Books
 
Art World Dream
Alternative Strategies for Working Artists 
By Eric Rudd ©
$19.95 (Priority Mail and Handling: $5)
Contact: Cire Corporation-Publisher, Historic Beaver Mill, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247; Tel. 800.689.0978 Orders: contact@cirecorp.com
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You can have your art and eat, too! This is a book of good advice from an experienced artist. Rudd is a well-known sculptor and mixed media artist; and for ten years directed the Contemporary Artists Center, a not-for-profit artists' studio residency and exhibition facility in Massachussetts. He tells you how he got where he is, and how you too can manage your life so that you can live your dreams as an artist.
 
Art Studio/Loft Manual
For Ambitious Artists and Creators
By Eric Rudd ©
$19.95 (Priority Mail and Handling: $5)
Contact: Cire Corporation-Publisher, Historic Beaver Mill, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247; Tel. 800.689.0978 Orders: contact@cirecorp.com
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Another helpful resource from Eric Rudd. Here he offers practical tips on getting and financing work space. You'll learn Real Estate and legal issues and how to manage them, how to find money to pay for your space, how to fix up your space on the cheap, and more. You'll get 40 photographs and illustrations to help guide you. If you're up for the practical challenges involved, you'll thank Mr. Rudd for this guide.
 
A Portrait of Northern Berkshires. North Adams, Adams and Williamstown
By Eric Rudd ©;  Photography by Kelly Lee ©
 
Contact: Cire Corporation-Publisher, Historic Beaver Mill, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247; Tel. 800.689.0978 Orders: contact@cirecorp.com
The northern Berkshires offer a combination of natural beauty, historic charm, and the transformation of the industrial past into acclaimed art museums and cultural activity. Special feature: Pictures and text showcasing one of the most interesting and successful collections of artist lofts and art spaces outside a major city.
 
The Day Something Strange Happened in Sayulita 
(publishing date – Spring 2007)
Text and Illustrations By Eric Rudd ©
A children’s story, set in a small Mexican village on the pacific coast; with lots of color (photo-drawings) illustrations.
 
The Slums of Heaven (A Novel)
By Eric Rudd ©
(publishing date – TBA)
Movie and Publishing Rights; contact Eric Rudd, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
Stimulus: Life is a miracle.  From primordial seas to dining at a trendy new restaurant in the city, evolution is truly remarkable.  The vast majority of Americans believe in life after death, but ask them for a description of Heaven, and everyone stops.
 
Story:  An adventure story of epic proportions, The Slums of Heaven is the story of one man’s journey into a real Heaven.   But Heaven is changing! As the earth’s dying population in huge proportions threatens Heaven’s existence, the characters are swept into the dramatic events are they unfold.

Film script under development.

The Circumstances of My Life (A Novel)
By Eric Rudd ©
(publishing date – TBA)

This is a romantic tale about a young writer, born with disadvantages, who experiences love, success, and tragedy.  As he maneuvers through life’s complexities and circumstances in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Los Angeles, the island of Phu Quoc, Vietnam, and the small beach village of Sayulita, Mexico, he is watched over by his mentor, actor Dustin Hoffman.

Film script under development.
The Last North Adams Breakfast Club (Short Storyl)
By Eric Rudd ©
(publishing date – TBA)

Seven people meet for their bi-monthly breakfast under very unusual circumstances.

Plays
 
Wet Paint
By Eric Rudd ©
(1999- Three Acts; the play is available for theaters and theater school departments)
Contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
Performance Fee: $100.00 (for up to 2 week run)
This is a Cinderella type story about the New York world of contemporary art – including artists, collectors, models, dealers, museum directors, art students - and how one deserving artist becomes recognized, with help from his actor friend, by using the wheeling and dealing of art to promote his goals.  During the play, a contemporary masterpiece is created in front of the audience.
 
William Shakespeare’s ‘FLORIDA’
A New Play By Nikolai Rudd and Eric Rudd ©
(publishing date – Summer 2007)
Contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
Performance Fee: $100.00 (for up to 2 week run)
Synopsis: Spain, late 1400s; the king is dead; two half brothers vie for the throne.  A not-so-subtle parody on the Florida presidential election scandal.  Written in Shakespearean verse.  Published version with illustrations.
 
The Empresses’ Clothes  (2006; A short one-act play or script for a film short)
By Eric Rudd ©
Contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
Live Performance Fee: $25.00 (for up to 2 week run)
2 male, 3 female actors; some nudity.
A light beam hits a man waiting for the next commuter train and he can see people without their clothes on.  They think he’s a pervert. 
 
Film
 
Mass Murderer (11 minutes - 2005)
Written & Directed by Eric Rudd ©; Filming & Editing by David Lachman
Contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
Showing Fee: None; copy of DVD $25.00 plus postage.
A violent beginning leads to a dramatic twist ending – the film anticipated the controversy over violent video games and Pat Robertson’s suggestion that ‘we can assassinate whomever we want to.’
 
Film Scripts for Sale
 
The Slums of Heaven (A Novel)
By Eric Rudd ©
Under production: Available for film production; script and sequels currently under construction.
For Movie Rights, contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
 
William Shakespeare’s ‘FLORIDA’- A New Play
By Nikolai Rudd and Eric Rudd ©
Available for film production.
For Movie Rights, contact Rudd Studio, 189 Beaver Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Tel. 800.689.0978
 
 
"Artist Eric Rudd has built an incredible infrastructure to do his work.

Thomas Krens, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum