Women in Art Features 73 Berkshire County Women Artists

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 73 women artists will showcase their work for Women in Art, a group exhibition opening in March at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield.  
 
The show celebrates the creativity, perspectives and voices of women in the Berkshires working across all media.  It aims to highlight the diversity of women's artistic practices – bold or subtle, experimental, or traditional.  
 
The artists responded to a call for art from the Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development early in 2026.  The call was open to women artists (cis and trans).  Hundreds of pieces were submitted from across Berkshire County.  The show features emerging and established artists across the Berkshires and showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, mixed media, digital, fiber and more. 
 
"The response to this call was overwhelming, it's quite obvious that women are looking for something to celebrate," said Jen Glockner, Pittsfield's Cultural Development Director.  "Art is powerful. Women are powerful.  This exhibition celebrates that."
 
Women in Art opens on International Women's Day - Sunday, March 8 with a reception from 11am-1pm at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.  The exhibition runs through March 27.  The gallery is open Wednesday-Friday 11am-3pm or by appointment. 
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Wixsom Leads Force 12U Softball Team in Tourney Opener

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Emma Wixsom struck out eight of the nine batters she faced in Friday’s opener of the Berkshire Fall Frenzy as the host Force 12-and-under travel softball team beat the Greylock Thunder, 14-0, in three innings.
 
Wixsom was credited with a perfect game in the contest, which was ended by the tournament’s run rule.
 
McKinley Bushika led the Force’s offense, going 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Charlotte Kotski tripled, and Lilly Tuohy doubled in a nine-hit attack.
 
In its second game in the six-team tournament on Friday evening, the Force beat the East Greenbush, N.Y., Xpress Crushers, 5-3.
 
Peyton Demary went 3 and two-thirds innings in the circle before giving the ball to Wixsom. Demary struck out eight while allowing two earned runs.
 
Kotski was a difference maker at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI in a six-hit attack for the Force.
 
Berkshire Saturday starts its day against the 413 Panthers out of Hampden at the Doyle Complex.
 
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