Artist Directory
BAA’s Artist Directory is comprised of Artist Members within our Berkshire community. Listings are included in annual Berkshire Art Association Artist Membership.
Melanie Mowinski
Melanie Mowinski likes paper and what goes ON paper. She likes the visceral and paper becomes a vessel on which she prints, collages, constructs, and more. She draws inspiration from the landscape of her Berkshire Hills home and residencies/travels to places like Iceland, Morocco, Tasmania, Venice, and most recently, from along the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Mowinski embraces measurement and precision in the letterpress process as well as going rogue and making crazy lock-ups with super powerful magnets.
Diane Firtell
Not a photographer….but an artist who uses a camera, almost all of Diane's work, over the years, has originated from the photograph. Making art; a mystery to some, a mandate to others. And while she clearly fall into the latter category, the why still, often times, remains a mystery. Easily bored and not terrifically skilled technologically but, she enjoys being ever engaged in the "what is there for me to do that is different” experience…not necessarily to be different from other artists, but mostly to have a new creative experience for herself. While she continues to do what she enjoys doing, it is exciting for her to know that a year from now something she currently has no conscious awareness of will become part of a fresh and new body of work.
Julie Morgan
British born, but Berkshire inspired digital painter, Julie enjoys participating in charity work, and donating her paintings on recycled furniture. Also digital painter of various styles.
Judy McNutt
Judy lives in Pittsfield, and is driven by a love of all the arts. She is an actress, singer, playwright, Director, seamstress, acrylic painter, & also does: watercolors, mixed media/collage/recycling, printmaking, photography, & jewelry making.
Crystal Howcroft
Crystal of FishScale Creations creates mixed media artworks utilizing resins with various inclusions, wire, and found objects. By emphasizing aesthetics, Crystal touches on various overlapping themes and strategies.
Kristin Graves
Kristin Graves is interested in maps of various media, and using them as ways to illustrate various messages. Kristin's greatest art influences are Nancy Holt and Joseph Cornell.
Laura Christensen
Laura Christensen is a visual artist who paints on found vintage photographs. Her work combines past and present, photograph and painting. Many galleries and museums, including Simmons College, Kidspace at MASS MoCA, Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center, and M.A. Doran Gallery, exhibit her work. Recent awards include an A.R.T Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
Casey Albert
Casey Albert is a Graphic Designer and Photographer. In her spare time she creates art using repurposed records and record covers. In 2017 she donated a piece of work into the BAA’s annual 10×10 show.

