April 14, at 5:30 p.m. at the Lictenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Avenue in Pittsfield, and April 17, at 5:30, in North Adams at Gallery 51, 51 Main Street.

Artists may also contact MASS MoCA's Blair Benjamin, Director of the Assets for Artists project, for more information: (413) 664-4481 x8104 or blair@massmoca.org.

A pre-application form for the Assets for Artists program may be downloaded at www.mcla.edu/bcrc or www.culturalpittsfield.com.
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