Made for Making
Among the creative spaces in Bennington's 120,000-square-foot Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA) are labs and studios for ceramics, architecture, woodworking, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, digital arts, and more. The building is open to students 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Painting studio, VAPA
Sculpture studio, VAPA
Wood-fired kiln under construction, VAPA
Architecture studio, VAPA
Animation studio, VAPA
3D modeling studio, VAPA
Woodworking shop, VAPA
VAPA's Usdan Gallery is modeled after the third floor of the Whitney Museum. On display are selections from Bennington's modernist collection.
Bennington's visual arts center is named after Modernist pioneer Helen Frankenthaler, Class of 1949