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Bard Conservatory faculty comprising the group So Percussion "lavished their talents" while Bardian ensemble Contemporaneous "attacked, with passion" at the Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City.

The Bard MFA is noted for its unique low-residency program, in which "the focus is on creating art, rather than credits, grades, or classes."

Four covers from Bard's La Voz magazine will be displayed in the exhibition “Vive La Guelaguetza: An Encounter with Oaxaca” at the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, through July 19. The exhibition commemorates La Guelaguetza, a world-famous cultural festival from Oaxaca, Mexico, which for the last five years has been celebrated locally at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. The festival, which attracts thousands of spectators, will take place on August 3 this year. The La Voz covers on display feature the town's past La Guelaguetza celebrations, and are on view alongside paintings, photography, and traditional costumes from the state of Oaxaca. Bard College students Mariel Fiori '05 and Emily Schmall '05 founded La Voz in 2004 as a Trustee Leader Scholar (TLS) project, aiming to serve the Latino community of the Hudson Valley with a free Spanish-language magazine. Fiori is still editor at La Voz, and the award-winning publication now has an estimated 20,000 readers in the area. La Voz will mark its 10th anniversary with a celebratory evening at the Spiegeltent at Bard's Fisher Center on August 12.

Bard alumna Michelle Dunn Marsh, the new executive director of Photographic Center Northwest, is not only a photography expert but also the owner of an impressive collection.

Jay Nelson blurs the lines between art and architecture with his remarkable and functional creations, including refurbished boats and campers as well as one-of-a-kind tree houses.

This summer The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College presents three new exhibitions opening on June 28. Amy Sillman: one lump or two, a major traveling exhibition, is the first museum survey of New York-based painter, Bard MFA faculty member, and alumna Amy Sillman '95. SCORE!, curated by Amy Sillman and Cheyney Thompson, comprises works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, works on loan by John Cage (from Bard College’s John Cage Trust), Carolee Schneemann, and a new painting by Cheyney Thompson created for the exhibition. Anne Collier is the photographer’s first major exhibition, tracing her career from 2002 to the present with a selection of more than 40 works. All three exhibitions open on June 28 with a reception beginning at 1:00, and will be on view through September 21.

Photographer Arthur Tress '62 unearthed a trunk of negatives in his sister's closet and rediscovered San Francisco's summer '64.

Bard alumni Joel Clark '05, Tavit Geudelekian '05, Andrew Kopas '08, and Mark Perloff '08 are part of King Post Studios, which last year launched a board game based on Herman Melville's Moby Dick, and is now working on a new game for the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.

Professor Shore's new book is the culmination of his extended project photographing Palestinian and Jewish communities in Israel and the West Bank. He spoke recently at the International Center for Photography in New York City with Jeff Rosenheim, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Judy Pfaff has recently been given the International Sculpture Center’s 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. In this interview, she discusses using new materials, how she constructs large installations, and what makes her "a little bit feral" in the studio.

Gideon Lester, director of Bard's Theater and Performance Program, invited Dutch actor Adelheid Roosen to teach her "adoption method," in which actors live with a stranger for two weeks and develop a performance together.