Author: Jane
Hanukkah Candle Lighting – 12/23/14
The community is invited to celebrate the 8th night of Hanukkah
Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 5:00pm
Rabbi Ben Weiner of Deerfield will light the candles and lead the blessings. We will also sing traditional Hanukkah songs and spin dreidles. If you have a Hanukkah menorah, bring it.
Come join in celebration of
religious freedom and
re-dedication to our ideals.
Everyone is invited!
There will be light holiday refreshments.
“Con-chair-to” was lovely
Our Oct 19th “Concerto” is now on
Saturday night Oct 18 at 8pm
Deerfield Arts Bank hosting a “con(chair)to” among the chairs!
Local trio “Wooden Ships” plays all original rootsy music with a dash of world percussion
Tom Daughton on guitar & vocals,
Rob Terreden, percussion,
Jim Ferry, bass
Radio Interview!
Click to listen to the NEPR radio interview about the exhibit “Chair Dreams…interpreted”
Classes – fall & winter
10 classes for Adults and 12 classes for Kids
Click on the tab for adults or kids for the wide selection.
Registration begins NOW by phone, by mail, or by email.
We accept checks and credit cards. Payments should be made by mail or at the first session.
by phone (413) 665-0123: leave participant’s name and number and the selected class title. If you are a parent, leave your name too.
by mail: Send the above information.
by email: send the above information to jane@deerfieldartsbank.com
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An Evening of Chair Massage
an evening of chair massage!
Tues. Sept 30
from 5:30-7:30pm
There is a modest charge: $1/minute with a 10 minute limit
Sign in begins at 5pm.
Refreshments will be served.
Caning & Weaving for chairs
Come one, come all to a free DEMO!
Sunday, Sept 21, 2014 (4-6pm)
Priscilla Williams will demonstrate several weaving and caning styles and methods.
She invites you to bring a problem chair for advice and a price quote.
Refreshments will be served.
Arnold Friedmann Talks About Classic Chairs
Classic Chairs of the 20th Century.
A slide lecture by Arnold Friedmann, retired professor of design in the Department of Art, Architecture, and Art History at UMass-Amherst. He will discuss chairs designed by Eames, Mies van der Rohe, Bertoia, and Thonet, among others.
Tuesday, September 16, 7:30 pm at Deerfield Arts Bank. Free to the public. 
Kibbutz Woman
It was mid afternoon as I entered my kibbutz; the motor urged me up the hill and I parked the old pick-up truck in front the members dining hall. No one was around; it was rest time for some and others were still at work. Zurichka eyed me from a distance as he advanced in my direction. Stocky, self contained, and dressed in blue overalls, he had a modified swagger that was common among the men here. He had never spoken to me, but he, like everyone else, had taken in and made their preliminary assessment of the new arrival: a freshly divorced woman, an American immigrant from Jerusalem and her two pretty daughters. I also knew how to drive a car—and a stick shift, at that. Only one other woman on the kibbutz could do that.
I could sense Zurichka distilling his thoughts to the essential words only.
“Did you just come from Jerusalem?”
“Yes,” I answered.
“Did you come up through the Bekaa? (The border road along the Jordan River.)
“Yes,” I repeated.
He took in the scene and pronounced: “At hevremanit.”
He didn’t wait for a response; there was none to make. I repeated the phrase to myself not sure yet what exactly he had said. I thought, but wasn’t sure, that I had been complimented. I took the phrase to my relatives and they confirmed what I had settled on. A “hervreman” is one of the guys; an okay fellow. “Hevremanit” is the rarely used feminine form.
I had received the ultimate Israeli compliment from a kibbutz old-timer.
ArtSalon – Thursday, April 17
The ArtSalon will be held at the Deerfield Arts Bank on Thursday, April 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, showcasing a variety of talent from the Valley.
What is The ArtSalon?
The ArtSalon is a dynamic social evening of engaging presentations by established and emerging artists in the Pioneer Valley. The ArtSalon provides an opportunity for artists and designers of all mediums to present their work and ideas in a format called Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) of 20 slides x 20 seconds each. Come meet and join the artists, creators, critics, and collectors in a friendly, social gathering of conversations about the arts in our community. At each Salon, four artists from the Pioneer Valley will present a slideshow of their work. Want to learn more? Email valleyartsalon@gmail.com
The Recorder: Deerfield Arts Bank to open in former Bank of America
From The Recorder, published November 1, 2013
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Rather than being a venue for cashing checks and signing loans, the former Bank of America building will become a place to exchange and show art.
Jane Trigere and Ken Schoen of South Deerfield purchased the Sugarloaf Street bank building and closed on the deal this month.
The main entrance of the bank will be transformed into an art gallery, displaying changing exhibits from local and national artists. The bankers’ exchange area will morph into an arts supply store, the bank manager’s office will become an art classroom and the ATM room will turn into an installation art room, called the ATM installation gallery.
All together, the site will become the new Deerfield Arts Bank, a title that represents the building’s past and present. [ read more of this story ]
Jane Trigere Art 