2022
Traveling Exhibit in Holyoke
Extended through December 18, 2022 at the
Holyoke Heritage State Park Visitor Center
December hours: Open Wednesday – Sunday, 12-4, closed Monday & Tuesday
Fertile Ground: Corn, Cranberries, Tobacco, and Artists
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association’s traveling exhibit explores connections between the Connecticut River Valley’s agricultural landscape and generations of artists in the Fuller family of Deerfield.
Imaginary art studios represent three generations—George Fuller’s painting studio, Arthur Negus Fuller’s printmaking studio, and Elizabeth Brooks Fuller’s en plein air (outdoor) studio. Enjoy reproductions of oil paintings, prints, and watercolors from Memorial Hall Museum’s Fuller Collection and learn how farming influenced these artists’ work.
The Great Greenfield DinoFest
6th Annual Festival: Saturday & Sunday, December 10 & 11, 2022!
Local Arts ~Local History ~Local Lizards (er . . . actually dinos are ancestors of birds)
DinoFest, presented by Piti Theatre and PVMA, is a celebratory in-person and online series of performances, films, interactive exhibits and activities for children and more celebrating our local dinosaur footprints in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts and related history. Why? Because this is where the first scientific study in the world of dinosaur footprints took place! You can learn more on PVMA’s award winning website “Impressions from a Lost World” . . . This year DinoFest will be a combo of in-person and streaming events.
October 2022
The Living Landscape
Robert Strong Woodward
September 10 – October 30
Tuesday – Sunday
11 am – 4:30
Featuring 20 original works by acclaimed Western Mass landscape artist Robert Strong Woodward, including recently discovered and never-before-exhibited works.
Free! Donations appreciated
Presentation and Book Signing
Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2pm
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
10 Memorial Street, Deerfield, MA
Photographer Sandra Matthews and Indigenous activist David Brule will speak about the newly published photobook Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land. Matthews’ photographs of Massachusetts structures and historical markers (many from the Connecticut River Valley) raise questions such as: How do people occupy land and make it their “home”? How are these stories of occupation told? How can we now engage with difficult histories? Brule’s essay, published in the book, offers a model for moving forward.
Books will be available for sale and signing. Find more information here.
2022 SUMMER CONCERTS
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July 4, 2022
3 pm, Blue & White Room
Westmoreland Town Band FREE Concert
July 10 – August 28, 2022
OLD DEERFIELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT SERIES
Beautiful chamber music performed in the lovely Victorian setting of Memorial Hall Museum’s Music Room—newly renovated and air-conditioned—at 3 p.m. on Sundays July 10th through August 28th, 2022. Tickets: $10 for adults; $5 for seniors and students. Tickets available at the door. See schedule below.
NOTE: All musicians and MHM staff are fully vaccinated. Attendees are encouraged to wear a mask. Masks are available. Some performers may request all attendees to wear a mask.
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July 10, 2022
Ken Forfia, Piano
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July 17, 2022
Bella Voce
Lisa Woods, Mezzo-Soprano
Teri LaFleur, Soprano
Jerry Noble, Piano
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July 24, 2022
Michael Nix, Banjar
Chris Devine, Violin
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July 31, 2022
Jane Fiske, Piano
Amy McGlothlin, saxophone
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August 7, 2022
David Kopp, Piano
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August 14, 2022
Carol Hutter and Friends
Carol Hutter, Viola
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August 21, 2022
The Deerfield Trio
Mark Fraser, Cello
Anthony Berner, Violin
Yu-Mei Wei, Piano
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August 28, 2022
The Valtchev-Tchekoratova Duo
Gregory Valtchev, Violin
Lora Tchekoratova, Piano
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Juneteenth Concert
Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 3 pm
Join us in Memorial Hall Museum’s Music Room on June 19, 2022 at 3pm! A concert of song in celebration of Juneteenth! Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Featuring: Tenor Irwin Reese and Julia Bady, pianist
Tickets: $10 for adults; $5 for seniors and students. Tickets available at the door.
Julia Bady and Irwin Reese have enjoyed collaborating since 2010 and have performed throughout the New York/New England region. For more information, please visit Julia Bady’s website: www.juliabadypianist.com.
PVMA presents Piti Theatre’s
“Dexter and the Dinosaurs” 2022
PVMA presented Piti Theatre’s “Dexter and the Dinosaurs” on Sunday, June 12, followed by a post-show Q & A with Writer & Director Jonathan Mirin, PVMA’s Tim Neumann, Jurassic Roadshow’s Sarah Doyle and youth cast members.
Dexter is a dramedy for all ages with most roles played by Piti Theatre’s Youth Troupe and music by Northampton singer/songwriter Carrie Ferguson. The movie 
tells the life story of Dexter Marsh, a day laborer turned citizen scientist who discovered dinosaur tracks in front of Greenfield’s Town Hall in 1835 – before the word dinosaur had been invented. The preview version of the film was seen to much acclaim at the Great Greenfield Dinofest in December. Watch the new recorded event here. Run time: 30 minutes, plus 30 minutes of discussion.
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association is the fiscal sponsor.
