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Former faculty member Paul Feeley's sculptural works are on view in Paul Feeley: The Shape of Things at New York City's Garth Greenan Gallery through Saturday, October 25. The Brooklyn Rail highlighted the exhibition.
Want to know what a typical weekday evening looks like at Bennington College? The evening of September 16, 2025, was packed with interesting events that exemplify the diverse array of experiences and activities available to students and the community.
Former faculty member Brooke Allen reflected in The New Yorker on her time teaching in Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI), which served incarcerated men at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York.
Fall events celebrate Frost's agrarian legacy and barn restoration.
Dana Foote '18 of Sir Chloe fame discusses her musical persona, Bennington College experience, and new album Swallow the Knife with The Forty Five.
Boston Art Review featured the Usdan Gallery exhibition Overbody: New Works by Sreshta Rit Premnath in its roundup of fall’s must-see museum shows across New England. Overbody is on view at Bennington College through December 6.
In 1995, Metro Weekly spoke with Carol Channing '42 about Hello, Dolly!, female impersonators, and Broadway's response to AIDS. The publication reissued this interview at its 30th anniversary.
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, the long-awaited novel by Kiran Desai '93, will be released by Hogarth on September 23, 2025.
On September 2, 2025, the Bennington community gathered to celebrate the start of the academic year and welcome nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students to the College.
Bennington College welcomed a robust and diverse class of nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students this fall, along with more students who will join later in the Spring 2026 term.
The Princeton Review has released the 2026 edition of its annual college guide, and Bennington College’s strengths shine through in its rankings, with Bennington’s theater program ranked #3 in the nation this year.
Ren Acevedo '27 studies Drama, Music, and Japanese at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Acevedo performed in New Bedford Festival Theatre's summer production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Zen Spencer '27 has been selected by the Disability Justice and inclusive arts organization Embraced Body as a participant in its new national How We Move program.
Bennington College welcomes MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling visiting faculty members.
Jason de la Peña '26 studies Literature at Bennington. For his summer 2025 Field Work Term, he interned at Green Writers Press.
Edison Hicks '26 studies Literature, Drama, and Music at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Hicks interned at Green Writers Press.
This fall, Bennington College welcomes four new faculty members: Cristian Amigo, (Sound Recording), Audrey Devost (Psychology), Marios Falaris (Anthropology), and Abe Koogler (Playwriting).
Milaan Vasishta '28 studies Politics and Literature at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Vasishta is interning at the New York Supreme Court.
Krithika Meenakshi '27 studies Dance, Acting, and Voice at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Meenakshi is studying Clowning and Voice at Accademia Dell’ Arte in Tuscany, Italy.
We talked to five Writing Seminars alums who plunged into the literary world after their MFAs: one started a publishing company, another founded a writers retreat, while others created a newsletter and two reading series. They all spoke about the power of making new connections and the ongoing relationships that began at Bennington.
Liliana VonFrank '28 studies Chemistry at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, VonFrank is working with faculty member Fortune Ononiwu.
Campus Safety Van Driver Dave Warren shares his perspective on working at Bennington College: "the place up on Jennings Hill."
Cathy Gee Graney, program coordinator for the Bennington Writing Seminars, shares her favorite experiences from working at Bennington College for more than 20 years.
Jay Clark '26 studies Literature and Environmental Studies at Bennington. For his summer 2025 Field Work Term, Clark is working as an archival intern for the OUTWORDS Archive, which captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders to build community and catalyze social change.
Emma Gaffney '28 studies Literature, Philosophy, and History at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Gaffney is interning for Codhill Press.
Project Manager Teresa Sholes shares her professional path at Bennington College.
Aliza Khan '26 studies Visual Arts, including Architecture and Sculpture, at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Khan is working as an intern for Yasue Maetake, a New York City-based Japanese sculptor.
Bennington College alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, memoirs, short story collections, non-fiction books, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this summer.
The contrast between Bennington College graduates and their peers from other institutions is striking.
Bennington College and former University of the Arts faculty and students dance into the future. By Elizabeth Zimmer '66