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"As Iris, Talise Trevigne displayed a big dramatic soprano . . . The American Symphony Orchestra sounded robust and colorful under Mr. Botstein." Final performances July 27, 29, and 31.

Annet Dekker, CCS Bard curator-in-residence, delves into the rich landscape and archival challenges of digital marginalia.

MFA writing professor Hoa Nguyen's poems "Ode to Second Chances (Late February)" and "O Prosperity" are featured in Hyperallergic's monthly poetry series.

A look inside Bard's enchanted tent of mirrors, the Spiegeltent, featuring a performance from Bard alumni–founded ensemble Contemporaneous on August 11.

Bower displays architectural fragments with birdhouses designed to attract six different species of local birds. Opening reception August 11.

SummerScape offers "another intellectually intriguing and emotionally engaging performance of an opera infrequently encountered these days." Final performances July 27, 29, and 31.

Director Tom Eccles calls on architects Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) to reconfigure CCS Bard from within, addressing the growing needs of the museum, library, archives, and teaching space. 

Musical America calls Iris "revelatory" and "riveting."

The Fisher Center presents Woven: In Process, an exhibition of 5 x 10 foot photographs by Tanya Marcuse, courtesy of the Julie Saul Gallery in New York City. Marcuse, an artist in residence at Bard, meticulously arranges natural elements in an intricate tableau of a lush yet decaying forest of fauna and flora, where a detailed still life weaves into a medieval tapestry. The exhibition features the artist’s studio proofs, giving the audience a look into the artist’s process of making these elaborate photographs. Marcuse presents the unity of the work in its "opulence which verges on excess." The exhibition takes place in the LUMA Theater Weis Atrium of the Fisher Center. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 12 to 5 p.m., and will extend until curtain call on performance evenings at the Fisher Center. During regular gallery hours, visitors may enter through the Fisher Center parking lot entrance. The exhibition runs from July 7 to November 20, with an opening reception on Friday, July 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be an artist talk moderated by Professor Daniel Mendelsohn on October 18 at 6:30 pm, free and open to the public.

Writer and artist Rikki Ducornet, recipient of the Bard College Arts and Letters award, constructs a series of paper scrolls in response to Margie McDonald's whimsical sculptures.

After 20 years exhibiting her work internationally, visual artist Amy Granat '98 returned to her native St. Louis, opening an intimate, salon-like gallery intent on "art meeting life."

Carlos Motta’s exhibition Histories for the Future at the Perez Art Museum Miami presents video and sculpture addressing pre-Andean concepts of gender and sexuality.

Sevim shares her experience living in Egypt during the recent revolution and discusses how photographing personal stories of the turmoil presents a visual history of modern Egypt.

Artist Tony Oursler walks the viewer through his Imponderable archive of occult objects and discusses its roots in family history.

Featuring Premiere Live Performance of Sergei Polunin’s "Take Me To Church," Performances by Blythe Danner, Parker Posey, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mx. Justin Vivian Bond; A Benefit for the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, July 16
The 2016 SummerScape Gala celebrates the spirit of Montgomery Place, the historic Hudson Valley estate that recently became part of the Bard College campus, with an elegant evening in the company of some very special guests on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts will present its Class of 2017 thesis exhibition July 16–23 at the Bard College Exhibition Center (UBS Gallery) at 29 O’Callaghan Lane in Red Hook, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 16 from 1 to 4 p.m.