Out of the mouths of babes...

Nycole Gunn, 12, puts up descriptive signs on the transformation wall at the Storefront Artists Mainspace on Pittsfield's North Street as part of the 'Voices in Action' project. Photo by Caroline Bonnivier / Berkshire Eagle Staff.

"'Voices' of local change: Art project takes hard look at Pittsfield," is an article in the Berkshire Eagle, about an teen art project working with the Artist in residence at the Storefront Art Project. From the article:

If you listen, people will talk. Such was the lesson learned from "Voices in Action," a month-long collaborative art project taking place in downtown Pittsfield and created by eight local teens from the Gladys Allen Brigham Center and artist-in-residence Carla Repice for the Storefront Artist Project.

Their objective was simple: Hit the streets and start asking questions. The subject was Pittsfield; the questions were about change...

The teens agreed that working on the project was a wake-up call for them. In addition to the external interviews, the youths created their own artistic narratives about who they are and how they'd like to change, all of which will be on display.

But as hopeful as they are, the teenagers also seemed skeptical about whether they will see change in the near future.

"People realize the things that need to be done but don't want to be the first to do something," said Gunn.

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