2025 All-Class Reunion

All Weekend

• “Napkin Notes” & Reflections  |  Commons Lounge
• AA Meetings  |  CAPA Lens
• Exhibit: Annex Space: Senior Selected Works by Hollis Churchill '25 & Charlie Bell '25  |  Barn East Gallery

Friday, 11:00 AM through Sunday 11:00 AM 

• Coffee, Decaf & Spa Water Available  |  Table between Commons entrance & Tent

Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Bookstore Hours 

Saturday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

• Bookstore Hours 

Sunday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• Bookstore Hours

Friday - Saturday, 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM  |  VAPA Galleria

• The Advanced Workshop for Painting and Drawing is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by current students. The exhibition, which includes paintings and sculptures, will be on display in the VAPA Galleria from October 1–8. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 4, from 7–9 PM. The gallery will also be open throughout Reunion Weekend.

12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Registration and check-in for alumni  |  Flagpole

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• FALL WEEKEND  |  Registration and check-in for families  |  Flagpole

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

• Science Workshop: One Year Out with Tom Evans ’24  |  Dickinson 232 

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

• Campus Tours with Admissions Interns | Flagpole 

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• Exhibit: Bennington Gothic  |  Crossett Library Lobby 
  Drawing from the Bennington College Archives and Crossett Library, Bennington Gothic explores eerie and uncanny elements of the College’s history. Posters, photos, and texts highlight everything from spooky student events and unusual courses to the haunting work of Shirley Jackson and the dark humor of Charles Addams.

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Exhibit: Sreshta Rit Premnath: Overbody  |  Usdan Gallery
  This fall, Usdan Gallery presents Overbody, a solo exhibition by Sreshta Rit Premnath. Featuring new sculptures and paintings, the show explores the “overbody”—a force that disciplines and restrains. Slumped forms suggest bodies in tension, while shadowy ink paintings hover between figuration and abstraction.
  
  Sreshta Rit Premnath (b. 1979, Bangalore, India) is a multimedia artist living in New York City and Associate Professor of Art at Williams College.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Bennington Students Addressing the Urgent Problems of Today with Susan Sgorbati ’72, MFA ’86  |  Tishman
  Susan Sgorbati '72, MFA '86 will lead a discussion of current students from the Center for the Advancement of Public Action and their work on solving problems related to activating democracy, the media, the environment, and more.

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Barn Open Office Hours 
• Student Life  |  Barn 113
• Career Development & Field Work Term  |  Barn 112
• Financial Aid  |  Barn 104
• Academic Services  |  Barn 106, 120 and 120A

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM 

• FALL WEEKEND  |  President’s Welcome with Laura Walker  |  Tishman 
  President Laura Walker offers welcome remarks with an introduction by Associate Dean and Director of Integrative Wellness Dr. Ali Tartaglia

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM 

• FALL WEEKEND  |   Session: From Campus to Career: Bennington Students Share Their Field Work Term Journeys  |  Tishman 

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 

• FALL WEEKEND  |  Harvest Dinner for families  |  Commons Dining Hall
  Dine with your student and enjoy flavorful dishes featuring sustainably sourced products from Purple Carrot Farm as well as other local farmers.

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Dinner for alumni  |  On your Own

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Opening Reception  |  Newman Court
  Join fellow alumni to kick off the weekend with light snacks, drinks, and great company!

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM

• 24 Hour Plays arrival for seating & check-in  |  Lester Martin Theater
  Limited Tickets Remaining! (Ticket Required for Entry)

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

• 24 Hour Plays Performance  |  Lester Martin
  Watch an incredible performance—written, directed, and acted by alumni and friends—making its debut on campus! All proceeds go toward two student scholarships: Spencer Cox ’90 Field Work Term Fellowship for Student Activists and the Nicky Martin Memorial Scholarship for Performing Arts.

10:00 PM – 12:00 AM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Talkback & 24HP Afterparty  |  Deane Carriage Barn, Fireplace Room
• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  80s/90s Hosted Party with DJ  |  Deane Carriage Barn, Pit
  Hosted by alumni from the ’80s/’90s. Join us for live music, performances, and a celebration of everything that makes us Bennington. Open to all alumni.

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

• FALL WEEKEND |  Continental Breakfast  |  Commons Dining Hall

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Alumni Breakfast  |  Commons Dining Hall

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Milestone Breakfast  |  Commons Atrium
  Celebrate alumni marking major milestones—from the 50th to the 80th reunion year!

9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Registration  |  Flagpole

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

• Campus Sound Walk with Edmund Mooney ’93  |  In front of Jennings

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• Life After Bennington  |  Student Center
  Hear from several decades of Bennington alumni about their post-graduation journeys and, at times, unusual career paths and how Bennington prepared them for what they’re doing now. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A. Wyatt Kirby ‘10, Dania Clarke '15, Audre Wirtanen '17, Valerie Marcus Ramshur '89, P’27, Jeff Williams ‘91, Ayesha Raees '18

11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• Aluminium Pour Demonstration  |  VAPA
  Come share in the experience of an aluminum pour outside of the Sculpture Department with the students of the intro Sculpture class examining space. This event will happen on the north side of the VAPA building just outside of the Sculpture Department. Catch the excitement and beauty when molten aluminum fills the students’ prepared sand molds and interacts with experimental performances. During this event you will learn and observe the many tasks involved in a successful pour. Preparation will begin for the pour starting at 11:00am , with the first pour set to happen around 1:30pm. This event will go until all molds are poured and finish up around 5:00pm.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Grab-n-Go Lunch  |  Commons Dining Hall

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Exhibit: Sreshta Rit Premnath: Overbody  |  Usdan Gallery
  This fall, Usdan Gallery presents Overbody, a solo exhibition by Sreshta Rit Premnath. Featuring new sculptures and paintings, the show explores the “overbody”—a force that disciplines and restrains. Slumped forms suggest bodies in tension, while shadowy ink paintings hover between figuration and abstraction.
  
  Sreshta Rit Premnath (b. 1979, Bangalore, India) is a multimedia artist living in New York City and Associate Professor of Art at Williams College.

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

• Student Craft Fair  |  Commons Lawn (Rain Location: Commons Scope)
  This fair features handmade craft by current students and alumni.

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• FALL WEEKEND  |  Lawn Games for Students  |  Commons Lawn
  Enjoy outdoor games amid the stunning autumn backdrop of the Green Mountains.

Workshops & Performances   

Check out various alumni, student, and faculty-led workshops and performances happening throughout campus.

1:15 – 2:00 PM

• Workshop: Distinctly American  |  EAC1
• Workshop: Speed Networking  |  Commons Atrium
  Session designed to pair up students with alumni (or alumni with other alumni!) for career advice and insights.
• Workshop: Room for Great Ideas: Tales from the Advertising World  |  Tishman

1:30 – 3:30 PM

• Workshop: Purple Carrot Farm Workshop  |  Purple Carrot Farm
  In this hands-on workshop Kelie Bowman, Visiting Faculty, Manager of Sustainable Agriculture and the Purple Carrot Farm, along with student and herbalist in training Hannah Hall, will discuss valuable medicinal uses of common garden herbs growing at Purple Carrot Farm and learn one herbal preparation you can make yourself. Together we will make a batch of fire cider to help prevent and soothe common illnesses as the cold weather comes on, in addition to discussing the uses of other herbal preparations like tinctures, teas, and infused oils.

2:00 – 2:30 PM

• Workshop: Student-Scientists in the Lab with Fortune Ononiwu  |  Dickinson 205
  At Bennington, students engage as scientists from day one. In this session, chemistry students will transform salicylic acid, a naturally occurring compound derived from willow bark, into compounds used as active ingredients in the fragrance industry. These products will be characterized by their olfactory properties and analyzed using NMR spectroscopy. Students will also discuss their current projects, what they’re learning, and how their experiences reflect Bennington’s unique, hands-on approach to teaching the sciences.

2:00 – 3:00 PM

• Open Rehearsal: Mechanical  by Sophie Treadwell|, directed by faculty member Jenny Rohn  |  Lester Martin Theater 
  Please join us for an open rehearsal of Mechanical by Sophie Treadwell, directed by faculty member Jenny Rohn. We are beginning a collaborative creative process in which we use physical theater methods to build an ensemble and explore the play's characters and world. The performances will take place at the end of November. We will leave time for questions and discussion at the end of the rehearsal.

2:15 – 3:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Workshop: Brain Coaching with AI with Adnan Ifthekar ‘97  |  Tishman
• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Workshop: Bennington Networks with Susan Sgorbati ‘72,
  MFA ‘86  |  CAPA Symposium
• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Workshop: Lucid Dreaming 101 with Melinda Best ‘89  |  Commons 318

2:30 – 3:00 PM

• FALL WEEKEND | Student Literature Readings by Jenny Boully |  Commons 319
  In a panel curated and facilitated by literature faculty member Jenny Boully, current seniors will read from their advanced work. Readings may include examples of projects in fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, and/or poetry. The students’ readings will be followed by a Q & A about teaching and studying literature at Bennington.

3:00 – 3:30 PM

• Free Time

3:00 – 5:00 PM

• Faculty vs. Student Soccer Game  |  Soccer Field
  Dust off your cleats and come join this fun annual soccer game! Parents are welcome to join faculty and staff as they take on our current students.

3:15 – 4:15 PM

• Discussion: Life After the MFA  |  Tishman
  A panel discussion and Q&A hosted by the Bennington Writing Seminars. Reception to follow at Cricket Hill.

3:30 – 5:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION | Bennington Today  |  Student Center
  Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Bennington is meeting today’s challenges and seizing new opportunities.

3:00 – 4:00 PM

• Cider Pressing & Faculty Demo  |  Robert Frost House
  Join us at the Frost House (off-campus) for a hands-on cider-making demonstration and free tasting, accompanied by a live music performance by Bennington College students. Celebrate the harvest season with fresh apple cider pressing on the Museum grounds, an apple-themed craft activity led by Bennington College Frost Attendants, and seasonal food and drink available for purchase from Watson Wheeler Cider and the Sage Pizza Food Truck.

4:30 PM

• MFA Reception  |  Cricket Hill

5:00 – 5:45 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Workshop: History, Herstory, Ourstory  |  Downcaf
• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Remembering Stanley Rosen & Barry Bartlett  |  Pond Platform

6:00 – 7:00 PM

• FALL WEEKEND  |  Fall Weekend Dinner on Your Own  |  Commons
  Dine with your student and enjoy flavorful dishes featuring sustainably sourced products from local farmers and producers provided by the Dining Services team. 

6:00 – 8:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Alumni Dinner  |  Greenwall
  Open to all alumni, this special event will feature the presentation of the Hudas Schwartz Liff '47 Award for outstanding volunteerism.

7:00 – 9:00 PM

• Opening Reception: Hiding in Plain Sight  |  VAPA Galleria

8:30 PM

• Winterpills Concert  |  Student Center
  Join the Winterpills for a special night of music, featuring a preview of their upcoming album This Is How We Dance, out November 14. Formed in 2003 in Northampton, MA, the band marks the 20th anniversary of their debut with a remastered reissue. Fronted by Phillip Price ’85, Winterpills return post-pandemic with fresh energy and their eighth full-length album.
• Film Screening: Love, Brooklyn  |  Tishman
  Join two Bennington alumni who worked together on this major motion film that is in theaters now. The film was directed by Rachael Holder (who attended the Bennington Summer Writing program), was written by Paul Zimmerman ‘77, and edited by Shawn Paper ‘90.  Join Shawn & Paul for a discussion following the movie.

8:00 AM

• Morning Yoga  |  End of the World
  Start your Sunday with a relaxing, alumni-led yoga session at one of the most picturesque spots on campus. 
   
• Bird Walk  |  Platform behind Tishman
  Join the "Bennington Birders"–Biology faculty member Blake Jones and Director of Grants Fred Baumgarten for a stroll around the campus to look for and identify the Birds of Bennington, including fall migrants that will be passing through. All levels welcome. Dress appropriately for the weather. Binoculars will be provided.

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM 

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Brunch  |  Commons Dining

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 

• FALL WEEKEND  |  Brunch  |  Commons Dining

10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

• Mindful Rhythms for All  |  Dean Carriage Barn
  Join Bennington Music Faculty member Michael Wimberly and percussionist Sarah Tenney ’71 for a creative, meditative musical experience. Whether you want to play, sing, share poetry, or just listen, this is your chance to tap into the rhythm of the weekend.

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

• ALL-CLASS REUNION   |  Alumni Coffee Hour with Shay Totten ‘91  |  Tishman
  Join Director of Alumni Engagement Shay Totten '91 and alumni volunteers from around the country to discuss how we’re relaunching the Alumni Association and creating more opportunities to connect between reunions.

1:00 PM

• ALL-CLASS REUNION  |  Walloomsac Inn Tours  |  67 Monument Avenue, Bennington
  Explore this historic property—recently purchased by Rafe Churchill '91—and learn about its exciting renovation plans. Off-campus

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

• Memorial for Walter "Gator" Dunnington '84  |  Salem Art Works
  A memorial will be held at Salem Art Works, in Salem, NY (about 30-45 minutes from campus).

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

• Bennington Historical Society Tour  |  Bennington Museum
  Join the Bennington Historical Society on a tour of the markers and monuments that document the lead-up to the 1777 Battle of Bennington. Tickets are $15 with a $5 discount for Bennington Museum Members. Tickets will only be available at the door if seats are still available on the bus.