Alumni News

New works by artist Devin Powers '05 on view at Lesley Heller Workspace in New York "muster an elaborate physicality while corralling a profusion of references to different cultures, mediums and artifacts," said a recent review in The New York Times.

On Monday, January 19th at 8 pm, The Public Theater will present The 24 Hour Plays®: A Bennington Alumni Tribute to Nicky Martin. This one night–only benefit will bring together Bennington College alumni—including Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe winners and nominees—to write, cast, rehearse, and present six one-act plays within a 24-hour period. The event kicks off The 24 Hour Plays® 20th anniversary season.

The night after Alex Bleeker ’08 performed on Conan with his band Real Estate, Amelia Meath ’10 (of Sylvan Esso, who played Conan the week prior) and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig ’09 sang backup for Hiss Golden Messenger on the Letterman show.

Faculty member Benjamin Anastas' essay, "Questions for My Grandfather’s Psychiatrist," was published in the The New York Times as part of the paper's ongoing series about psychotherapy.

Fulbright scholar Ben Underwood ’13 spoke with GoKunming, southwest China’s largest English-language website, about his current project to develop a large-scale biogas plant in Kunming. Biogas is produced through anaerobic digestion technology, which converts organic waste into fuel. His entire inverview with GoKunming has been republished (with permission) below. Photo credit: Chiara Ferraris.