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August 2008 Events
September 2008 Events
October 2008 Events
Ongoing Events
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August 2008 Events
August 23, 2008
Salem Art Works Schedules Outdoor Campus Fundraiser Event
Anthony Cafritz's '85 Salem Art Works will hold "A Movable Feast" on the above date. The annual fundraiser will be catered by Panagea Restaurant of Bennington, Vt. The three-course dinner will be served outdoors at three different locations throughout their campus among the rolling blue hills of the 120-acre public sculpture park at 19 Cary Lane. All proceeds from the event will be dedicated to supporting S.A.W.'s programming and artist residencies in 2009, as well as making improvements to the grounds and facilities of the arts center.
Appetizers will be passed around near the botanical labyrinth of morning glories and sunflowers created by Brooklyn/Woodstock-based artist Peter Barrett. New York City's Untyte will be the first performers of the evening. The group resurrects ancient Lithuanian polyphonic folk tunes. The first course will feature glassblowing demonstrations by Marc Barreda and Leif Johnson, instructors of glass workshops at S.A.W. The entree will be served on the lawn near the visitor's center, where diners will be served prime rib and Thai curry made with local, seasonal vegetables. Handmade and blown glass objects made at Glo will be auctioned off while artist John Umphlett, a professor of sculpture at Bennington College, demonstrates one of his interactive sculptures. At sundown, guests will be transported to the top of Cary Hill for the last course of the evening. At dusk, the internationally venerated singers Mary Chen and Yong Li, with piano accompaniment by Isabelle Williams, will bring in the night with a performance of traditional Chinese Opera Music.
Location: Salem Art Works at 19 Cary Lane (Salem, NY)
Reservations: 518-854-7674
Cost: $35-$100 per person on a sliding scale, dependent upon each individual's ability to offer support.
Additional Information: http://www.salemartworks.org/
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August 23, 2008
Alumna performing at Alabama festival
Folk musician Helen Gassenheimer '04 along with Hannah Belle Gassenheimer and Sean Mcelroy will perform at the Sloss Furnaces Stokin' the Fire BBQ and Music Festival. This event features a BBQ competition and a host of music performances on both Friday and Saturday.
Location: Sloss Furnaces, Twenty 32nd Street North, Birmingham, AL
Cost: $10
Time: 11:00 AM
Festival Information: http://stokin.slossfurnaces.com/index.html
Additional Information: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=195529358
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August 26, 2008
Memorial held in Memory of Alumna
Alumni are invited to celebrate the life of Elisa Torre ’85, who lost her battle against cancer on August 4, 2008 in Paris, France. This memorial is being hosted by her colleagues from the World Bank Group, with whom Elisa worked periodically since 1991. She was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1964 and has extended family and friends in France, Italy, the United States, and Venezuela. She will be remembered by her colleagues and her classmates for her smile, her kindness, her sense of humor, her passion, and her enduring commitment to the Young Professionals Program.
Location: Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, 1725 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC
Time: 10:00 AM
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September 2008 Events
September 19-20, 2008
Alumna to Present Tom's Wealth at Tsai Performance Center
Choreographer Caitlin Corbett '79 presents Tom's Wealth: A Dance for the Masses, an evening length piece for 35 performers: five Caitlin Corbett Dance Company dancers and 30 non-dancers (men, women, and children) based on text taken from Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Caitlin has been presenting work in the Boston area since 1984. Most recently, Caitlin has received a Fulbright fellowship to teach and create new choreographic work in Helsinki, Finland in the spring of 2009. Caitlin's early involvement with the leading voices of New York's avant-garde helped shape an aesthetic that juxtaposes the sublime beauty of everyday movement with the innovation of contemporary dance. Caitlin has danced with Johanna Boyce, Lisa Kraus, Wendy Perron, and Susan Rethorst. Her work has been shown in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York City. She has received commissions from Dance Umbrella and First Night as well as grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council and Cambridge Arts Council and a Carnegie Foundation Copper Scholarship. Caitlin is currently as Associate Professor at Salem State College where she teaches dance.
Location: Tsai Performance Center at Boston University at 685 Commonwealth Avenue (Boston, MA)
Time: 8pm
Phone: 617-353-8725
Additional Information: http://www.caitlincorbettdance.org
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September 25, 2008
New York City Alumni Event 2008
Join fellow alums on September 25, 2008, for a private showing of nine paintings by former Bennington faculty member and legendary artist, Paul Feeley, at the gallery of Matthew Marks '85 followed by a cocktail reception. Event details and a formal invitation will be sent soon to all alumni in the New York City area.
We look forward to seeing you there! Watch your mailboxes and www.bennington.edu for more information about this and other upcoming Bennington College alumni events.
Location: Matthew Marks Gallery at 523 W. 24th Street (New York City)
Time: 7-9:00 PM
Phone: 212-243-0200
Gallery Website: http://www.matthewmarks.com/
RSVP: Click here to RSVP online for this alumni event.
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October 2008 Events
October 23, 2008
Boston Area Alumni Event 2008
Boston-area alums are invited to a private showing of the Boston Drawing Project at the soon-to-be-opened Carroll and Sons Gallery (formerly Bernard Toale Gallery) on the above date. Bennington Visual Arts faculty member, Mary Lum, will be there to speak about the Boston Drawing Project and other works in the gallery. Event details and a formal invitation will be sent soon to all alumni in the Boston area.
We look forward to seeing you there! Watch your mailboxes and www.bennington.edu for more information about this and other upcoming Bennington College alumni events.
Location: Carroll and Sons Gallery at 450 Harrison Avenue (Boston, MA)
Time: 6:30-9:00 PM
Phone: 617-482-2477
RSVP: Click here to RSVP online for this alumni event.
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Ongoing Events
Alumna-Directed Artist Colony Hosts Mural
The Commune Artist Colony in Karachi, Pakistan, for which Raania A.K. Durrani ’03 serves as director, is currently displaying Pulse, a mural based on Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath Tale” by Sarah Bakhtiyar.
Location: Commune Artist Colony (Miskeen Gali in Karachi, Pakistan)
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