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Ivy Mix '08 is nominated for a 2026 James Beard Award for Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service. Mix is the co-owner of the natural wine bar Whoopsie Daisy in Brooklyn, NY.
Jeannie Nicholas '63 is the author of Kalayla and the 2025 follow-up Kalayla: Unraveling Triangles. She spoke to Kirkus Reviews about her twisting journey toward becoming an author and the distinct ways in which she envisions her characters.
Bennington College alumni are publishing novels, memoirs, non-fiction books, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this spring.
Bennington Review—a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing housed at Bennington College—has released its fifteenth issue, around the theme of “The Secret History."
By Mollie Hawkins
Bennington Writing Seminars recently announced a new dual-genre concentration as part of the MFA in Writing; beginning January 2027, students can study literary translation alongside fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Designed and directed by faculty member Bruna Dantas Lobato '15, the concentration is an opportunity for current and future students to deepen their understanding of literature through a global perspective. We asked Lobato a few questions about the new concentration and the art of literary translation.
On Thursday, March 12, Kiran Desai '93 was a guest speaker at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA, as part of UCLA professor Mona Simpson's "Some Favorite Writers" series.
This past summer, Willa Donovan ’26 joined Bennington faculty member in Ecology Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie and teams from the University of Maine and the University of Vermont as a research assistant. Donovan contributed to the multi-year project examining how northeastern alpine plant communities are changing as the climate warms.
Beginning in January 2027, the Bennington Writing Seminars will offer a dual-genre concentration in Literary Translation directed by National Book Award-winning translator Bruna Dantas Lobato '15.
Almine Rech Gallery in Paris, France, presents Other Rooms, Works from 1959–2017, the first major European monographic presentation of work by Emily Mason '54, through March 14, 2026.
Work by faculty member Beverly Acha is on view at Osvaldo N. Soto Miami Dade Justice Center in Miami, Florida, as part of the Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places program.
Delilah Silberman '21, managing editor of Bennington Review, discussed the literary journal with Becky Tuch of Lit Mag News.
Executive Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars Mark Wunderlich is the 2026 Hal Prize poetry judge. He spoke with Door County Pulse about poetry and publishing.
Projects for Peace has announced its 2025 cohort of grantees. This year, 134 projects from 93 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.
Lilias Folan '58 rose to prominence in the 1970s with her show Lilias, Yoga and You, which ran for decades on PBS.
Nick Atherton '14 has been hired as the campaign manager for Molly Gray's campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
From March 9–April 25, 2026, Usdan Gallery is pleased to present Double Jeopardy, a new project by Carmen Winant in which the artist for the first time turns to video as both medium and historical subject matter.
"Catastrophe Theory," a poem by Blu Mehari '26, was selected by poet Matthew Shenoda for the 2025 Green Prize for Poetry by the Academy of American Poets and is featured on their website.
Sofia Mirenda '28 spent her six-week winter Field Work Term working at Red Fox Community School, an experiential K-5 school in Manchester, VT.
Brad Jacobs '77, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QXO, was highlighted by BBN Times.
Bryn Mooser '01, founder of Asteria, an artist-led generative AI film and animation studio, spoke to Vanity Fair about the way AI can ethically revolutionize filmmaking.
Lazarus Species by Devon Walker-Figueroa '15 has been selected as a finalist in poetry for the prestigious LA Times Book Prize.
Faculty member Manuel Gonzales's short story The Miniature Wife has been adapted into a Peacock original series, starring and executive produced by Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen. The series will premiere on April 9.
Work propels students toward promising careers in bioinformatics and genetics.
In this interview with Bookstr.com, Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Emily Nemens reflects on her newest novel Clutch, the inner lives of women, and how friendships evolve over time.
Best selling author Michael Pollan '76 spoke to The New York Times about his forthcoming book A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness, which will be published by Penguin Press on February 24.
After more than seventy years, Trustee and successful business person Charlene Schwartz ’54 is still trying to bring the Bennington College magic that shaped her life to others.
For her first Field Work Term, Helen Simpson '29 is cataloging and archiving materials at the D’Amico House at Lazy Point, NY.
Teresa Booth Brown ’85 calls herself a Possibilitist. It’s a way of thinking and working that begins with simple but expansive questions: What can this be? What can we do with what we have right here? What’s the potential of this or that? That orientation toward openness has shaped her life as an artist and educator since she “ran away” to Bennington.