Event Calendar
Pick a DateMusic Installations
Several small music installations throughout Jennings: a composer’s installation featuring former faculty Vivian Fine and alumnae composers Betsy Jolas ’46, Joan Tower ’61, and Elizabeth Swados ’73; an exhibition by faculty Nick Brooke on electronic music including alumni Pril Smiley ’65; and an installation on the Black Music program created by faculty member Karthik Pandian and students.
Sit Still with a Presence
An exhibition featuring the work of seven alumni artists who studied at Bennington from the 1940s up to VAPA’s opening in 1976. The show takes as its starting point the College’s longstanding attention to the language and possibilities of abstraction.
Video Selections of Emergent Improvisation Project
Videotaped performances from The Emergent Improvisation Project National Performance Network Tour (2006), which were recorded at the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California, Bennington College, and the Flynn Theater. On view continuously throughout the day. #VAPA40
The VAPA Reader: Creating a publication from the archives and reflections
Ian Dolton-Thornton ’11 will lead visitors in how to use the equipment in the Word and Image Lab to customize and bind their own copies of a brand new publication about the history of the Visual and Performing Arts center (VAPA).
The Sage Street Mill Group Show
Curated by five recent alumni, this show will include alumni and student work. Curated by: Marina Allen ’16, Fae Blackmer ’16, Olivia Brooks ’16, Duncan Bullen ’16, and Tayler Jones ’16. The event will take place at Sage Street Mill, North Bennington.
Inflatable Space
Led by John Umphlett MFA ’99. This inflatable, experimental space was developed by the Field of Research of Closed Cells class, and will be illuminated by the projection of an eye. The event will take place at College Drive.
Alumni Have Dinner On Their Own
As dinner is not provided, take this opportunity to explore restaurants in town; suggestions for local businesses are provided in the downtown guide, and list of weekend discounts in your packet. Please enjoy the many restaurants in North Bennington, Bennington, and the surrounding Southern Vermont area.
LAB Conversation: Ways to Make Music as Work
Join Sam Clement ’08, Nathaniel Reichman ’98, and faculty member Nick Brooke for an engaging conversation on charting various kinds of paths in the music world.
Tour of the Vermont Tissue Hydroelectric Redevelopment and Spirits Sampling
Bill Scully ’94 will offer brief tours of the Vermont Tissue Hydroelectric Redevelopment, an environmentally groundbreaking project, the only hydroelectric plant in the country that improves water quality while harnessing a renewable resource. Right next door, sample complimentary spirits and have a signature cocktail (cash bar) such as the “End of the World,” “Secret Garden,” “Jennings and Tonic,” and “VAPA40” from the new distillery in town.
The event will take place at Spirits of Old Bennington Distillery + Vermont Tissue Hydroelectric Redevelopment, Route 67A, North Bennington.
The Work and Process of the Independent Filmmaker Today / Film Excerpt from Lane 1974.
Discussion of the process of independent filmmaking from funding, to casting, and distribution with SJ Chiro ’87, Debra Eisenstadt ’91, Brian Katz ’92, and Maria Rosenblum ’91, moderated by film/video faculty member Kate Purdie. An excerpt from Chiro’s upcoming film Lane 1974 will be shown. Eisenstadt’s feature, Before the Sun Explodes, will be shown Saturday evening.
Alumni Band: Nektones
The Nektones are a Soul/R&B quintet with a musical palette defined by the landscape of the North East Kingdom of Vermont. With Matt Scott ’06, Sam Clement ’08, Nathanael Reynolds, Micha Carbonneau, and Peter Krag.
Alumni Band: Uni Ika Ai
Uni Ika Ai (pronounced: oo-nee ee-kuh eye) is a new Brooklyn-based dream-pop band comprised of music veterans Maia Friedman ’09 (Bobby, Toebow), Peter Lalish (Lucius, Elizabeth & The Catapult), Tom Deis (Via Audio), and Dan Drohan.
Alumni Gathering Hosted by Milestone Reunion Classes
Alumni gathering at Pangaea Lounge, North Bennington, hosted by Milestone Reunion Classes.