Alumni News
Performance Artists' Colony Remembers Founder Patricia N. Nanon ’44 (1923-2008)
The Yard, an artists' colony for choreographers on Martha's Vineyard, kicked off its 2009 season on Friday, June 26, with a weekend event dedicated to its late founder Patricia N. Nanon '44.
The event highlighted the many intersections between Bennington, The Yard, and the Martha's Vineyard dance community.
Other alumnae who have played significant roles at The Yard include Betty Dickinson '43, Anne Gallagher '53, Linda Tarnay '64, Cathy Thompson '74, and Patricia Nanon's daughter, Vicki Woolner Samuels '71.