Alumni News

Partial view of ‘Comb of the Wind XV’ (1976). The San Diego Museum of Art A Revelatory Retrospective

Rachel Jans ’00 is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the San Diego Museum of Art. She recently curated Eduardo Chillida: Convergence, which was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal in December 2025.

Image of snowy commons building December 2025 Campus & Community Notes: Shay Totten '91

Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement Shay Totten '91 shares information about the upcoming Life After Bennington course, featuring presentations and conversations with Bennington alumni to provide guidance to current students as they begin to build their careers.

Image of Bennington commons December Alumni Perspectives: Shay Totten '91

Looking forward to more connections and opportunities for Bennington College alumni to engage in 2026.

Michelle Hogle Acciavatti tends a recent grave at the Vermont Forest Cemetery. Photo by John Lazenby. Rewilding Forever at the Vermont Forest Cemetery

Michelle Hogle Acciavatti '05 spoke to The Bridge VT about Vermont's process of legalizing natural burial–done without caskets or embalming–and her role as founder and head cemeterian of the Vermont Forest Cemetery.

Image of Kiran Desai and Katie Yee Desai and Yee Featured in New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2025" List

 Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee '17 and The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai '93 are among the 100 Notable Books of 2025 selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.