Event Calendar

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | An installation by Emily O'Donnell '20 will be on view during BenningtonWorks in the fourth room of the Music Library, an area also known as "The Sanctuary." The installation came out of a class with Yoko Inoue, Mold Making and Slip Casting.

The Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery is proud to announce the exhibition “Unpacking the Vault,” an exploration of the surprising scope of objects and narratives in the art holdings at Bennington College—and the first exhibition of these works co-curated by students. Over seven weeks in fall 2017, a class taught by Usdan Gallery Director and Curator Anne Thompson and Design and Planning Coordinator Erin McKenny delved into the campus art-storage space known as “the vault.” Students researched myriad objects by artists renowned, obscure and, occasionally, unknown. The resulting exhibition honors the eclectic nature of Bennington’s holdings—dense in some areas, abstract painting in particular, yet rich in surprises from the deeper past to the current moment. At the same time, it identifies core themes and agents  in the making, distribution, and acquisition of art.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Aloft, Margaret Swan MA ’78’s solo exhibition of painted aluminum sculpture at Boston Sculptors Gallery, explores the affinity of structures in nature to those found in architecture and the built world around us.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Art + Practice (A+P) presents the first retrospective solo exhibition by artist Maren Hassinger ’69 in her hometown of Los Angeles.

FACULTY AND STAFF | Dana Notte from Green Mountain at Fox Run will provide strategies to achieve a healthy and balanced relationship with food.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Experience the deep, eclectic character of the Bennington College art collection! “Unpacking the Vault” features dozens of works by artists ranging from renowned modernists such as Agnes Martin to celebrated alums such as actress Holland Taylor.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Join us Tuesday through Thursday to explore a creation myth like you've never seen it before.