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Women’s Voices on Stage — DRA2266.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Dina Janis
Credits: 4
In this class, students will read a large canon of plays by current female playwrights working in the American Theatre today. These will include but are not limited to: Sibyl Kempson, Annie Baker, Annie Washburne, Frances Cowhig, Lisa Damour, Kia Cothron, Shiela Callaghan, and Lynn Nottage, Theresa Rebeck, Laura Eason, Anna Ziegler, Sherry Kramer, Cusi Cram, Paola Lazaro,
Drama

Wood Firing Kiln — CER4172.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course will look into the use of the wood kiln as an integral tool and part of the creative process in ceramic art. We will examine the structure of the wood kiln and learn the roles of fire and atmosphere in transforming glaze components into desired surfaces within the wood kiln. We will also discuss the history of kiln technology and how it has influenced the
Visual Arts

Wood Kiln Project —

Spring 2016
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 4
Fall 2012 Curriculum This course will be focused on techniques that investigate clay and glazes in the wood‐fired kiln. As a class we will improve our understanding of technologies used by both ancient cultures and contemporary artist. Through this study of the earliest types of firing techniques and moving forward in time to the current use of these kilns as a contemporary

Wood Kilns, A History in Practice — CER4205.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Barry Bartlett
Credits: 4
This course will be focused on techniques that investigate clay and glazes in the wood‐fired kiln. As a class we will improve our understanding of technologies used by both ancient cultures and contemporary artist. Through this study of the earliest types of firing techniques and moving forward in time to the current use of these kilns as a contemporary language in the ceramic
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2020
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark-making: from
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches to mark
Visual Arts

Woodcut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2023
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood blocks, oil-based and non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different 
Visual Arts

Woodcut/Linocut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2026
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 2

Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab.

Using type-high plywood and linoleum blocks and oil-based, non-toxic, water

Printmaking

Woodcut/Linocut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2025
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Credits: 2
Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab. Using type-high plywood and linoleum blocks and oil-based, non-toxic, water-soluble inks, we will examine different approaches
Visual Arts

Woodcut/Linocut Printmaking on the Vandercook Proofing Press — PRI2123.02

Spring 2027
Instructor: Corinne Rhodes
Days & Time: MO 1:40pm-5:20pm
Credits: 2

Vandercook Proofing Presses were once a vital aspect of the printing industry and have been adopted widely by artists for letterpress printing and book arts. Bennington College is fortunate to possess three Vandercooks, housed in the Word and Image Lab.

Using type-high plywood and linoleum blocks and oil-based, non-toxic,

Printmaking

Woodwind Chamber Ensemble — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
An intensive, performance oriented exploration of the chamber music literature. Students must have significant previous instrumental training and experience. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30-8pm).
Music

Woodwind Workshop — MIN2235.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
This small group of intermediate woodwind students (flute, clarinet, oboe) will collectively work to improve technique (fingerings, articulation, breath), tone production (embouchure, mouthpiece, reeds), sight‐reading, ensemble playing (intonation and blend), and improvisation skills. Corequisite: Must attend seven Music Workshops (Tuesday, 6:30 ‐ 8pm).
Music

Word and Image Lab: Poems into Print — PRI4250.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline and Mark Wunderlich
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
In this hybrid Literature / Visual Arts course, students will experience the full range of the poet's creative process, from the conception of the poem, to writing it, shaping and editing it, designing its printed material aspects, setting it in type, printing on the letterpresses, and producing the work in a readable, distributable form. The process will be a dialog between
Literature Visual Arts

Word Play In The Press Room — PRI4220.02) (cancelled 4/30/2024

Fall 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
This class offers participants a unique chance to develop word-poem stories while simultaneously learning traditional letterpress relief printing techniques, making a distinctive multidisciplinary connection to letterforms on paper. Word play refers to the fact that we will be inventing poems spontaneously, using improvisation and therefore will become involved imaginatively
Visual Arts

Word Play In The Press Room — PRI4220.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Thorsten Dennerline
Credits: 2
This class offers participants a unique chance to develop word-poem stories while simultaneously learning traditional letterpress relief printing techniques, making a distinctive multidisciplinary connection to letterforms on paper. Word play refers to the fact that we will be inventing poems spontaneously, using improvisation and therefore will become involved imaginatively
Visual Arts

Work — PEC4106.01) (cancelled 6/13/2023

Fall 2023
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Why do people work? What is the connection between ‘work’ and ‘employment’? And, how are the concerns of ‘nonwage work’ (especially care work carried in the realm of household) related to that of 'wage' work (carried in the realm of labor market)? This seminar is motivated by these questions. We explore the familiar theories of macroeconomics to answer these questions, and we
Society Culture and Thought

Work — PEC4106.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Lopamudra Banerjee
Credits: 4
Why do people work? And what is the connection between ‘work’ and ‘employment’? This seminar is motivated by these two basic questions. We explore familiar theories of macroeconomics to answer the questions, and we will draw upon other areas of political economy and social theory to enrich the discussions. We will examine how work shapes people's material conditions of living
Society Culture and Thought

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle,
Dance Drama

Working With Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Michael Giannitti
Days & Time: WE 8:30am-12:10pm
Credits: 2

Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts. In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, awareness of light, play analysis and conceptualization, color, angle

Dance Drama

Working with Light — DRA2234.01

Fall 2026
Instructor: Davison Scandrett
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

Lighting design has the powerful ability to shape the experience of an audience. Its practice incorporates elements of artistry and craft, and should interest those working in all aspects of visual and performing arts.  In addition to hands-on work with theatrical lighting equipment in and outside of class, the course will explore

Dance Drama Design