Faculty News
Mariam Rahmani Selected as Shangri La’s First Scholar-in-ResidenceFaculty member Mariam Rahmani was the first Scholar-In-Residence at The Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu, HI.
Dina Janis Appointed Co-Artistic Director of Labyrinth Theater CompanyFaculty member Dina Janis will lead Labyrinth Theater Company (LAB), the award-winning New York City downtown ensemble devoted to creating member-driven new works, into its 33rd season alongside fellow Co-Artistic Director Neil Tyrone Pritchard.
Milford Graves Featured in Thurston Moore’s NOW JAZZ NOWBennington College Faculty Emeritus Milford Graves is featured in NOW JAZZ NOW, a new book co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, and iconic Sonic Youth guitarist/singer Thurston Moore.
Creative, Subtle, Intuitive SculptureFormer faculty member Paul Feeley's sculptural works are on view in Paul Feeley: The Shape of Things at New York City's Garth Greenan Gallery through Saturday, October 25. The Brooklyn Rail highlighted the exhibition.
Bennington College's Prison Education Initiative Featured in The New YorkerFormer faculty member Brooke Allen reflected in The New Yorker on her time teaching in Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI), which served incarcerated men at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York.