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- A Quantum Leap Exhibition Offers an Opportunity to Experience the Art of Learning (December 22, 2005)
Have you ever wondered how to read hieroglyphics, what a map of the moon would look like in blue cheese, or what kind of habitat sustains a poison arrow frog? [Read more.]
- Bennington College Invites the Public to Writers' Readings (December 22, 2005)
Bennington College is pleased to welcome the public to its winter reading series as part of the graduate Writing Seminars Winter Residency. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Builds on International Scope of the Democracy Project—New Faculty and Chairman of Advisory Council Announced (December 6, 2005)
A key figure in the negotiations that helped guide South Africa from apartheid rule to a new democratic order has arrived on the Bennington College campus to teach in the College's new curricular initiative, the Democracy Project. [Read more.]
- International Scholar Speaks at Bennington College about Equal Access to Resources (November 23, 2005)
Kenneth Williams, faculty member at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, will present a lecture, “Social Justice in Intercultural Relations: Ensuring Equitable Access to Resources,” as part of Bennington College’s fall Social Science Colloquium. [Read more.]
- Artist Elisabeth Subrin Speaks at Bennington College about Documenting History (November 10, 2005)
Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and video artist Elisabeth Subrin will speak at Bennington College as part of the Visual Arts Lecture Series on Tuesday, November 15, 2005, at 7:30 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. [Read more.]
- Design? Yes. Intelligent? No! A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory (November 9, 2005)
Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, author of Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science, offers a critical analysis of “intelligent design theory” as part of Bennington College’s Robert H. Woodworth Lecture in the Sciences on Monday, November 14, 2005, at 7:30 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. [Read more.]
- Responding to Modern Art: Photo-Realist Don Eddy Speaks (November 4, 2005)
When expressionism pierced the painting community in the 1960s, artist Don Eddy rivaled the movement by combining concrete realism with abstract assertions. [Read more.]
- Political Historian and Author Maurice Isserman Speaks (November 3, 2005)
Maurice Isserman, described by The New York Times as “one of the best regarded left-wing scholars” and author of several books chronicling pivotal periods in American history, speaks at Bennington College about his recent biography, The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington, as part of the College’s Social Science Colloquium on Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 7:00 pm in Barn 100. [Read more.]
- Architect Deborah Berke Speaks about Timeless Design (October 28, 2005)
Deborah Berke, who has designed buildings and interiors for clients such as Calvin Klein, Marlboro College's School of Art, and Harpers Bazaar's art director, ironically became the "go to" architect for the rich and famous following a 1993 Vogue article highlighting her as "an architect for the populous." [Read more.]
- Artist Alex Galloway Speaks (October 20, 2005)
Computer programmer and artist Alexander Galloway visits Bennington College on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, and will speak at 7:30 pm in the Tishman Lecture Hall as part of the ongoing Visual Arts Lecture Series. [Read more].
- Bennington College Hosts Learning Democracy, A multi-National Conference of Democratic Nations (October 12, 2005)
As part of its major new curricular initiative, the Democracy Project, Bennington College is bringing together distinguished leaders and scholars from five nations that have undergone a noteworthy democratic transition. [Read more.]
- North Bennington Photographer Sally Apfelbaum Speaks (October 12, 2005)
North Bennington photographer Sally Apfelbaum, whose widely exhibited and commissioned work depicts public spaces—gardens, parks, plazas, and city halls—emphasizes the way in which people interact with her featured areas. [Read more.]
- Expert in Democracy and U.S. Foreign Policy to Speak at Bennington College (October 11, 2005)
Bennington College welcomes Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and author of Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq, on Sunday, October 16, 2005, at 8:30 pm. [Read more.]
- Bennington College President Honored with $1 Million Award for Extraordinary Leadership (October 10, 2005)
A private New York foundation has presented Bennington College with an extremely rare gift—$1 million in unrestricted funds—to establish The Elizabeth Coleman Presidential Discretionary Fund. [Read more.]
- Animating the Documentary: A Filmmaker Speaks (October 6, 2005)
Filmmaker Jenny Perlin creates documentaries by animating black-and-white drawings of everyday text and objects. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Reunion Weekend Offers Rare Films, Readings, and Dance Performances (October 6, 2005)
Bennington College's Alumni and Family Weekend opens its doors on Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, 2005, with a variety of events that are free and open to the public. [Read more.]
- Join Lord Holme, a Leader in the Democratic Party of the UK, for a Conversation (October 4, 2006)
Richard Holme, Lord of Cheltenham, a leader in the Liberal Democratic Party of the United Kingdom, chairman of Lead International, and The Royal African Society, arrives at Bennington College this week to assume his role as the new chair of the advisory committee for the Democracy Project, a recently launched curricular initiative at the College. [Read more.]
- Capturing the Human Experience: Video Artist Amy Jenkins Speaks (September 30, 2005)
Award-winning video installation artist Amy Jenkins will speak at Bennington College in Tishman Lecture Hall at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, October 4, 2005, as part of the ongoing Visual Arts Lecture Series at the College. [Read more.]
- Perspectives on Italian Democracy: A Film Series (September 29, 2005)
As part of the Isabelle Kaplan Center for Languages and Cultures' Fall and Spring Colloquium on Democracy, the College will present an Italian film series, with weekly film screenings beginning on Monday, October 3, 2005. [Read more.]
- Internationally Acclaimed Artist Eiko & Koma, in Residence at Bennington College, Open Their Delicious Movement Workshop to the Community (September 22, 2005)
Renowned choreographers and performers, Eiko and Koma, are artists-in-residence at Bennington College this fall. [Read more.]
- English Professor Speaks: One Man's Crusade Against Genocide (September 22, 2005)
Smith College professor Eric Reeves took an unexpected, unpaid sabbatical for more than six years to devote his professional and personal life to fighting genocide in Sudan—a country he's never visited—after what he describes as "a life-changing conversation." [Read more.]
- Bennington College Alumnus Jonathan Lethem '86 Wins Prestigious MacArthur "Genius Award" (September 20, 2005)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named best-selling author and Bennington College alumnus, Jonathan Lethem '86 as one of 25 new MacArthur Fellows for 2005. [Read more.]
- Bennington College's Early Childhood Center Welcomes New Teachers (September 19, 2005)
The director of the Early Childhood Center (ECC), the nationally accredited preschool and kindergarten at Bennington College, announces the addition of two new teachers to the staff, as the academic year gets underway. [Read more.]
- Blurring Art and Activism at Bennington College (September 15, 2005)
Mobile tent cities, protest armor, a five-foot by nine-and-a-half foot flag crafted of 18,000 plastic toy soldiers wrestling beneath a glaze of red, white, and blue are just a few illustrations of the revolutionary ways that art and political activism meet. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Accelerates Campus Renewal Effort (September 8, 2005)
Bennington College has received nearly $6 million in combined contributions from alumna and longtime supporter Penelope Perkins Wilson ’45 and the Getty Foundation, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles. [Read more.]
- Center for Creative Teaching at Bennington College Under New Leadership (September 2, 2005)
The Dean and Provost of Bennington College announces that scholar, professor, and author George Kamberelis has been appointed as the new director of the College’s Center for Creative Teaching (CCT). [Read more.]
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2005 News Releases
