Newsmakers

The celebration on April 14 will include an open house with chamber music performances, followed by a celebration in the performance hall at 4 p.m., with Conservatory director Robert Martin; musical performances by students of the Conservatory and Bard’s Music Program; a reading by acclaimed poet Robert Kelly, Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature; and remarks by László Z. Bitó ’60 and Bard College president Leon Botstein.

Elyse Foladare '12 got involved in AmeriCorps while studying at Bard. These days she's working with the organization as a watershed ambassador, taking care of the habitat in her native New Jersey.

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Arthur Aviles '87 reprises the role created for him 25 years ago, performing D-Man in the Waters on March 30 and April 5 at the Joyce Theater in New York City.

Lindsey Shute CEP '07 participated in a recent Tedx Manhattan talk titled "Changing the Way We Eat," in which she talks about farming as a career path for young people. (Her segment begins at minute 26.)

Bard alumna and Oberlin professor Julia Christensen '00 has received a prestigious Creative Capital grant to build DIY video projectors out of reclaimed electronic waste.

Bard College and Simon's Rock alumnus Ronan Farrow has been awarded a 21st Century Leadership Award from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.

Hesitating Beauty, a new book of photography by Joshua Lutz '97, MFA '05 (ICP), is a meditation on his mother's mental illness. His work will be on display at New York’s ClampArt Gallery from April 11th to May 18th.

Roberta Smith for the New York Times calls the paintings of recent Bard graduate Lucy Dodd MFA '12 "as wry as they are beautiful."

Alexis Gambis '03 has crafted a career at the intersection of science and film, launching a film festival, pursuing advanced degrees in molecular biology and film, and making movies that tell a different story about scientists.