Courses
Fall 2021
100 Experiments
Jonathan Kline13 Zines: Research, Drawing, Design
Mary LumA Brief Introduction to Astronomical Observing
Hugh CrowlActor’s Instrument
Kirk JacksonActor’s Instrument
Jennifer RohnAdvanced Ceramics Projects: Self and Clay
Anina MajorAdvanced Chamber Music
Nathaniel ParkeAdvanced Film/Video Projects I
Mariam GhaniAdvanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians
Susan Sgorbati & Joseph AlparAdvanced Improvisation Ensemble of Dancers and Musicians
Joseph Alpar & Susan SgorbatiAdvanced Jazz Piano
Jen AllenAdvanced Piano
Christopher LewisAdvanced Piano – Intensive
Christopher LewisAdvanced Printing and Projects in Lithography
Thorsten DennerlineAdvanced Projects in Dance
Dana ReitzAdvanced Topics in Biology and Biochemistry: From the Cradle to the Grave – The Life and Death of Proteins
Amie McClellanAdvanced Voice
Thomas BogdanAdvanced Voice
Kerry Ryer-ParkeAfter Oil: The Promise and Problems of Alternative Energy
John BullockAGAPE: Love in the Time of Pandemic, Hate and Insurrection
Vivian NixonAn Actor’s Technique: Nuts and Bolts
Jennifer RohnAnthropology of Religion
Noah CoburnAnti-Perspective
Farhad MirzaArt and Entrepreneurship
Lauren RuffinArtist’s Portfolio
Dana ReitzArtist’s Portfolio: Parts I (the verbal) & Part II (the visual)
Dana Reitz & Dakota PaceBanjo
John KirkBass Intensive
Michael BisioBass with Bisio
Michael BisioBeat by Beat: Script Interpretation for Theatre Makers and Their Friends
Dina JanisBeginning Cello
Nathaniel ParkeBeginning Guitar
Hui CoxBeginning Violin/Viola
Kaori WashiyamaBeyond Plastic Pollution
Judith EnckBeyond Plastic Pollution
Judith EnckBlack Nature Writing
Phillip B. WilliamsBrain, Behavior, and Cognition
Blake JonesBuilding Regenerative and Resilient Communities
Susan SgorbatiCan Restorative Justice Work in Cases of Intimate Violence?
Alisa Del TufoCello
Nathaniel ParkeCeramic History: Global Perspectives
Yoko Inoue & Anina MajorChemistry 1: Chemical Principles (with Lab)
John BullockChild Development
Emily WatermanChoice and Consequence – Alternative History
Sherry KramerCine-Ecologies
Keisha KnightCivil Society in Conflict Resolution
Rotimi SuberuCoding Workshop
Jim MahoneyCommonplace Treasure
Annette LawrenceComposing for Instruments
Allen ShawnComposing for the Choir
Kitty BrazeltonComputational Craft
Dakota PaceConceptualizing the Environment
Paul La FargeContact Improvisation: Tools for Life
Tal Shibi, MFA Teaching FellowConversations
Noëlle Rouxel-CubberlyCréatrices
Noëlle Rouxel-CubberlyCuisine, Culture, and Identity
Stephen ShapiroCulture, Environment and Sustainable Living
Miroslava PrazakDalcroze Eurhythmics: A Pedagogy for Noticing
Chris RoseDance Intensive: Embodiment through Improvisation and Performance
Elena DemyanenkoDance on Film to TikTok Culture: Framing the Rendered Body
Elena DemyanenkoDance Teleportation: Beyond Space and Time
Mina Nishimura & Kota YamazakiDecolonize Everything! Anthropology and Empire in the Global South and Global North
David BondDelights of Ephemera
Anne ThompsonDining Culture in Taiwan
Ginger LinDirecting II
Kirk JacksonDrawing As Record
Mary LumDrawing In Pieces: Collage, Décollage, Assemblage
Mary LumDrumming: An Extension of Language
Michael WimberlyEmbodying Structure: Construction of the Corset
Richard MacPikeEmerging Research in Integrative Physiology
Blake JonesEnvironmental Geology
Tim SchroederExamining Equality and Equity through the Analysis of Japanese Society in the Edo Period and Meiji Period
Ikuko YoshidaExperimental Sound Practices
Senem PirlerExtragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology
Hugh CrowlFaculty Performance Production: Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Shawtane BowenFascinating Rhythm: Costume Design for Musicals
Charles SchoonmakerForm and Process: Investigations in Painting
Annette LawrenceForm Finding Fiction
Seher AzizFoundations of Global Politics
Rotimi SuberuFoundations of Photography: Digital Practice
Elizabeth WhiteFourier Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
Andrew McIntyreFugue
Nicholas BrookeFundamentals of Creative Writing
Jenny BoullyGender, Inequality and Social Change
Miroslava PrazakGenesis
Carol PalGenome Jumpstart: An Introduction to Bioinformatic Analysis
Amie McClellanGhostly Body- The Art of Absence
Mina NishimuraGraduate Assistantship in Public Action
Susan SgorbatiGraduate Research in Dance
Dana ReitzGraduate Research in Public Action
Susan SgorbatiGraduate Seminar on Pedagogy and Public Action
TBAGraduate Teaching Fellow Assistantship in Dance
Dana ReitzHand-drawn Animation
John CroweHarlem & the Northern Renaissance: New/Amsterg@ddam, 1450-now
J. Vanessa LyonHistorical Fictions/Fictional Histories
Marguerite FeitlowitzHistory of Animation
Sue ReesHistory of Music at Bennington College 1932-present
Allen ShawnHistory of Science: From Aristotle to Newton
Carol PalHistory of the Book
Carol PalHistory of Theater II
Maya CantuIn and Out of Italy: Migration Fluxes Through the Boot
Barbara AlfanoInfrastructures of Imagination
Keisha KnightInsider Perspectives on the Francophone World I
Stephen ShapiroIntermediate Guitar
Hui CoxIntermediate Video: Amnesia and the Archive
Jen LiuIntermediate Violin/Viola
Kaori WashiyamaIntermediate Voice
Thomas BogdanIntermediate Voice
Kerry Ryer-ParkeIntermediate Voice
Thomas BogdanIntermediate Voice
Kerry Ryer-ParkeInternet Seminar
Jim MahoneyIntro to Max
Nicholas BrookeIntroduction to Climate and Weather
Tim SchroederIntroduction to Computer Science
Tim SchroederIntroduction To Quantitative Reasoning and Modeling
Kathryn MontovanIntroduction to Relief Printing
Thorsten DennerlineIntroduction to Sound Recording and Mixing
Senem PirlerIntroduction to Sound Recording and Mixing Lab
Senem PirlerIntroduction to Video
Mariam GhaniIntroduction to Video
Mariam GhaniIntuitive Electronics for Sound
Jen KutlerJavanese Gamelan
Nicholas BrookeJazz Ensemble
Jen AllenJazz Theory
Jen AllenKalón and Chaos: The Secret History and its References
Benjamin AnastasKant Seminar: The Three Critiques
Paul VoiceLanguage as System and Social Behavior
Thomas Leddy-CecereLanguage, Power and Belonging in the Middle East and North Africa
Thomas Leddy-CecereLetterpress Printing and Typography
Thorsten DennerlineLife Drawing Lab
Colin BrantLinear Algebra
Andrew McIntyreLives of Quiet Desperation: the Transcendentalists vs. America
Benjamin AnastasLiving to Learn, Learning to Live: Readings in Contemporary South American Fiction
Marguerite FeitlowitzLost and Found in the Nineteenth Century
Eileen ScullyLost and Found in the Nineteenth Century
Eileen ScullyMakam and Usul
Joseph AlparMallet Percussion Ensemble
Michael WimberlyMandolin
John KirkMass Affect: Media Culture and Theory
Jen Liu, Mariam Ghani & Senem PirlerMetal Casting : Iron and Aluminum
John UmphlettMetal Workshop
John UmphlettModern Guitar
Hui CoxMovement Practice: Ballet Anarchy
Kota YamazakiMovement Practice: Non-Stop Moving
Kota YamazakiMovement Practice: The Body Speaking
Levi GonzalezMovement Practice: The Gentle Warrior
Tal Shibi, MFA Teaching FellowMovement Practice: The Phenomenal State of Permeability
Maura GahanMovement Practice: The Principles of Allongé
Maura GahanMovement Practice: The Principles of Allongé
Maura GahanMuriel Spark and the Vanishing Novel
Benjamin AnastasMusic Composition for Dance
Michael WimberlyMusic Theory 1 – Applied Fundamentals
John KirkMutants: Genetic Variation and Human Development
Amie McClellanNon-normative Bodies
Levi GonzalezOrdinary Differential Equations
Andrew McIntyreOut of the Ordinary: Costume Design for Fantasy
Charles SchoonmakerPaint to Motions
Yifan JiangPerceptions of Reality in 20th Century Latin American Literature
Lena Retamoso UrbanoPhilosophical Reasoning
Paul VoicePhoto Zines
Veronica MelendezPhotographic Portraiture: Rethinking Representation
Elizabeth WhitePhotography Foundations, Analog + Digital
Jonathan KlinePhysics I: Forces and Motion (with Lab)
Hugh CrowlPiano
Joan ForsythPiano
Yoshiko SatoPiano Lab I
Joan ForsythPiano Lab I
Joan ForsythPiano Lab I
Joan ForsythPiano Lab II
Joan ForsythPlacing Art at the Heart of Community Building
Miroslava Prazak & Kerry Ryer-ParkePLAY!
Divine BradleyPLAY!
Divine BradleyPopulation and the Environment: From Population Bomb to Environmental Justice
David EisenhauerPortable Nature
Farhad MirzaPracticing Courage in Dance Making
Levi GonzalezPre-Fellowship Class For Endeavor Foundation Environmental Action Fellowship
Judith EnckPresentation of Statistics
Josef MundtProbability and Bayesian Statistics
Kathryn MontovanProjects in Sculpture: Making it Personal
Jon IsherwoodPropaganda in Modern Chinese Culture
Ginger LinPrototyping An Innovation Lab
David ZicarelliPsychological Study of Sex and Gender
Özge SavasPsychological Study of Sex and Gender
Özge SavasRakugo and Humor: The Art of Storytelling
Ikuko YoshidaReading and Writing Fiction: Lies, Spies & Private Eyes
Manuel GonzalesReading and Writing Poetry: Image and Detail
Michael DumanisRelation, Reflection, Refraction: Contemporary South American Fiction
Marguerite FeitlowitzRemote but Intensively Collaborative Composition
Kitty BrazeltonResearching Human Rights
Rotimi SuberuScreenwriting: The Story Studio
Manuel GonzalesSculptural Equilibrium: Contemporary Context of Ikebana
Yoko InoueSeminar on Monolingualism
Thomas Leddy-CecereSenior Projects in Literature
Jenny BoullySenior Seminar in Society, Culture, and Thought
Tatiana Abatemarco, Özge Savas & Eileen ScullySensory Exploration/Scene Study
Dina JanisShakespeare’s Tragedies
Paul La FargeSilkscreen Printmaking
Corinne RhodesSing
Kerry Ryer-Parke & John KirkSlow Studio
Sal RandolphSocial Stratification
Debbie WarnockSociology of Education
Debbie WarnockSpatial Narratives
Dana ReitzSpeaking of Earth: Environmental Speeches that Moved the World
Michael CohenStage Management Process
Michael GiannittiStill + Moving Image
Jonathan KlineStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Jim MahoneySurrealism in Latin America: Origins and Reception
Lena Retamoso UrbanoTai-Chi & Qi-Gong
Ginger LinTake On, Take Off: from Inspiration to Travesty
Kirk JacksonThe Art of Stage Design
Michael GiannittiThe Bible as a Key to Environmental Thought
Michael CohenThe Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place
Dana ReitzThe Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place
Dana ReitzThe Book of Deuteronomy & the Book of Jonah
Michael CohenThe Curatorial: Your Top Ten
Anne ThompsonThe Daoist Tales
Ginger LinThe Hand As Tool
Anina MajorThe Key to Songs
Nicholas BrookeThe Language of Persuasion
Sarah HarrisThe Magical Object
Sherry KramerThe Mathematics of Optimal Strategies: Introduction to Game Theory
Kathryn MontovanThe Political Economy of the American Coast: Past, Present, and Future of a Dynamic Landscape
David EisenhauerThe Power of Image
Lena Retamoso UrbanoThe Problem of Sylvia Plath
Mark WunderlichThe Regeneration Generation: Rebuilding the Natural Abundance of Earth
Jesse McDougallThe Romantic Poets
Michael DumanisThe Sacred Bridge: Muslim and Jewish Soundscapes of the Middle East
Joseph AlparThe Scriptorium: Beauty
Camille GuthrieThe Scriptorium: Beauty
Camille GuthrieThe Special Immigrant Visa Program: A Research Seminar and Case Study of Immigration Reform
Noah CoburnTheater Games and Improvisation
Shawtane BowenTime, Memory, and Meaning Making
Sherry KramerToni Morrison and Afro-Diasporic (Re)Mything
Phillip B. WilliamsToward a Rigorous Art History
J. Vanessa LyonTraditional Music Ensemble
John KirkTraditional Music of North America
John KirkType | Prototype
Seher AzizUnderstanding and Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences
Emily WatermanUnderstanding Food Insecurity in Bennington 3
Tatiana Abatemarco & Susan SgorbatiUnderstanding Media
Joe DonahueViolin/Viola
Kaori WashiyamaVirtual Tours of Japan: Explore and Learn About Japan
Ikuko YoshidaVisual Arts Lecture Series
J. Vanessa LyonVisual Arts Lecture Series Seminar
J. Vanessa LyonWhat is Radicalism in Practice?
Kriss MinceyWhat is Radicalism in Practice?
Kriss MinceyWhat is Sculpture
Jon IsherwoodWorlding: Building in Digital Space
Yifan Jiang
Spring 2021
3D Modeling for Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking
Farhad MirzaA Community Health Approach to Social Emergencies, American Racism, and Firearm Injury Prevention
Dr. Christopher BarsottiAction Research Lab for Food Sovereignty
Tatiana AbatemarcoActors Instrument
Kirk JacksonAdvanced Chamber Music
Nathaniel ParkeAdvanced Jazz Piano
Bruce WilliamsonAdvanced Linear Algebra
Andrew McIntyreAdvanced Mixing Techniques
Senem PirlerAdvanced Modular Soft Synths
Sergei TcherepninAdvanced Piano
Christopher LewisAdvanced Piano – Intensive
Christopher LewisAdvanced Projects in Film and Video
Jen LiuAdvanced Screenwriting
Manuel GonzalesAdvanced Voice
Kerry Ryer-ParkeAdvanced Voice
Tom BogdanAdvanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing: The Contemporary Idiom
J BlackwellAdvanced/Senior Projects in Dance
Elena Demyanenko & Levi GonzalesAlgorithms and Data Structures
Jim MahoneyAmerican Food 2021
Ben HallAmerican Theater NEXT
Jenny RohnAn Actors Technique: Nuts and Bolts
Dina JanisAn Environmental History of Food and Farming
Kerry WoodsAnimation Projects
Sue ReesApplied/Engineering Physics
Tim SchroederArt Deco Style
Charles SchoonmakerArt in Captivity: The Images, Sounds, and Rhetoric of Freedom
Vivian NixonArt of Alterity: Representation and Otherness in American Visual Culture, 1839-1939
J. Vanessa LyonBanjo
John KirkBasic Audio Technology for Drama/Dance Productions
Curt WellsBass Intensive
Michael BisioBass with Bisio
Michael BisioBasso Continuo & You – Lab
Kitty BrazeltonBasso Continuo & You—Remote
Kitty BrazeltonBeginning Cello II
Nat ParkeBeginning Guitar
Hui CoxBeginning Violin/Viola
Kaori WashiyamaBeginning-Intermediate Potter’s Wheel
Aysha PeltzBennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing-Poetry
Michael DumanisBennington Review: A Practicum in Literary Editing and Publishing–Prose
Benjamin AnastasBeyond Butoh – A Body Not To Be Consumed
Mina Nishimura and Kota YamazakiBeyond Plastic Pollution
Judith EnckBeyond Plastic Pollution
Judith EnckBiochemistry
Amber HancockBlack Playwrights of the Civil Rights Era
Maya CantuBrass/Trumpet: Individual Lessons
Chris RoseCalculus: A Classical Approach
Andrew McIntyreCamera Mounts I
John UmphlettCamera Mounts II
John UmphlettCAPA Advanced Workshop
Susan Sgorbati & David BondCello
Nathaniel ParkeCharacters Welcome
Shawtane Bowen