College News

2018 Consortium Convening $2.5 Million Grant Awarded to Support Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education

Starting this fall, Bennington College will participate in a four-college consortium focusing on the global refugee crisis, supported by a $2.5-million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

CAPA Bennington College Establishes New Master of Fine Arts in Public Action

The College is pleased to announce a new two-year Master of Fine Arts in Public Action degree, launching in Fall 2018.

Usdan Gallery Fall Art for Access FAQ

A guide to additional information and answers to questions regarding Bennington College's new Art for Access initiative. 

entrance to commons with gold sculpture Art for Access: A New Initiative to Fund Scholarships

Bennington College is pleased to announce a new initiative, Art for Access, which provides a dynamic model for supporting scholarships by inviting new donations of art to the College, an institution with a long and celebrated reputation in the arts. Through this initiative, Bennington will seek gifts of works of art to be sold to benefit one of the College’s highest priorities: providing scholarships for talented students who otherwise would not be able to afford a Bennington education. Art for Access celebrates the College’s pioneering legacy in the visual arts while advancing its commitment to equity, diversity, and access.

Eve Mefferd Radical Caring

Eve Mefferd '19, chair of the Student Educational Policies Committee, was the student speaker at Convocation 2018. She spoke about the "enormous potential for creating leverage points" for which Bennington's flexible curriculum and student-centered education allows.