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"Focusing on diverse topics ... Siegel’s increasingly elegant and astute works dive deep into her subjects but never explain them," writes Steel Stillman.

Bard alumna and deaf artist Christine Sun Kim received her MFA in Music/Sound from Bard. Her installations highlight the conceptual aspects of sound and engage both deaf and hearing participants.

"The Bard Center for Curatorial Studies ... has long been a hotbed for interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary art, and its latest journal, aCCeSsions, is no exception."

An image of a simple kitchen is anything but—photographer Eugène Atget brings Bard professor An-My Lê back to her childhood in Paris.

The Fisher Center and Live Arts Bard present Obie Award–winning Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s Life and Times: Episodes 7–9 on Sunday, November 1 at 2 p.m. in the Fisher Center's LUMA Theater. An epic spectacle nearly a decade in the making, Life and Times is a nine-part project that encompasses and surpasses the genres of musical theater, disco, dance, science fiction, illuminated manuscript, animation, detective drama—and now, in the final three episodes, film. The source for this multimedia extravaganza is the transcript of hours of recorded telephone interviews with one of Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s own company members, who recounted the story of her life in painstaking detail.

The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College and the Catskill Jazz Factory present American Pianist’s Association Cole Porter Fellows Dan Tepfer and Aaron Diehl in “Double Trouble: Jazz Meets Classical,” Friday, October 30 at 8 p.m. in the Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater. In this exclusive, collaborative performance, Tepfer and Diehl bring an unprecedented mash-up of J.S. Bach and the Great American Songbook, blending traditional with contemporary, and improvisational jazz styles with classical upbringings.

Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, has been selected the winner of the 2016 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence from CCS Bard.

The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) is pleased to announce that Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, is the recipient of the 2016 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence. The award will be presented at a gala celebration and dinner on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in New York City. The award comes with the Audrey Irmas Prize of $25,000.

Join a public conversation on November 7 between Neil Gaiman, Bard professor in the arts, and Armistead Maupin, the best-selling writer and activist, as they discuss their heroes Charles Dickens and Christopher Isherwood, the craft of storytelling, and many other subjects. The program takes place on Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sosnoff Theater of Bard's Fisher Center. Maupin is the author of 11 novels, including the nine-volume Tales of the City series, which Salon calls “perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced.”

The Orchestra Now (TŌN), an innovative master’s degree program and training orchestra founded by Bard College, will launch its inaugural season at Bard College’s Fisher Center with two fall programs in October and November. Bard President and TŌN Conductor Leon Botstein will lead the Orchestra of 37 young graduate musicians from around the world and cellist Rylan Gajek in the opening concerts on October 24 and 25; Associate Conductor James Bagwell will take the podium for the second program on November 14 and 15. The Orchestra’s series at Bard will continue with two more concert programs in February and April, 2016, and TŌN will also perform in different series in New York City including Carnegie Hall.

Brian Seibert reviews last weekend's "blue-chip program" by American Ballet Theatre, which included the world premiere of After you, choreographed by Mark Morris.

"Austrian and Curato turn the simple wedding of two worms into a three-ring circus that slyly turns the whole controversy over same-sex versus heterosexual marriage on its head."

CCS Bard Library and Archives Director Ann Butler considers how archives are built and by whom, and explains how CCS works to address the ethics of building an archive.

Eden, one of the first graduates of Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies, talks about her new role leading Houston nonprofit, multidisciplinary art center DiverseWorks.

In an intimate performance, writer/performer Carl Hancock Rux and composer/musician Theo Bleckmann present The Exalted, the story of the last days of German-Jewish art historian Carl Einstein, one of the first critics to affirm the importance of African sculpture, thus influencing the development of Cubism and the European avant-garde. Directed by Anne Bogart ’74, The Exalted will be performed at the Fisher Center, Sosnoff Stage right, from Friday, October 16, and Saturday October 17, at 7:30 p.m. There will be post-performance talks with the artists. On Thursday, October 15, Rux will also read from his novel, The Exalted, at 7:30 p.m. in Weis Cinema in the Bertelsmann Campus Center.

Fite transformed a 6.5-acre abandoned stone quarry in Saugerties, New York, into a monumental sculpture park. Now visitors can stay overnight in Fite's own house.

Jim Toia captures nature in his work, creating art from preserved spider webs. An exhibition of his work is now on view at the New Jersey State Museum.

"Presenting more than 300 playthings dating from the 17th to the early 21st century, "Swedish Wooden Toys" ... will be catnip for anyone interested in antique toys."

Tirzah Brott's Senior Project gets some media attention and she lands a job as an assistant photo editor at New York magazine with the help of fellow alumna Roxanne Behr '10.

The Swedish Wooden Toys exhibit displays fine design and craftsmanship, calling forth an era before batteries and touch screens.