Old Stone Mill Center of Arts and Creative Engineering

Old Stone Mill center llc

Funding Received: 2016
Adams, MA
$325,000
Funding Period: 2 years and 11 months
www.oldstonemillcenter.org
Multidisciplinary | Environment & Energy | Rural
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Old Stone Mill Center of Arts & Creative Engineering
photo credit: Leni Fried
North entrance of mill on rte 8.
photo credit: Rosemary Wessel
Here's the first floor of the mill. There are work tables from an auction for the zero waste maker space.
photo credit: Mike Augspurger
Design charrette, held on October 3, 2016. 7 architects and designs, friend and partners in the Old Stone Mill project met to vision the infinite possibilities of the very first zero-waste maker space.
photo credit: Dorrie Brooks
We were able to get a great deal at a machine shop auction for 45 flat files. These will be used for the future printmaking studio.
photo credit: Leni Fried
The top floor is a 7000 sq foot open span with no posts. The building was built in 1860 from local limestone.
photo credit: Mike Augspurger

The Old Stone Mill will restore and reuse an historic mill as a zero waste maker space that will process community waste; serve as a center for economic innovation; and function as part of the region’s brand of cultural creation as part of a play to attract new residents.  The project will use applied arts, science, and technology to address environmental challenges and economic disinvestment in this rural context.

 

This is the video we did for the ArtPlace grant. We used the technique used in Monty Python movies. It's called cut out animation.

It represents the goals and aspirations for the mill.

 

 

Here is our bike and hands on learning program at Youth Center Inc. They are one of our partners in the ArtPlace grant.  When the mill is open we will have our Youth Programs there as well. For now every Friday we go there to work with the kids.

 

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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project

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The Old Stone Mill Receives Grant from Mass Development!
Feb 02, 2020
Baker-Polito Administration Announces $1.9 Million for Collaborative Workspaces Program funds physical infrastructure that will benefit entrepreneurial ventures at thirty-one local organizations WORCESTER , January 9,... Read More
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The Berkshire Eagle: Working with nature | The reusable business plan: Couple use old mill to put waste to good use
Apr 19, 2019
On a recent rainy day, a couple of painted prints were drying in one of the windows at the Old Stone Mill Center for Arts... Read More
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WAMC: Pittsfield BagShare Chapter Wants To Put A Reusable Bag In Your Hands
Apr 18, 2019
Following the model of a nearby community, Pittsfield, Massachusetts residents have organized a bag share program to promote the use of reusable bags. Almost six... Read More
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The Berkshire Eagle: Organizers launch BagShare in wake of Pittsfield plastic bag ban
Apr 16, 2019
Got reusable bags? Pittsfield organizers want to make sure you do. That's why they're launching a campaign to craft 15,000 reusable bags by January 2020... Read More
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Old Stone Mill Center Phase 1 about to get underway
Apr 01, 2017
Phase 1 of the Old Stone Mill Center is now in the final stretch of the planning stage - getting set to start renovations this... Read More
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Collecting a very large donation
Nov 29, 2016
One of our neighbors in Adams , walking distance from the mill is a linens rental service. Artists always look in dumpsters so we did... Read More
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Experimentation in Adams, MA
May 08, 2018
The Old Stone Mill Center Of Arts and Creative Engineering in Adams MA, was founded by Leni Fried and Mike Augspurger. Their mission is to...Read more