Becket Arts Center to Host Inaugural Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit

11:11AM / Monday, June 09, 2025Print Story | Email Story

BECKET, Mass. — The Becket Arts Center, in collaboration with Q-MoB and the Berkshire Queer History Project, will host the first Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit from June 12 to July 6, 2025.

The exhibit will feature works by 13 local LGBTQ+ artists and include an artists' panel and an opening reception.

The exhibit aims to showcase local queer artists and members of the community.

An Artists Panel is scheduled for June 12 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, featuring Rachel Kaufmann, Mitchell Sellers, Johanna Merfeld, and Christopher Pierce.

An Opening Reception will follow on June 13 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, where all 13 artists are expected to be present. The artists will discuss their inspirations, experiences as queer artists in the Berkshires, and how their identity influences their work.

Bart Church, Q-MoB's Executive Director, stated, "Throughout history queer artists like Socrates, Leonardo Davinci, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Tracy Chapman, & Robert Mapplethorpe knew that as an artist Silence=Death, and that when the forces of repression rise, queer artists must resist however they can in whatever ways they dare."

The exhibit is partially funded by a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Central Berkshire Fund.

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Units Available at Lee's New Eagle Mill Housing Development

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
01:57PM / Tuesday, October 27, 2026

It's took more than a decade to bring the Eagle Lofts to fruition in the former Eagle mill.

LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist.

The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week.

Three-bedroom units are less than $2,000 per month for those who meet income requirements.

"These units are $1,855 a month with hot water included. To qualify, applicants must be under the 60 percent AMI income limit by household size and be able to afford the rent," the affordable housing provider wrote in a communication on Monday.

"Mobile vouchers are welcomed."

A ribbon was cut at the former paper mill over the summer for 56 one- to three-bedroom, mixed-income units in the heart of downtown.

According to a chart provided by Hearthway, 60 percent area median income is $55,320 per year for a one person household, $63,240 a year for a two-person household, $71,160 a year for a three-person household, and $79,020 a year for a four-person household.

Applications are available in English and Spanish. They can submitted via email to leasing@hearthway.org, drop off to the main office at 1 Fenn St in Pittsfield, fax to 413-403-2710, or USPS mail to P.O. Box 1180, Pittsfield, MA 01202-1180.