75th Anniversary Celebration Takes to the Road

In many ways, Bennington's 75th Anniversary celebration was like a party that you didn't want to end.

Beginning with the largest-ever all-class reunion in October, the celebration then rolled off campus, reaching out to hundreds of alumni across the country. In just three months, the celebration covered five cities and brought together some of our oldest and most recent alumni to honor Bennington’s past and to celebrate its future.

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Regional Events

Based on your feedback, the once-annual on-campus reunion is now held every three years so that alumni can celebrate milestones with classes clustered around their graduating year. In the intervening years, we offer more robust regional events. Please contact us if you know of a great space for an event or if you would like to host or help plan a gathering in your area.

ATLANTA ALUMNI GATHERING

Hosted by Sarah Boardman '01
   and Tim Verras '03
May 16 | 7:00-9:00 pm
One Eared Stag, 1029 Edgewood Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA; to attend, RSVP here and please include the name of your guest(s).

Senior Conference

13 alumni participated in Senior Conference on February 17-18 with close to 57 students attending the two day sessions. Lincoln Shatz '86 gave the keynote address with sessions by Justin Stone '96, Marni Majorelle '01, Chandler Smith '05, Eric Taxier '05, Chrissy Souder '04, Sofia Alvarez '07, Catharine Maloney '05, Shazia Bakar '00, Elizabeth Wisker '08, Jess Chochrane '09, Barbara Abercrombie '71, and Rick Little '01. Sessions included graduate school panels, entrepreneur panel, Career Round table, money management, healthcare and grant writing.

Portland, OR

Portland alumni and FWT students gathered at the event co-hosted by Jessica Phillips ’99 and Abby Pierce ’99, with featured artist Vinnie Angel on January 24. About 20 alumni and students mingled for a cocktail reception followed by a talk with the artist.

PARIS ALUMNI GATHERING

Hosted by Alexandra Hughes '73
May 8 | 6:30-8:30pm
Visual Arts Faculty Mary Lum and Yoko Inoue will be attending. To attend, RSVP here and please include the name of your guest(s).

Winter Warm Up

The '80s, 90s, and '00s NYC Winter Warm Up event on Februrary 9 at Big Foote Music + Sound, the Union Square work loft of Ray Foote ’82 and Sherman Foote ’85, hosted by 19 committee members including Sofia Alvarez ’07, David Anthony ’96, Catherine Croner ’85, Marri Davis ’86, Arjun Desai ’88, Ray Foote ’82, Sherman Foote ’85, Daniel Grossman ’04, Ben Hall ’04, Sparrow Hall ’98, Nathan Jew ’04, Jen Laskey ’96, Henry Lyon ’11, Catharine Maloney ’05, Jodi Marchowsky ’98, Eben Moore ’96, Matthew Moss ’94, Sekka Scher ’90, Dylan Thuras ’04. Approximately 250 alumni and friends came to the event which featured Sparrow Hall (Seth DeCroce '98) as dj; a reading by Mohammed Naseehu Ali '95; and magic by Ben Mack '94.

Brooke Anderson lunch

Approximately 25 students attended the luncheon and talk with Brooke Anderson '84 on March 4. They learned about her work at LACMA and her passion for self-taught artists. The discussion was led by visual arts faculty members Andy Spence and Ann Pibal.

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco alumni and students gathered in the community room of Suzanne Harris ’41 building on January 29. A mix of older alumni, recent San Francisco transplants, and students in the area for FWT connected with one another and shared Bennington stories. The gathering was co-hosted by Suzanne Harris ’41, Danielle Forestier ’66, Sarah Kermensky ’00, Sara Scripps ’01, and Emily Tareira ’10.