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Thank you from IS-183 !

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:34:01 +0000

RadBodega Dance Floor - photo © Nancy Fitzpatrick

What can we say – the best, biggest, craziest most creative IS183 Art School gaLa ever! 600+ attendees flooded East Coast Refinishing in Pittsfield, MA on Saturday, March 6, 2009 to enjoy an original street art inspired dance party and silent auction in support of the school.

Fantastical elements included a spray painted cargo van as dj cage, go-go dancers in industrial cages of rebar and bike parts, a hot dog vendor, floating toxic swill bar, best silent auction in the county and dance til you drop party featuring music by DJ BFG, lights by Sean McLaughlin and Ruralliance and projections by Drew Suto.

All proceeds went to support programming and outreach of IS183 Art School – a non-profit community art school encouraging people of all ages, means and skill levels to enrich their lives through hands-on experience in the visual arts.

Hope Sullivan – Director of IS 183 Art School

Special Thanks from IS183

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:26:53 +0000

Special Thanks to:	East Coast Refinishing	Claudia, Ben, Mark and the entire Melle family	The Radioactive Bodega Event Committee
Executive Sponsors:	Berkshire Mountain Distillers	Sandra Dee, Inc.
Honorary Benefactors:	Berkshire Living	Studio Two
Venue Underwriters:	53 Plumbing Heating and Cooling	Abbott's Limousine and Car Service	Alta Restaurant
Ascentek, Inc.	Berkshire Bank Foundation	Berkshire Bookkeeping	Berkshire Brewing Company
Berkshire Homebrew	Brick House Pub	Berkshire Leak Busters	Berkshire Mall
Betty's Pizza Shack	Blue Q	Chocolate Springs Café	DJ BFG
Domaney's Discount Liquors	Firefly	Four Season's Heating and Cooling	Gigiolotti Electric
Group W Welders	Jae's Spice	Karen Lee Pilates Central	Kate Baldwin Caterer
Kwik Print	Lenox Athenaeum	Lipton Energy	Mission Bar + Tapas
Pasko Frame Shop	Pittsfield Cooperative Bank	Pittsfield Fire Department	Pittsfield Police Department
Quality Printing	RDL Enterprise, Inc.	Sheffield Pottery	Stockbridge Gas
TD Bank	Toole Insurance Agency	William Caligari Interiors	WJ Blueprint
Yankee Septic	Your Color Connection
Dinner Hosts:	Karen Beckwith and Scott Barrow	Reba and Bruce Evenchik	Nancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell
Mary Garnish and Al Bauman	Wendy and Tom O'Neil with Tyler and Chris Weld Marianna Poutasse and Eric Korenman	Suky and Tom Werman	Shelly and Randal Williams with Vicki Bonnington and David Schecker
Patrons:	Anonymous	John Bridge	Patricia Whitehead and Arthur Cape
Barbara J.Cooperman	Cindy and Ollie Curme	Catherine Deely	Hilary and Philip Deely
Tracy and Andy Foster	Laurie and Joseph Gallagher	Nicole Garzino and Kris Anderson	Nancy K. Kalodner - Benchmark R.E.
Robin and Robert Kaplan	Leslie Milton and David Rosenthal	Caitlin and Mitch Nash	Mary and Seth Nash
Suzanne and Kenneth Nash	John O'Keefe and Mark Smith	Gregg Petricca	Susan B. Fisher and Gary S. Schieneman
Robin Seeley	Sarah and Didier Steven	Reid White
Art Angels:	Susan S. Miller	Caitlin and Mitch Nash, hot dog underwriters	Barbara Nelson
Martin and Jane Schwartz	Shirley and Howard Shapiro	Leslie Shatz	Richard and Ingrid Taylor
Janis Theodore	Terry Wasser

Wait, Did that really happen?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:02:31 +0000

Yes it did!

The inter-me-nets and street corners have been abuzz since Saturday, it was not a dream my dears, RAD BOD was real….really awesome!

Thank you to all our amazing Sponsors, Patrons, Party Hosts, Donating Businesses, Committee, Volunteers, and attendees for helping us rock out and raise funds that make IS183 possible!

Weren’t able to make it, check out this video overview and you can pretend you were!

And just in case you have not seen any pictures yet, click here and check ‘em out!

Till next year, stay creative!

RadBod

Could Life Get Any Flippin’ Better…..Rockin’ “Be Safe”! promotion from Abbott’s Limousine

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:08:02 +0000

TOMMORROW, LEAVE YOUR RAD BOD DRIVING TO … ABBOTT’S LIMOUSINE AND CAR SERVICE!!!

A ride to or from Party Central- East Coast Refinishing (4 Industrial Avenue, Pittsfield) To ANYWHERE in Berkshire County costs ONLY $20*!!!!!

AND Abbott’s is donating 50% of proceeds to the Art School!!! Holy Crud!

*(gratuity NOT included)

Reserve your car in advance (by Friday end of business) by email LIVERY2@aol.com or call:800-551-5509

Or, on Saturday, from 7pm on, call Dispatcher Curtis at 413-329-2776 to arrange your ride to the party and don’t forget to mention IS183 Art School! Curtis and cars will be on-site from 11pm on for your ride home.

Haven’t gotten your tickets yet!!!??? Click here now!!!!!

As you know, success of this event is critical to the health of our art school as it raises almost 1/3 of the contributed income IS183 needs to operate our outreach, after-school and scholarship programs.

Tickets are still available and can be purchased by calling IS183 (413.298.5252 x100), online (www.is183.org) or night of at the door of East Coast Refinishing (4 Industrial Avenue, Pittsfield).

$50 for a dance ticket may feel steep but with chocolates by Chocolate Springs, hors d’oeuvres by Kate Baldwin Caterer and drinks sponsored by Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Domaney’s Discount Liquors and Pittsfield Brewworks the best dance party of the year is not only a worthy cause but definitely WORTH it!

Art is necessary. So is supporting it.

I can’t tell you much…

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:36:00 +0000

But it involves a suspended van….I am getting all tingly about this!

CLICK HERE- GET YO’ TICS!!!

Radioactive Bodega Shopping List

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:19:56 +0000

You know how it is when you go to the store, if you don’t make a list you forget something!

Be prepared!

Check out some of the bodacious donating businesses and artists that will be stocking our shelves at the Radioactive Bodega!

Poppin’ fresh auction items coming in daily!

Click here to go to the Auction Links Page

From RuralIntelligence.com: Art! Beer! Wings! The Radioactive Bodega Preview Party

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:24:54 +0000

“It was, appropriately, an evening of cultural dissonance. Supporters of IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires… gathered at the boozy Brick House Pub in Housatonic, MA, to preview some of the fine art that will be part of the silent auction at the school’s annual masquerade fundraiser on March 6. The festive dance party’s counterintuitive theme—“Radioactive Bodega”— inspired the organizers to show fine art in an improbable frat house setting….” Click here to read more and view pics!

Click here to preview other RadBod silent auction items, check out our rockin’ participating businesses and get you tics!

Oh, it’s coming…..

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:04:26 +0000

3 WEEKS TO GO!!!!!! RAD BOD 3/6/2010!!!!

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:56:39 +0000

Things got heated at the Brick House last Friday, as IS183 supporters piled in to preview art from some of the county’s best and brightest…(check back for pictures soon!!)

The decorating committee continues to churn out Radioactive goodness, and our silent auction should be illegal, it’s so darn good. (click here for the DL)

So you’re freakin’ out. You’re so excited, but tickets!! Costume!! You need to get ready to rock out for the Berkshires only Art School!!

No worries, click here for your Rad Bod Ticks or click here to get your Rad Bod Style on!

Mark Your Calendars…. 2/12 Radioactive Bodega Fine Art Auction Preview!!!!

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:40:13 +0000

Come and get your art!

Sneak a peek and get your foot in the Bodega bidding at the

Radioactive Bodega Fine Art Auction Preview!

Friday, February 12, 2010

6:00-9:00 PM

The Brick House Pub, 425 Park Street, Housatonic , MA

Free and open to the public!

Live music by John Clarke and Friends!

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages, plus the first chance to bid on and purchase fine art auction items including jewelry and ceramics, created by IS183 Art School’s faculty to benefit the school!

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Click here to view pictures from last year’s preview on RuralIntelligence.com!

Art Preview will be on view until the Radioactive Bodega Gala, March 6, 2010!

You get amazing artwork and support the only art school in Berkshire County providing year-round, high quality art instruction . . . . awwwweeeessssoooommmmeeee!!!

IS183 Programs include semester-long classes, shorter intensive immersion workshops for adults, and week-long art camps for children during the academic year and summer vacation breaks. Classes cover a variety of media such as painting, jewelry-making, ceramics, collage, fiber arts, printmaking, photography and sculpture. The Art School employs over 65 regional artists on its teaching staff every year. IS183 also works to enrich our community with programs that include partnering with public schools, sponsoring the free Tricks of the Trade lecture series and awarding up to $15,000 in scholarships per year.