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.
![a bright, open, interior space with white walls and 3 levels](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/Bennington_Campus_VAPA_Interior_900x450.jpg.webp?itok=oahlPerl)
![Painting studio](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_painting-studio3_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=B6wtDx5m)
Painting studio, VAPA
![Sculpture studio, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_sculpture-studio_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=-2biUF-L)
Sculpture studio, VAPA
![Printmaking studio, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_printmaking_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=nXoAvJ7E)
![Wood-fired kiln under construction, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_kiln_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=uHIjOecT)
Wood-fired kiln under construction, VAPA
![Architecture studio, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_arch2_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=OlIJOu5y)
Architecture studio, VAPA
![Animation studio, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_animation-studio_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=5qzT14c2)
Animation studio, VAPA
![3D modeling studio, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_3D-modeling_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=k9x230-V)
3D modeling studio, VAPA
![Woodworking shop, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_shop_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=48clJ6aK)
Woodworking shop, VAPA
![Usdan Gallery, VAPA](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_UsdanGallery_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=FFd98cEL)
VAPA's Usdan Gallery is modeled after the third floor of the Whitney Museum. On display are selections from Bennington's modernist collection.
![Frankenthaler Arts Center sign](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/VA_HFsign_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=R_UVYR_Z)
Bennington's visual arts center is named after Modernist pioneer Helen Frankenthaler, Class of 1949