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Image of Overbody sculpture Overbody at Usdan Gallery Featured in Boston Art Review

Boston Art Review featured the Usdan Gallery exhibition Overbody: New Works by Sreshta Rit Premnath in its roundup of fall’s must-see museum shows across New England. Overbody is on view at Bennington College through December 6.

Read more at Boston Art Review
Commons Bennington College Launches Premier MFA in Screenwriting

Filmmaker and USC professor Ted Braun (Darfur Now, Betting on Zero, and ¡Viva Maestro!) gathers top screenwriting faculty for a groundbreaking new program.

Image of Bennington Commons at dusk National Collaborative of Small Liberal Arts Colleges Secures $8.5 Million for Student Well-Being Initiative

Endeavor Foundation commits to investing in the development of evidence-based strategies and scaling successful mental health interventions

Image of clapping students Convocation Welcomes the Class of 2029

On September 2, 2025, the Bennington community gathered to celebrate the start of the academic year and welcome nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students to the College. 

Commons 9th–12th Grade Students Invited to Submit to Bennington College Young Writers Awards

Cash awards doubled, scholarships nearly tripled, and new grade-level awards added for the 27th annual contest.