Alumni News

Photo of John Bertles conducting John Bertles Honored with Visionary Leadership Award

Educator, composer, and instrument-builder John Bertles ’81 is the 2019 recipient of Bennington College’s Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award

Photo of Carling Berkhout Sharing Frost's Environment

Carling Berkhout '19 is the 2019 Robert Frost Stone House Museum Kilpatrick Fellow.

Photo of chicken pot pies Cleaver Co Catering Moves to Brooklyn

After 22 years at Chelsea Market, Mary Cleaver '76 has moved her Cleaver Co catering operation to the Columbia Street Waterfront District in Brooklyn.

Artist making pottery onstage Claytopia Conversations

“In higher education, ceramics is often taught with a community-oriented spirit,” said Joshua Green ’81. “Students work together in a common space and in front of one another. They’ll put their works together in a kiln load that’s then fired collaboratively. Ceramics tends to draw in students who value community.”

Bennington College logo Bennington Magazine: Call for Alumni Work

WHAT DIDN’T EXIST BEFORE YOU MADE IT?

The next issue of the Bennington magazine will be authored  by alumni submissions that respond to the question: What didn’t exist before you made it? From your responses, we will publish a ranging and vivid portfolio of alumni work.