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Six Bennington College faculty members have been named 2025 Whiting fellows by the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, which provides funding for travel that will deepen and expand their teaching and curriculum development.
Catherine Hamilton MFA ’01 is an accomplished artist, educator, and lifelong bird enthusiast. Her work has graced the pages of prominent publications like Nature and Orion Magazine, and she has exhibited her fine art both nationally and internationally.
Lilia Mead ’92 is pioneering in her role as a divorce doula, helping individuals navigate the emotional and practical complexities of the end of their marriages. In addition to her personal experience of transforming her own divorce journey into one of freedom, clarity, and purpose, Lilia is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), yoga instructor, and mindfulness coach who studied dance and psychology as a Bennington student.
Lorena Fernandez Camba '25 studies Architecture and Drama at Bennington. She reflected upon her advanced work, favorite faculty member, and notable Field Work Term experiences.
Bennington alumni make the lives they want and places for others.
By Ashley Brenon Jowett
Faculty members from Bennington College's BFA Dance Lab share their recent awards, accolades, and projects.
Bennington College is pleased to announce that choreographer and dancer Kyle Abraham will address the class of 2025 at Commencement.
How Bennington students empower migrant workers and foster cultural exchange.
By Ashley Brenon Jowett
Andrea Lara '26 studies Biology, Latin American Studies (Spanish), and Creative Writing at Bennington. Following her education and writing internship at Uptown Stories, Lara was offered a part-time position as development assistant for the arts organization.
Tusti '25 studies Biology and Film and Video at Bennington. She reflected upon her advanced work and accolades and shared her plans for after graduation.
How students and faculty brought art to the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai.
By Ashley Brenon Jowett
On view in the Barn Annex through April 21.
Projects for Peace has announced its 2025 cohort of grantees. This year, 134 projects from 93 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.
Bennington College alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, memoirs, short story collections, non-fiction books, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this spring.
Artist Lulu Wiley ’24 used a great work ethic, a strong sense of self, and Bennington connections to land their first solo exhibition at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont. It opened February 13 and runs through June 22. We caught up with them to discuss and celebrate.
Greenwall Auditorium was full to busting when eight performers from Bread + Puppet Theater took the stage on the evening of Thursday, April 3. Students and community members filled the rows of chairs and the balconies along both sides and the back of the room. Students climbed steep ladders to catwalks high above the crowd and let their feet dangle.
At age 92, Lucie McKee MFA '86 has released her poetry collection debut, Anything and Its Shadow, published through Vermont's Green Writers Press.
Students walking by reportedly, "Feel fine."
Bennington College students are pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and problem-solving in CUPS: Introduction to Slip Casting and Mold Making.
From March 21–22, Bennington College celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the College’s influential, improvisational Black Music Division with a symposium of events, history, and music surrounding the 1974 beginnings of the groundbreaking program.
Nine students from high schools around the country and the world were selected as winners of Bennington College’s 2024-2025 Young Writers Awards.
Lindsey Leggett '27 completed a Field Work Term experience at the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A Bennington College team received certificates of appreciation from the State of Vermont for their work analyzing well-testing data in a PFAS contamination zone around former ChemFab Corp. factories in the town of Bennington.
Erin Racklin '26 studies Psychology and Anthropology at Bennington. During the winter, Racklin completed a Field Work Term experience at Resilience, Inc, which provides Social Emotional Learning (SEL) tools to K-12 schools.
Alex Bregy '26 studies Creative Writing and Film at Bennington. During the winter, Bregy completed a Field Work Term experience split between two sites: the Young Writers Project and the DREAM Program.
Shloka Shah '25 studies Drama, with a focus on acting and directing, at Bennington. During the winter, Shah completed a Field Work Term experience as a Creative Development Intern at Roy Kapur Films in Mumbai, India.
Annabelle Lisa '28 studies Drama and Communications at Bennington. During the winter, Lisa completed a Field Work Term experience at Vero Beach Theatre Guild in Vero Beach, FL.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the improvisational music genius of the Black Music Division
Faculty member Mariam Rahmani’s fiction debut, Liquid: A Love Story, has garnered significant attention as a Book of the Month Club selection, one of Oprah Daily’s 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2025, and as an excerpt in New York Magazine.
Devan Spiro '27 studies interdisciplinary photojournalism through ethnographic research methodologies and curatorial practices. During the winter, Spiro completed a Field Work Term experience at SoHo Photo Gallery, one of New York City's oldest cooperative nonprofit art gallery spaces.