Faculty News
Hall Awarded National Medal of ArtsBennington Writing Seminars Writer-in-Residence Donald Hall, a former Poet Laureate of the United States, was one of 10 artists to be honored by President Obama this week with the 2010 National Medal of Arts.
President Coleman Delivers Keynote at Leading Independent School ConferencePresident Coleman this week delivered the keynote address at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) annual conference, discussing Bennington’s major curricular initiative to reorient the liberal arts around 21st century problems and needs.
Bang on a Can All-Stars Perform Piece by BrookeThe famed electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars premiered a commission composed by faculty member Nick Brooke this month at the Merkin Concert Hall as part of the inaugural Ecstatic Music Festival—a three-month, 14-concert event showcasing collaborations between songwriters, composers, and performers from classical and popular music traditions.
Peterson Awarded $25,000 Artist GrantLiterature faculty member Katie Peterson was one of 14 artists and the only poet to be awarded an unrestricted $25,000 grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts this year.
Anderegg Speaks at TEDx Conference in BrusselsPsychology faculty member David Anderegg spoke at the TEDx Conference in Brussels, Belgium, last month on the growing culture of anti-intellectualism in America—a topic central to his critically acclaimed 2008 book Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them.