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detail of Milford Graves collage from 1977, courtesy of the artist’s estate

Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal
VAPA Usdan Gallery

This nationally touring exhibition gathers the many-layered and multifaceted work of Milford Graves and explores the practices and predilections of an extraordinary jazz innovator.

Plan drafts due to advisors
Bennington Campus
Full Mantis shot

Screening: "Milford Graves Full Mantis" with Director Jake Meginsky
Tishman Lecture Hall

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "Milford Graves Full Mantis" is the first feature-length portrait of renowned percussionist Milford Graves (1941-2021), exploring the kaleidoscopic creativity and relentless curiosity of an extraordinary jazz innovator, tireless polymath, and longtime Bennington College professor. Meet the film’s director Jake Meginsky (MFA ’09), a student and collaborator of Graves, in discussion after the screening.

Bella Wells Fried in front of a green and blue mountainous landscape in Cusco, Peru Cultural Studies and Language Series - Spring 2024

Las cosas pequeñas: My Independent Study Experience in Cusco-Peru
East Academic Center, Classroom 1

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Creative work by Bella Wells-Fried '24 in English and Spanish from Independent Study in Peru. Poems, journal entries, "travel guides", and bits of wisdom Bella created and collected on her trip that explore how traveling affected her understanding of themes like endurance, comfort, sense of self, and home.