Spring 2027

This class is anchored by students' independent research projects in the field of anthropology. The seminar may be taken either as a one-off or in conjunction with the Fall seminar, "Ethnography Lab." In this class, students will develop their research and writing in anthropology, working through description, contextualization, analysis

“One could even compare the function of Renaissance perspective with that of critical philosophy… The result was a translation of psychophysiological space into mathematical space; in other words, an objectification of the subjective.” — Erwin Panofsky, Perspective as Symbolic Form This course is about how an image might represent a codified or systematic way of thinking. We

In this course- students with approved projects and/or acting/design/directing collaborators for projects that have been approved for presentation in Spring 27- will meet regularly with Faculty Sponsor as they rehearse, design and present these student projects.  Students may be assigned credits based upon their involvement in the project.

Advanced studies in theory relating to performance.

Students must be enrolled in Bass with Bisio (MIN4417) simultaneously, no exceptions. This class is only for advanced students and by permission of instructor.

Beginning to advanced lessons in bass technique and appropriate theory.

This ensemble and class-based course explores the intersection of live performance, experimental soundscapes, and dub aesthetics. Rooted in the traditions of dub music—including remix culture, delay and reverb manipulation, and bass-driven textures—students will create immersive sonic environments using a mix of acoustic instruments,

The basics of cello, part two. In a small group or one-on-one, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.

Introduces the fundamentals of guitar playing, including: posture, hand positions, tuning, chords, strumming, finger-picking, songs and tunes, major scales, and beginning to read music. History of the guitar and its past and current artists will be shared.

Correct posture for playing the guitar Several approaches to tuning the guitar

Twelve week study of twelve different guitarists of varying styles for awareness of the history of the guitar and the various styles the instrument is capable of. Enhances listening skills.

This course is for students who want to learn to play the piano.

Lessons are given on a one on one basis.

Each lesson is 20-25 minute-long.

If you have taken piano lessons, audition for Intermediate Piano.

This class is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel as a tool for generating clay forms, emphasizing pottery making. While focusing on throwing skills, students will explore various possibilities for assembling wheel-thrown elements and experiment with functional and non-functional formats. Students will be introduced to the ceramic process from wet working to glazing

This class is an introduction to using the potter’s wheel as a tool for generating clay forms, emphasizing pottery making. While focusing on throwing skills, students will explore various possibilities for assembling wheel-thrown elements and experiment with functional and non-functional formats. Students will be introduced to the ceramic process from wet working to glazing

Individual 25-30 min. long lessons for students with prior experience who want to continue learning fundamental violin technique.
Daily practice (about 15-20 min.) is expected. End-of-semester performance is required.

This course explores how hormones shape behavior and how behavior, in turn, influences hormones. We will examine the physiological, neural, and evolutionary mechanisms underlying reproduction, parental care, aggression, stress responses, biological rhythms, learning, and more. The course emphasizes an integrative approach, connecting molecular and cellular

This two-credit course involves working on selecting and editing the content of Bennington’s national print literary magazine, Bennington Review. Students will serve as Editorial Assistants for the magazine, studying and practicing all aspects of magazine editing. The course will also engage students in discussions of contemporary print and digital literary culture, and of

The word design is often associated with the standardized, and the mass produced. Pier Vittorio Aureli observes the emergence of the English word In the late sixteenth-century to describe “something more general than the graphic aspect of drawing (dessin)” and how the Italian disegno became “an ideological banner of a new class of practitioners eager to distinguish

Biochemistry is a broad discipline that is growing rapidly in its scope – new developments and discoveries are being made daily. The goal of this class will be to give students a solid background with which they can appreciate the latest developments and research reports. We will begin with fundamental principles of bioenergetics and enzyme kinetics, and then quickly move

This mini course is simply about binding books by hand. Student will learn about binding structures, hand work, and paper while also thinking about this in relation to making art. Rather than binding blank books, students will make drawings and possibly monotypes to give the structures further meaning and depth.

Making books is time consuming work and this should be

This class will participate in a deep investigation of the body. In the beginning, we will work from a live model to produce life size clay representations for understanding the body as a form as well as entertain complicated questions that pertain to the space between the observer and the reference model.

This advanced level intensive course is designed for students who have prior experience of making a work around a body, especially (yet not limited) in dance, theater and visual arts contexts. Inspired by butoh-based movement practice, Buddhism and French post-structuralism philosophies, students will seek a way of liberating a body from a

This class focuses on what is most intellectually interesting about calculus: the problems it was invented to solve, the fundamental ideas, and the interconnection between the ideas. The class approaches integration, infinite series, differentials, and differential equations, in a unified way. It focuses on concepts and interconnections. In the process, the class builds

Have you ever wanted to mount a camera somewhere, or on something to capture a shot otherwise unreachable? Catapult a phone in a directed safe controlled path for a smooth shot of Jill smoldering her cigarette into the heel of her shoe.  Sure there are endless attachments for your devices on tiktok that someone else is making, but how

What does it actually look like to build and sustain a career in music right now? This course approaches that question through the lived reality of professional musicians working across a range of musical ecosystems.

Topics will include living as a touring musician, networking and visibility, the recording industry, auditions, grants and funding, management and

This seminar course explores and enacts multidirectional modes of research in and through dance. The course moves through lectures, workshops and experiments that activate processes of creation/performance and guide each student in the development of a portfolio of documents related to professional practice. Students will create social and

This course is designed to be the culmination of the BFA Dance Lab program. Critical Dance Processes: Senior Thesis Workshop supports projects emerging from research in and through the