You are cordially invited to a Bank of Exchange/Value Community Arts Event.

The Bank of Exchange/Value is a community initiative founded by Wendy Ewald's collaborative art class, at Amherst College. We are an open group who perform favors for each other in an effort to build community bonds between students, and seniors. This event is a gathering to promote that spirit and to extend our message and group into the local residential community.

Join us on Wednesday, October 27th, from 3 to 5pm for poster and tote bag making at the Ann Whalen Apartment Community Room.

The Exchange/Value team needs help making posters for our next event, and what better way than integrating local friends and functional art!

We will provide the art supplies, and give an overview on the Bank of Exchange/Value Project.


We hope to see you there!

Ann Whalen Apartments Community Room
33 Kellogg Avenue
Amherst Center, MA

Fun at the dessert potluck!

We had a sweet time on Monday as we indulged in a variety of desserts! Hisham's baklava was the first to go, and slowly we finished the rest of the delicacies! This event exemplified what it means to exchange. In the last newsletter, we asked ourselves, what the meaning of exchange was in the first place. It is not necessarily a quid pro quo match up. In other words, exchanging goods and services can occur between multiple people. For the potluck, I made chocolate strawberries and someone bought an oreo chocolate cake. While neither of us may have indulged in the other's good, we still pleased other peoples' taste buds. Everyone was truly pleased because many people were able to offer a delciious treat. Sharing is what allows this kind of exchange to happen. Let's keep doing it! Send us your ideas for another potluck event in the Fall and get involved!

Welcome to the Bank of Exchange/Value

Here are 4 easy steps to start exchanging!

1. Read about us: It will all make sense in just one minute!
2. Find services: Look for weekly services that are being offered or needed.
3. Get in touch!: Match your needs to someone else's offer, or vise versa, and contact them on your own.
4. Get involved!: Have something new to add to the Weekly Services chart? Simply fill out the form provided on this site and see your needs and offers published within a day!