The World’s UnFair: Public Exhibition by New Red Order, Cofounded by Alumni Adam Khalil ’11 and Zack Khalil ’14, Profiled in the New York Times
“Give it back.” These are the first words seen by visitors to The World’s UnFair, the newest multimedia work by New Red Order (NRO), a “public secret society” cofounded by brothers and Bard alumni Adam Khalil ’11 and Zack Khalil ’14. World’s Fairs “have historically presented a theory of progress, technological advancement, imperial advancement,” Jackson Polys, who cocreated NRO with the Khalil brothers, told the New York Times. The World’s UnFair, by contrast, subverts expectations with an animatronic beaver who speaks about private land ownership and satirical real estate ads featuring “comically small” portions of land given back to Native groups.
Insight into Diversity Highlights Innovative LGBTQ+ Studies Program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock
“As legislative attacks continue to threaten the rights and protections of LGBTQ+ students, an innovative new program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock aims to empower them with the professional and social capital to lead the charge for a more inclusive future,” writes Lisa O’Malley for Insight into Diversity. The Bard Queer Leadership Project is envisioned to expand over the next few years into a complete college on the campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock, becoming the first intentionally Queer-serving college in the world.Bard College Hosts Second Annual Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck Conference on Indigenous Research Methods and Practice in the Liberal Arts, October 12–14
Bard College will host the second annual conference of Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck from October 12 through 14. The conference, “Indigenous Research Methods and Practice in the Liberal Arts: Refusal, Creation, and Intersectionality,” explores the topic of “research” within the humanities. Building on last year’s conference surrounding methods, viewpoints, and experiences of archives within Native American and Indigenous Studies and African American Studies, this conference explores historically marginalized epistemologies of social sciences and arts research. This is the second of three annual conferences supported by Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck, part of the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities for All Times initiative.- Indian Theater at Hessel Museum Is a New York Times Critic’s Pick
- New York Times Video Journalist and Alumna Alexandra Eaton ’07 Tells the Story of the Met’s Acquisition of a Rare 19th-Century American Painting of an Enslaved Youth
- Bard Professor, Artist Nayland Blake ’82 Designs Capsule Collection with Proceeds to Support the Transgender Law Center
- Patricia Kaishian Spoke on advaya’s Podcast Series “REBIRTH” about Mycology, Queer Identity, and Mutualism
- Bard Alumnus, Designer Brandon Blackwood ’13 Speaks at Vice President Kamala Harris’s Roundtable for Young Entrepreneurs of Color
- Groundbreaking Survey Examining Performance and Objecthood in Native North American Contemporary Art Opens at CCS Bard’s Hessel Museum of Art, June 2023
Upcoming Events
- 10/01Sunday12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
Saturday, June 24, 2023 – Sunday, November 26, 2023
Indian Theater
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations, Inuit, and Alaska Native artists opens this June at the Center for Curatorial Studies’ (CCS Bard) Hessel Museum of Art. Curated by leading scholar and curator Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Indian Theater traces the history of experimentation that emerged from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Department for New Native Theater in the late 1960s and continues to inform the practice of Native artists today. The exhibition brings together over 100 works by over 40 artists and collectives, including some new commissions, and performances by Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Unangax̂), Jeffrey Gibson (The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee), Maria Hupfield (Anishnaabek, Wasauksing First Nation / Canada), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Eric-Paul Riege (Diné).
Open Wednesday – Monday, noon – 6:00 pm. Closed Tuesdays. - 10/03Tuesday12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Kappa House
- 10/05Thursday7:00 pm – 9:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Gilson Place
Reflecting on the Moment
Reflecting on the Moment is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the Dean of the College in consultation with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The new series invites alumni/ae, current undergraduates, faculty, and staff to have honest conversations about the current moment we are living in the wake of a global pandemic and systemic police brutality. The aim is to present models of inclusive dialogue, to draw from the rich personal experiences and expertise of our ever-developing and ever-changing community, and to present approaches for community activism and engagement in the name of racial equity and justice.