Faculty News
Spray Gun Art from the Swinging SixtiesThrough August 9, former faculty member Jules Olitski is highlighted in Spray: Jules Olitski in the 1960s at The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, created as a showcase for the brief but highly regarded chapter when the artist was enthralled by the aesthetic possibilities of sprayed color.
Richardson Named 2026 Pulitzer Prize FinalistBennington Writing Seminars faculty member Lance Richardson was named a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen (Pantheon, 2025).
Accidental Deep Ocean Discovery Reveals Hidden Carbon SinkFaculty member Tim Schroeder is co-author of the study “Mineral Carbonation of Peridotite Fueled by Magmatic Degassing and Melt Impregnation in an Oceanic Transform Fault,” published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Moving Image in the ArchiveA conversation between artist Carmen Winant and curator Anne Thompson about Double Jeopardy, an exhibition at Usdan Gallery of Bennington College.
Bennington Faculty Member and Alumni Awarded 2026 Guggenheim FellowshipsBennington College faculty member Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and alumni jaamil olawale kosoko '05 and Molly Rose Lieber '21 are recipients of the prestigious 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship. They are among more than 100 Bennington-associated Guggenheim Fellows to have been awarded throughout both organizations’ histories.