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Donna Ford Grover, visiting associate professor of literature and American studies. Photo by Chris Kayden
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The Family Programs Office sends out a monthly e-newsletter, Annandale Insider, as well as important messages from the College and news on networking events, student and faculty achievements, and more.
The Family Programs Office sends out a monthly e-newsletter, Annandale Insider, as well as important messages from the College and news on networking events, student and faculty achievements, and more.
News and Events
In his early work, “I was looking a lot and had a lot of influences,” Shore says.
Stephen Shore Profiled in the New York Times
Photography Program Director and Susan Weber Professor in the Arts Stephen Shore.
Shore has had many exhibitions around the world since then, in Milan, Cologne, Chicago, and more. He has taught in Bard’s Photography Program since 1982. He says these early photos reflect concerns he’s addressed through his entire practice: “I see a formal awareness from the beginning. I’m framing, not pointing.”
Post Date: 08-27-2025
Jazz pianist and Bard College alumnus Ran Blake ’60 was interviewed by the Boston Globe for an article covering the artist’s career, which has spanned more than 60 years.
Bard Alumnus and Jazz Pianist Ran Blake ’60 Profiled in the Boston Globe
Ran Blake ’60. Photo by Andy Hurlbut
Post Date: 08-27-2025
In photography “sometimes things truly, fully come together,” Marcuse said.
Tanya Marcuse interviewed by Emma Ressel ’16 in Lenscratch
Associate Professor of Photography Tanya Marcuse.
Ressel was a Lenscratch Student Prize winner in 2024. She attended Bard’s Photography Program and has held solo exhibits in New Mexico and is on the shortlist for the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize. Marcuse has taught at Bard since 2012. She recently completed her 14-year, three-part project Fruitless | Fallen | Woven, inspired by the Biblical story of the fall from Eden.
Post Date: 08-27-2025