Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA / Hess Center for the Arts
Completed:
2014
Size:
85,000
LEED:
Certified
Designed to support the demands of Deerfield’s growing Art and Music departments, the new Arts Center provides universal access to all spaces in the Arts Complex. The addition contains a 175-seat chamber music hall, 5 new art studios, a new art gallery and increases the seating in the school’s main auditorium from 700 seats to 850 seats. Additionally, the renovation also provides a music recording studio, 12 new music practice rooms and a second dance studio as well as new infrastructure for theater performances.
Photographer: Warren Patterson
"Bringing all of the arts and performance facilities together, and integrating the new Hess Center seamlessly with the rest of the campus, provides students and faculty with exciting new opportunities for learning and creative expression.”"
Dr. Margarita Curtis
