Help us secure The Mastheads studios.

Since 2017, our five writing studios have been the heart of The Mastheads’ programming. They are the site of our summer residencies and Fireside field trips. They are the physical spaces that connect us to, and help us build upon, the literary landscape of Pittsfield. 

After 9 years of minor maintenance and upgrades, the studios are ready for several major repairs. Surrounded by wet trees and meadow grasses and fully exposed to the sun, the studios are in need of new roofs, a bit of rot repair underneath the siding, and some insect-damage patching.

Our dedicated carpentry team has estimated $5,000 in necessary work for each studio over the coming year, for a total of $25,000. A small donation from each of our friends will allow us to preserve these spaces and continue working towards a Pittsfield with an inclusive cultural identity that can be built upon by residents of all ages.

We will complete work on each studio as we meet our campaign benchmarks.

$5,000: Longfellow

$10,000: Thoreau

$15,000: Melville

$20,00: Hawthorne

$25,000: Holmes

Olga Touloumi

Marita and David Glodt

Jamie Goldenberg

Nicholas Russo

Paula and Samuel Thier

Michael and Licia Conforti

Charley Stevenson and Kate Brill

Jake Maclellan and Becca Parkinson

Auyon Mukharji

Kevin Roe and Eric Shannon

Stephanie Thier and Dan Kremens

Lincoln Michel

Sam Schanwald

Jean Ho

Wilbur Hyatt and Mary Ting Hyatt

Toni Judnitch

Sam Mayer

Audrey Thier and Peter Murphy

Jordan Brower and Ellen Song

Will Havemann and Hallie Davison

Ezra Feldman and Laura Martin

Devan and David Bartels

Karen and Jim Parkinson

Jeffrey Lawrence

Susan and Andy Kelly

Eric and Linzee Feigenbaum

Tessa Kelly and Chris Parkinson

Sarah Trudgeon and Aaron Thier

Perri Petricca and Michelle Thorpe

Ellen Kennedy and Mark Gold

Cabell Belk

Kristen and Steve Fragnoli

Brendan Mathews and Margaret Keller

Matthew O’Grady and Maya Herscovici

Nicole and Dan McManmon

Wooliver Roofing

Patrick and Marie Gormalley

Hans and Kate Morris

Mick Callahan

Patricia and Rob Buell

Ariel Ramchandani and Andrew Pizzi

Jen Petrocelli

Linda and Steve Crowe

Andrew Benner

Brooke Middlebrook

Michelle Komie

Zoe and David Chernicoff

Henry Benedict

Sridevi Reddy and Zac Culbreth

Alicia Christoff and Adam Hinds

Amanda Bell Goldmakher and Leo Goldmakher

Laura and Daniel Gura

Charles Wendell

Anouk Dey and Cameron Tudhope

Andrew Rubinstein and Lucy Wells

Waterfall Perry

Maggie Roth and Karti Subramanian

Regina Burgio

Marcia Mitchell and Henry Perry-Friedman

Janet Reich Elsbach

Ben Jaffe

Elizabeth Crane

Vivienne Jaffe

Sara Thier