Rebeca Huntt ’12 Interviewed by TIME for Her New Autobiographical Documentary Beba
For Rebeca Huntt ’12, the release of Beba, her debut, autobiographical documentary, came with some worry about how the film would be received. Members of her family are interviewed extensively throughout, with her own life serving as the subject of the film. After seeing audiences respond to the work, however, these fears have receded. “This film is bigger than my fear and what I think people are gonna think of me,” Huntt said in an interview with TIME.
Lil’ Deb’s Oasis, James Beard–Nominated Chef Carla Perez-Gallardo ’10’s Celebrated Restaurant, Profiled in the Washington Post
“Lil’ Deb’s is a sensory explosion of queer exuberance and kitsch . . . ” writes Von Diaz for the Washington Post. “Deb’s is not a gay bar; it’s a restaurant. Food is the focus, and the menu is innovative, experimental and incredibly memorable. And as its name suggests, Deb’s is a place where people from all walks of life convene, where the only thing that’s illicit is how sinfully sumptuous the food is, where the staffers can take pride in preparing meals that are as unique as they are and where deliciousness becomes an extension of queer resistance.”The Zora Neale Hurston Writing Fellowship at Bard College Welcomes Seven Writers for Its Inaugural Summer Residency Program
This summer, the Zora Neale Hurston Writing Fellowship at Bard College hosts its inaugural cohort of seven writers, Danielle Elizabeth Chin, Neşe Devenot ’09, Shoshanna Edwards-Alexander, Mona Kareem, Madhu Kaza, Obi Nwizu, and Dianca London Potts for three weeks from June 4 through June 26. During their residency, fellows are residing on Bard’s campus with housing and meals provided. Founded and directed by Visiting Associate Professor of Literature and American Studies Donna Ford Grover, the Hurston Fellowship enables writers from all disciplines who have not had the opportunity to develop their scholarship, and supports writers who are currently employed as adjuncts or visiting professors with terminal degrees and who have not yet published a book-length work.- Evan Nicole Brown ’16 on the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection and Correcting the “Myth of Absence”
- Bard Center for the Study of Hate Releases New Community Guide for Opposing Hate Cowritten by Western States Center and Montana Human Rights Network
- New Red Order, the Indigenous Art Collective Cofounded by Bard Alumni Adam Khalil ’11 and Zack Khalil ’14, Will Both Curate and Produce Work for Counterpublic Triennial
- Bard Alum Elazar Sontag Makes the Move to Bon Appétit, with a Focus on Queer Restaurants and Up-And-Comers
- Hudson Valley Comes Together for Big Read
- A National Model: Bard High School Early Colleges Chart the Way Forward
Upcoming Events
- 7/05TuesdayCCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
- 7/06Wednesday12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Martine Syms: Grio College
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The practice of Martine Syms is distinguished by its boundlessness: her subjects move across media—print and web publishing, photography, moving image, installation, AI, software—dissolving the lines between these forms. One of the most insightful and important artists to show how digital media shapes our culture, Syms examines representations of Blackness and its relationship to vernacular, feminist thought, and radical traditions. Martine Syms: Grio College presents an expansive selection of Syms’ work, featuring major new and recent works and emphasizing the artist’s versatile approach to photography, highlighting the many scales and methods through which she approaches image-making. The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of Syms’ feature film The African Desperate (2022), and premieres related photographic works, drawings, and installation. The script of The African Desperate, co-written by Syms and Rocket Caleshu, will be published by Nightboat Books and available in conjunction with the exhibition. - 7/06Wednesday12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Black Melancholia
CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Bringing together the work of twenty-eight artists of African descent, Black Melancholia expands and complicates the notion of melancholy in Western art history and cultures. Including new commissions as well as painting, sculpture, film, photography, works on paper, and sound, from the late 19th century to the present day, the exhibition opens a dialogue with traditional art historical discourses around the representation of melancholia.
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.