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

Sukie and David Amory

Devan and David Bartels

Cabell Belk

Henry Benedict

Andrew Benner

Jordan Brower and Ellen Song

Regina Burgio

Patricia and Rob Buell

Mick Callahan

Zoe and David Chernicoff

Alicia Christoff and Adam Hinds

Michael and Licia Conforti

Elizabeth Crane

Linda and Steve Crowe

Cultural Resources Foundation

Carl and Claudia Davis

Anouk Dey and Cameron Tudhope

Janet Reich Elsbach

Ezra Feldman and Laura Martin

Eric and Linzee Feigenbaum

Kristen and Steve Fragnoli

Marita and David Glodt

Jamie Goldenberg

Amanda Bell Goldmakher and Leo Goldmakher

Patrick and Marie Gormalley

Laura and Daniel Gura

Will Havemann and Hallie Davison

Jean Ho

Wilbur Hyatt and Mary Ting Hyatt

Ben Jaffe

Vivienne Jaffe

Toni Judnitch

Susan and Andy Kelly

Ellen Kennedy and Mark Gold

Tessa Kelly and Chris Parkinson

Michelle Komie

Jeffrey Lawrence

Jake Maclellan and Becca Parkinson

Brendan Mathews and Margaret Keller

Sam Mayer

Nicole and Dan McManmon

Lincoln Michel

Marcia Mitchell and Henry Perry-Friedman

Brooke Middlebrook

Hans and Kate Morris

Auyon Mukharji

Matthew O’Grady and Maya Herscovici

Abigail Pandeff

Karen and Jim Parkinson

Waterfall Perry

Perri Petricca and Michelle Thorpe

Jen Petrocelli

Ariel Ramchandani and Andrew Pizzi

Sridevi Reddy and Zac Culbreth

Kevin Roe and Eric Shannon

Maggie Roth and Karti Subramanian

Nicholas Russo

Andrew Rubinstein and Lucy Wells

Sam Schanwald

Charley Stevenson and Kate Brill

Will and Sarah Sturgis

Audrey Thier and Peter Murphy

Paula and Samuel Thier

Sara Thier

Stephanie Thier and Dan Kremens

Olga Touloumi

Sarah Trudgeon and Aaron Thier

Charles Wendell

Wooliver Roofing