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Professor Christian Crouch.
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Christian Crouch Named Dean of Graduate Studies at Bard College
Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of History and American and Indigenous Studies Christian Ayne Crouch has been teaching at Bard since 2014. Her work focuses on the histories of the early modern Atlantic, comparative slavery, American material culture, and Native American and Indigenous Studies. She holds a PhD and an MA with distinction in Atlantic history from New York University, and an AB cum laude in history from Princeton University.
Graduate Alumni/ae News
New York Times Features Christine Sun Kim's MFA ’13 Survey Show at Whitney
“Sound isn’t part of my life, but when I found sound art, it became really interesting to me as a medium.”
New York Times Features Christine Sun Kim's MFA ’13 Survey Show at Whitney
Christine Sun Kim MFA ’13. Photo by Ina Niehoff
For Further Reading:
https://www.vulture.com/article/the-exhilarating-anger-of-christine-sun-kim.html
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/christine-sun-kim-all-day-all-night-review-lines-of-communication-at-the-whitney-airdigital-77dacfeb
https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/in-the-studio-with-christine-sun-kim-1236164748/
Post Date: 02-17-2025
Martine Syms MFA ’17 Interviewed in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
“In art, I love an unknown," Symes said.
Martine Syms MFA ’17 Interviewed in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Martine Syms MFA ’17. Photo by Christian Zürn
Introducing the interview, Claire L. Evans describes Syms as “mov[ing] through mediums and ideas like a freeway moves through neighborhoods.” After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago, Syms founded Dominica Publishing, earned her graduate degree at Bard, and was a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow. Her first movie, The African Desperate, was shot at Bard and satirizes art school.
Post Date: 02-10-2025
Jeffrey Gibson Reflects on a Standout Year in Artnet
2024 saw Gibson honored as the first Indigenous and openly queer artist to have a solo representation of the US Pavilion in Venice Biennale and continued with MASS MoCA’s commissioning of Power Full Because We’re Different.
Jeffrey Gibson Reflects on a Standout Year in Artnet
Jeffrey Gibson. Photo by Brian Barlow
Further reading:
Center for Indigenous Studies’ Three-Day Convening at the Venice Biennale Featured in Hyperallergic
Post Date: 01-07-2025