Deerfield Student Completes Music Video
Lauren "Elle" Mitchell '23 has completed her first music video during a gap year to work on her music; the full album is expected to be released in August of 2022…
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Featured in the New York Times: Musician Akshaya Avril Tucker ’11
So many reasons to love the brass winds! See what our alumnae has to say…
Ruthie Spencer ’22 Competing in the 2021 National Irish Dance Championships
On July 7, Ruthie Spencer '22 will be competing in the 2021 National Irish Dance Championships in Phoenix, AZ.
Winter Chamber Music Concert: Mozart’s Magic
Please join us for the Winter Chamber Music Showcase, Sunday, March 1, 2020, Wachsman Concert Hall, 4:00 pm. Featuring the music of that timeless charmer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the performance is sure to delight!
How I Became a Pirate: The Much-Beloved Children’s Musical in the Black Box This Weekend
There are three opportunities for the Deerfield community to see the show—no tickets necessary, and the running time is approximately 50 minutes. Please spread the word—friends are invited, and we would love to see your kiddies dressed as pirates!
Friday, February 21, @ 6:45 pm in the Black Box Theater, Hess Center for the Arts.
Saturday, February 22, @ 10:00 am and 2:00 pm in the Black Box Theater, Hess Center for the Arts (please note that our 10:00 am show is already in high demand, and we recommend the 2:00 pm show).
Old School Advertising
Hand drawn theater poster from the 1987 spring senior play, 15″x 20″.
Pete Nelson ’81: 2017 Wick Huffard Visiting Architect
Pete Nelson '81, star of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters, spoke at School Meeting today as the 2017 Wick Huffard Visiting Architect. Pete and his team have traveled the world designing and building everything from simple one-room treehouses to amazing abodes with all the comforts of more traditional homes.
Thanks to the generosity of the Huffard family, every year a Huffard Architect is named and comes to Deerfield to share their work with students, faculty, and staff. The program was established in 2005 in memory of Wick Huffard '03, who had hoped to pursue a career in architecture after college.
Deerfield Theater Students Featured in the Local News
Today’s Greenfield Recorder included an article about Deerfield theater students’ production of Pinkalicious, The Musical, which they took on the road to a local elementary school yesterday. The students will go even further afield this summer, when they bring Pinkalicious to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Big Ink on Campus
In anticipation of Deerfield’s Reimagining Audubon exhibition, printmaker Lyell Castonguay visited campus today to demonstrate his craft outside the Hess Center for the Arts. Castonguay is director of BIG INK, a collaborative project that encourages the practice and understanding of large woodcut. He lives in Easthampton, MA, and his work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Foggy Friday
Deerfield’s campus is shrouded in mist this morning…
Cryptonyms in the von Auersperg Art Gallery
There’s a very cool new exhibit in the von Auersperg Art Gallery—titled Cryptonyms, it features the work of local artist Fafnir Adamites. The exhibit runs now through October 29, and the von Auersperg Gallery is open Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm and by appointment. Admission is free, and the public is welcome!
Biohazard: Iconic Symbol Designed to be “Memorable but Meaningless”
In the early 20th Century, the United States Army labs used an inverted blue triangle, for instance, while the Navy employed a pink rectangle; meanwhile, Universal Postal Convention called for a white staff-and-snake on a violet field for biological transportation. While developing containment systems for dangerous biological materials with the NIH, workers at Dow grew concerned that this lack of universality was contributing to accidental infections of laboratory personnel.