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Davin Malasarn, Ph.D., MFA '20 has published his debut novel The Outer Country (One World, 2026).
Bennington Writing Seminars faculty member Lance Richardson was named a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen (Pantheon, 2025).
Through August 9, former faculty member Jules Olitski is highlighted in Spray: Jules Olitski in the 1960s at The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, created as a showcase for the brief but highly regarded chapter when the artist was enthralled by the aesthetic possibilities of sprayed color.
On Saturday, May 2, from 10:00 am–10:00 pm, Luella Arizola-Lyons '28, Devan Spiro '27, Anna Sutton '28, and Olli Wiesmann '28 are organizing a free, family-friendly, all-day, community arts event for the Downtown Bennington area.
JAYS – Bennington Artisan Market (B.A.M.) presents "My Fleeting Moments," a solo exhibition Mattias Van Cleef '26, from May 1–7 in the storefront windows at 115 South Street in downtown Bennington. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 1, from 5:00–7:00 pm.
In March, the Martha Graham Dance Company performed at Bennington College as part of the Company’s centennial celebration.
Seven students from Bennington College have been selected as Frankenthaler Fellows for the 2026 Museum Fellows Term, a study-away program that provides participants with practical, professional art world internship experience working at a major cultural institution in New York City for five months.
Nine students from high schools around the country and the world were selected as winners of Bennington College’s 2025-2026 Young Writers Awards.
The Bennington College Herbarium was showcased at this year's Northeast Natural History Conference in Burlington, VT.
Faculty member Tim Schroeder is co-author of the study “Mineral Carbonation of Peridotite Fueled by Magmatic Degassing and Melt Impregnation in an Oceanic Transform Fault,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Bennington College faculty member Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and alumni jaamil olawale kosoko '05 and Molly Rose Lieber '21 are recipients of the prestigious 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship. They are among more than 100 Bennington-associated Guggenheim Fellows to have been awarded throughout both organizations’ histories.
Rafe Churchill '91 discusses his latest venture, Place in Mind, a hotelier dedicated to resurrecting historically unique properties that recall a life well lived in a place well loved.
On Saturday, March 14, Linds Leggett ’27, along with facilitators Beatrix Sherry ’26 and Carissa K. Lombardi '26, joined nearly a dozen participants in the Admissions Parlor for a restorative justice circle combined with succulent planting. The event, part of the Restorative Justice Collective’s Pi Day celebration, centered on building community.
The New York Times highlighted Caro Claire Burke MFA '20 and her debut novel Yesteryear (Alfred A. Knopf, 2026).
On April 1, 2026, Bennington College Interim President Elissa Tenny announced the appointment of a distinguished chair to the Presidential Search Committee.
Michael Pollan '76 joined The Ezra Klein Show to discuss his most recent book, A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness.
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 led 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 led 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.