Funds to support Barrington Stage Company,
Hancock Shaker Village, Mahaiwe Performing Arts and MASS MoCA
The Avangrid Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of
Berkshire Gas’s parent company Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR),
announced today that it has provided a total of $45,000 in grants
to four nonprofits in the Berkshires dedicated to the arts:
Barrington Stage Company, Hancock Shaker Village, Mahaiwe
Performing Arts and MASS MoCA.
“I am pleased for the Avangrid Foundation to support these four
organizations that are taking impactful steps to increase access to
the arts in the Berkshires,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “At
Avangrid, we recognize the critical need to protect, preserve and
promote cultural and artistic heritage. These grants will help to
accomplish this mission by funding programs that increase access to
these resources for our most disadvantaged populations.”
“Each of these programs provides a different avenue of access to
the arts for youth, families and our communities as a whole,” said
Pablo Colón, director of corporate citizenship at Avangrid and
executive director of the Avangrid Foundation. “Inclusivity and
equity are key components of thriving communities, and the Avangrid
Foundation is proud to support efforts that increase access to the
arts with these grants.”
Barrington Stage Company, a regional theatre company in the
Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, will use the $15,000 Avangrid
Foundation grant to support their Playwright Mentoring Program.
This six-month out-of-school program uses theater as a means of
providing a safe, creative and empowering experience for Berkshire
County youth. The participants, ages 12 to 19, work with a
playwright to create short plays and performance pieces based on
their personal stories. The goal is for the participants to develop
conflict-resolution and creative risk-taking skills and use the
foundation of theater to educate and empower themselves and their
peers.
“As the participants create short plays based on their personal
stories, we provide them with an artistic outlet, and a place where
they will feel welcome as they develop positive relationships with
their peers and adult role models (mentors),” said Martin
Mansfield, director of institutional giving at Barrington Stage
Company.
Hancock Shaker Village, a 750-acre museum celebrating the
history and legacy of the Shakers, will use the $10,000 Avangrid
Foundation grant to help fund its annual Free Community Day. During
this celebration, admission is free all day for all ages and
Spanish-speaking accessible programs are available. In addition to
the regular slate of museum offerings, special programming will be
offered during the Free Community Day, including a children’s
scavenger hunt, interactive and participatory art displays, craft
demonstrations, wood-working and blacksmithing workshops,
interpreter-led tours and Shaker talks, and visits with the
barnyard animals.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts, a local performing arts center that
strives to reach people of all ages and income levels, will use the
$10,000 Avangrid Foundation grant to support its various programs
that encourage people from traditionally marginalized communities
to actively participate in the arts. This includes Mahaiwe’s
Education program, Community Engagement program, and partnerships
with dozens of local arts and nonprofit organizations.
“We are grateful for Avangrid's support of the Mahaiwe's
Education and Community Engagement programs, which range from its
Spanish-language Community Advisory Network and Spanish-language
films and performances to free family events during the summer and
holidays, free tickets through Card to Culture, and a robust field
trip tradition that serves thousands of students throughout the
four-state region each year,” said Janis Martinson, executive
director of Mahaiwe. “In 2023, over 5,000 individuals attended
Mahaiwe shows with free or steeply discounted tickets, and the
Avangrid Foundation is helping to make that possible again this
year. Patrons tell us how vital these offerings are, providing
respite for people who work almost constantly, giving a large
family a shared celebration that would be otherwise out of reach,
or seeing a reminder of home on our stage. That contributes not
only to the well-being of individual neighbors, but also to the
health of our community as a whole.”
MASS MoCA, one of the world’s liveliest centers for making and
enjoying today’s most evocative art, will use the $10,000 Avangrid
Foundation grant to fund its Artist-in-Residence Workshops for
Teens. This program pairs teens from the museum’s Teen Activator
program with MASS MoCA’s artists-in-residence and/or master
teaching artists to encourage creative exchange between artists and
teens and help teens establish and develop their own artistic
practices. It will include two visual arts workshops and two
performing arts workshops, which will tie into MASS MoCA’s robust
exhibition and performance calendar.
“While students in our northern Berkshires region have the
opportunity to visit MASS MoCA on field trips through our school
partnership program, young artists deserve a place to explore,
exchange, and expand their ideas with others,” said Lisa Dent,
director of public programs at MASS MoCA. “The support from the
Avangrid Foundation provides resources for teen artists to develop
new skills, build community, and learn from MASS MoCA's vibrant
community of contemporary visual and performing artists. We are
excited to help the next generation of cultural leaders a place to
call their artistic home.”
About Avangrid Foundation: The Avangrid Foundation is an
independent, nonprofit organization that funds philanthropic
investments that primarily impact communities where Avangrid, Inc.
and its subsidiaries operate. Since 2001, the Avangrid Foundation
and its predecessors have invested more than $38.9 million in
partnerships that focus on building sustainable, vital and healthy
communities; preserving cultural and artistic heritage; advancing
education; and improving people’s lives. The Avangrid Foundation is
committed to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals in the United States. For more information, please visit
www.avangrid.com/avangrid-foundation.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be
the leading sustainable energy company in the United States.
Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $46 billion in
assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary
lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks
business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and
New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and
operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities
across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000
people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST
100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in
2024 for the fourth consecutive year. In 2024, Avangrid ranked
first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the
U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the
World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive
year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group
of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information,
visit www.avangrid.com.
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