Faculty News
![Ann Pibal's work](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/PibalAnn_DWHT4_600x450.jpg?itok=UwDOrCel)
Two groups of paintings by Ann Pibal, faculty member in visual arts, are the subject of a solo exhibition at Lucien Terras Inc. in New York City through January 17.
![Art Display at Usdan Gallery](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/ChinaDialouges_UsdanGallery_1200x750.jpg?itok=dQZmIQbM)
In a new project at the Usdan Gallery at Bennington College, artists, dancers, curators, students, and thinkers from China and the U.S. are turning the process of collaboration into a form of art. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays 1:00 to 5:00 pm; admission is free.
![The Best American Short Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/BestAmericanShortStories2015_600x450.jpg?itok=6KjDkYZ-)
"Strange Days” by MFA in Writing Director Sven Birkerts and "Vision" by Tiffany Briere MFA '11 were included in The Best American Essays 2015. “The Siege at Whale Cay,” by Assistant Director Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA ’10, was included in The Best American Short Stories 2015.
![Literary Bennington](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/LiteraryBennington_1200x750.jpg?itok=uvxkA2EV)
On October 2015, students in a course taught by faculty member Benjamin Anastas launched a blog tracing Bennington’s outsized impact on the world of literature and asking what accounts for it. Literary Bennington features author interviews, short pieces of journalism and reviews, and coverage of literary events on campus.
![Sven Birkerts](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/BirkertsSven_600x450.jpg?itok=AQb3nFJH)
A new book by Sven Birkerts, director of the MFA in Writing Program at Bennington College, has been garnering attention in advance of its October 6 publication date.