Newsmakers

Until recently Bard alumnus Dan Cline was teaching English language classes to young people in Haisyn, Ukraine, working on community projects, and even ending up in the local press for his efforts. That changed over the winter as political unrest in the country grew into a revolution and the Peace Corps evacuated all its volunteers from the country.

Composer, pianist, and singer Akie Bermiss performs live in studio, interspersed with interview segments with host Sahr Ngaujah.

Bard alumni/ae Sean Colonna '12, Thomas "Parker" Hatley '13, and Molly McFadden MFA '12 have been awarded 2014–2015 Fulbright Scholarships. Colonna and McFadden will be working in Germany, Colonna teaching English and McFadden investigating current movements in the field of art and disabilities. Hatley has been selected for an English Teaching Assistant Award to Mexico.

Skin Horse Theater, founded by five Bard graduates, has won two Big Easy Awards for their newest work, Nocturnes: Best Original Work (Devised) and Best Lighting Design.

Hazel Gurland-Pooler's The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has won a 2013 Peabody Award, which recognizes exceptional storytelling in electronic media.

Bard alumni Ben Richter and Stefan Weisman are among the winners of Wild Rumpus Music's 2013–2014 Commissioning Project for emerging composers. Their work will be featured in an upcoming season of Wild Rumpus Music performances.

"We've managed to make Bard a place that includes incarcerated people not as subjects of some kind of charity, but as students who are judged with the same courtesy and generosity, and with the same level of expectations and rigor as other students on campus."

Bard graduate and current Bard Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) student Joy Sebesta ’13 organized the presentation of the National Museum of Mathematics traveling exhibition, Math Midway 2 Go, at the Marlboro Elementary School in Ulster County on March 5. This traveling version of the museum’s hands-on math exhibits offered students in grades 3 to 5 an opportunity to enjoy math, engage their minds, and de-stress before the upcoming state tests.

A track from the record Thunder Lay Down in the Heart by composer Christopher Tignor ’98 features a new recording of poet and Bard professor emeritus John Ashbery.

Contemporaneous, a new music ensemble featuring Bard alumni/ae and students, is in residence at the University of New Orleans, where they will play free concerts that include works by acclaimed composer Yotam Haber.

Kate Hartman ’03—founder and director of The Social Body Lab in Toronto—is creating wearable technology that increases the visibility of cyclists, runners, and walkers.

Andrew Gori '04 and Ambre Kelly's SPRING/BREAK has been offering an inclusive, accessible alternative to the traditional art fair for three years, with solid attendance, positive reviews, and strong sales.

Bard Works is a career-oriented professional development program for juniors and seniors at Bard College that prepares them for work after graduation. Bard Works provides participants with the tools, strategies, and networking opportunities to hone their job search skills and lay a foundation for success in the workplace. Working with alumni/ae, parents, and mentors, participants explore how to convert their Bard experience in the liberal arts to a job after college.

Soprano Julia Bullock has won the first prize of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s international vocal competition. Ms. Bullock’s prize includes a $15,000 cash award, two New York concerts, and an unspecified number of concerts elsewhere in the United States.

Daniel Gordon has been selected by Amsterdam’s Foam photography museum as the 2014 winner of its Paul Huf Award, which is given annually to a photographer under the age of 35. The award carries a €20,000 ($27,800) prize and an exhibition at the museum.

Yishay Garbasz spent March 2013 touring the abandoned towns around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Ritual and Reality, exhibited at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York City, is the result.

Bard MFA faculty and alumna Amy Sillman will be featured in the Whitney Biennial for the second time this year, and her acclaimed survey Amy Sillman: One Lump or Two will come to CCS Bard.

Bard alumni/ae Adrian Grenier and Gaby Hoffmann star in a new film about how a group of old friends comes together in the wake of an apocalyptic cyber attack.

Bard alumnus Braden Lamb '03 and fellow artist (and his wife) Shelli Paroline talk about their work as creators of the popular Adventure Time comic book series that accompanies the hit TV show.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig argues that President Obama should invite Max Kenner to tonight's State of the Union address in order to show his commitment to education for all.

Ian Berry M.A. '98 directs Skidmore College’s Tang Museum, which he has transformed into an interdisciplinary teaching laboratory that stands out among peer institutions.

Maude Standish was recognized in the marketing and advertising category. She is a cofounder of Tarot, a Millenial trend insight company, director of strategy at Mistress Social, and writes for Vice, the Huffington Post and Agency Spy. She will be speaking at SXSW this year.

Third-generation filmmaker Gia Coppola is making a name for herself with her forthcoming film Palo Alto. She both directed the film and adapted the script from James Franco's short story collection.