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How are conflicts and cultural shifts in the Middle East affecting the region's contemporary art? Dina Ramadan and colleagues explored this rapidly shifting area at a recent conference in London.

Hannah Bronfman '11 is a woman of many talents—among them DJ, restaurateur, and brand creator. In this interview, she talks about her new mobile app and gives advice to enterprising college students.

Bard Conservatory graduate Ming Aldrich-Gan '10 is the music director for Bradley Cole at the New York International Fringe Festival.

Amii LeGendre writes about the complex interplay of freedom and constraint in teaching dance to men who are prison inmates.

Over the past decade, Bard’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts has become a hub for the arts, both for the Hudson Valley community and the greater New York City region.

"Both exhibitions are strong individually," writes Roberta Smith, "but what they form in tandem is a delirious, perhaps volatile exegesis on objects both real and digital; found, made and remade; art and nonart."

Bard alumnus, performer, screenwriter, and playwright Nick Jones '01 talks about how the Netflix approach of making an entire series available at once enables a different kind of viewing experience.

Bard alumnus Adam Goldman '08, creator of the hit Web series The Outs, is working on a new show called Whatever this is., featuring alumnae Sasha Winters '08 and Madeline Wise '12. The series focuses on the junior members of a video production crew in New York City, as they struggle to meet their personal goals while working underpaid jobs.

The Cape Cod League takes baseball back to basics. "You can watch a game from the brim of a grassy knoll and have no signs of commercialization within your sight line," writes Simon's Rock professor David La Spina.

Blouin ArtInfo for the Huffington Post recommends the CCS Bard Galleries and the Hessel Museum as one of 20 art destinations within hours of New York City—perfect for a summer visit.

Rural Intelligence interviews Bard president and "resident Renaissance man" Leon Botstein on this year's SummerScape and Bard Music Festival.

A crew of stone masons are working on Harvey Fite's Opus 40, blending art and craft to retain Fite's vision while making the immense sculpture park more structurally sound.

Opening night of Sergey Taneyev’s Oresteia at Bard SummerScape on Friday, July 26, will mark the piece's U.S. stage premiere.

Gaby Hoffmann '04 lived in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York City as a child, setting the stage for her acting career.

Bloomberg Businessweek lists Bard SummerScape as one of the top five summer festivals in the northeast.

Iconic photographer and Bard professor Larry Fink talks about teaching, fashion, and working with celebrities.

Bard "hosts the smartest mix of events within driving distance of New York," writes Zinta Lundborg.

Bard artist, alumnus, and longtime faculty member Harvey Fite crafted the massive Opus 40 sculpture park, "one of the most extraordinary pieces of sculpture ever created by a single man."

"The Flood of Rights" conference will explore the intersection between photography, new media, and human rights. The conference is cosponsored by the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard, the Bard Human Rights Project, and the LUMA Foundation, and will take place in Arles, France, September 19–22, 2013.

Unrestricted by medium, artist Stephen Sollins ’90 continually explores new ways of working. At a recent solo show, he exhibited five works on paper—the size of large bed quilts—made from used mailing envelopes. “About every two years, what my work looks like changes," he says. "The subject matter holds it all together.”