NBCA Faculty

Tracy Baker-White
Tracy Baker-White grew up in the southern states of Tennessee, Virginia, and Arkansas. She graduated from Williams College, where she received the Royal Society of Arts Award in 1980. She also studied at the Sarah Lawrence College studio art program in Lacoste, France. After completing a Master's Degree at the University of Washington, Baker-White spent 20 years working as a Museum educator in California, Texas, and Washington D.C. She returned to the Berkshires in 2003. Since that time Baker-White has exhibited works in juried exhibitions in Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Missouri, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Rhode Island.

Emily Brannan

Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. For the past decade, he has been active in New York, Los Angeles, and Massachusetts, participating in and organizing group and solo exhibitions.

Elin Hardenberg


Amanda Hartlage
Amanda Hartlage was born and raised in North Adams, MA. She attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received a BA in Journalism and Art History. A certified teacher in early childhood education and visual arts for grades k-12 she returned to Berkshire County to dedicate more time oil painting in a pop surrealist style. Her work has been featured in several shows at MCLA Gallery 51 and in the 2008 Open Studios at the Beaver Mill where she resides. She truly believes in the adage, "If the kids are united they will never be divided."


Tony Israel


Ann Kremers
Ann Kremers is an artist, a calligrapher and illustrator living and working in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Williams College and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute are regular calligraphy clients of Ann’s. Bennington College, Crane & Co., the Music Department at Harvard University, Laurin Publishing, Storey Publishing, The Mount and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts are some of the wide range of business and institutional clients Ann has worked with.  She also works closely with wedding and event planners, scientists and other individuals on a variety of calligraphy and illustration projects.

David Lane's blog Porchlight Paintings has allowed him to connect with like minded artists and collectors from all over the world. David enjoys painting small scale still life that can be completed in one or two sessions. His art has been featured in Berkshire Living Magazine and the North Adams Transcript. He is also a Plein Air enthusiast and almost always paints from life. When he's not painting, David teaches theatre at the University At Albany.

Marlene Leonard

John McDonald is a native of Lafayette, Indiana, and has been painting and illustrating for over 26 years. Eschewing the narrow and fixed label of illustrator or painter, John sees himself as an image maker, creating illustrations, plein air oil landscapes, digitally-colored woodcuts, and spontaneous "source" paintings in tempera. John has been a long-time member of the Graphic Artists Guild, Society of Illustrators, and Illustrator's Partnership of America.



Molly Polk

Leslie Reed-Evans is the Executive Director of the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, a land trust located in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Nova Wyatt Rockwell BFA,University of Oklahoma, studied at the Brooklyn Museum School, New York University, and School of Visual Arts in New York City. Rockwell has taught art to children in various private and public schools, art schools and museums in Berkshire County.

Sally Sussman has an MFA in painting from Michigan State University and a BS in art from Bowling Green University in Ohio. She has exhibited her work in juried exhibitions and gallery spaces and has especially enjoyed being a part of shows featuring women's art work. Sally has lived and worked in the Northern Berkshires for the past twenty-seven years.


Linda Wagner
Linda Wagner has worked with children for the past 34 years as a classroom teacher, owner of a local nursery program, and Youth Education Coordinator at Berkshire Botanical Garden. As an avid gardener, she has moved from elementary education to science and environmental studies through her education and horticultural consultation business, “Outside In”. Her association with NBCA began three years ago. At that time she had left her position at the Botanical Garden to offer enrichment programs in the Earth and Life Sciences in the elementary schools. Many skills needed in science are also skills needed in art. Observation, attention to detail, and understanding of techniques and materials have a relevance to both art and science. By combining the two subjects, the children have an opportunity for creative expression while gaining a better understanding of their world.

NBCA is located in the Western Gateway Heritage State Park:
From the East: West on Rte. 2 to North Adams to Rte. 8 south. Take a right after the Hadley Overpass into the parking lot.
From the West: East on Rte. 2 to downtown North Adams to Rte. 8 south. Take a right after the Hadley Overpass into the parking lot. NBCA is located in the first building you see, across from the main parking lot.

The park is home to a number of other community organizations, including the Western Heritage Gateway State Park Visitors Center, North Adams Local History Museum, Northern Berkshire Community Television Corporation. Tala's Quilt Shop, and the Frieghtyard Pub are also located in the park.

Our facility is handicap accessible and class participants can be dropped off directly in front of the building.