Posts tagged the SILO
Plenty! In addition to the work you’ll be doing in classes, there are extracurricular groups such as:
- The Bennington Free Press, our alternative student newspaper which is currently in the process of securing online publication in addition to its long-running print edition (watch this space for more updates).
- The Silo, which is a student journal of arts and letters that strictly publishes current work by Bennington students. This can be any type of work - visual arts, sciences, and plenty of fiction/nonfiction/poetry. You can view the Silo online here to get an idea of what’s usually published.
- Plain China - a national anthology of undergraduate writing curated by Bennington students and professors. As their website puts it, “the work of undergraduates has often been featured only in their respective institutions; with this anthology we want to honor and connect young writers and artists, and to create a collective narrative reflective of and relevant to the undergraduate writing experience.” The Plain China website is here.
- Tea and Fantasy, a (rather self-explanatory) club dedicated to the appreciation of tea and sci-fi fantasy. The club meets on weekends and combines discussions of current fantasy lit and (I believe) workshops of material written by club members.
In addition to these clubs, there are always opportunities to form clubs of your own through the Office of Student Life, as well as less-formalized extracurricular activities, like open workshops for student fiction, or poetry readings in your common room. Hope this helps!
-Evan ‘13
[Part 8 of the Posters at Bennington Series]
One of the most common questions I’m asked on tours is “What is there to do at Bennington?” I know that before I came here I couldn’t for the life of me imagine what one would do all day at a small liberal arts school in Vermont. But when I visited campus I realized that everywhere I looked, the walls were plastered with posters advertising clubs, performances, discussions, lectures, films, and more.
So I thought, for those of you who can’t visit campus just yet, that I’d start a weekly series where I showcase some of the posters around campus over the past year or two. All photo credits go to the folks behind the Bennington College Flickr!
-Ellie
[Part 2 of the Posters at Bennington Series]
One of the most common questions I’m asked on tours is “What is there to do at Bennington?” I know that before I came here I couldn’t for the life of me imagine what one would do all day at a small liberal arts school in Vermont. But when I visited campus I realized that everywhere I looked, the walls were plastered with posters advertising clubs, performances, discussions, lectures, films, and more.
So I thought, for those of you who can’t visit campus just yet, that I’d start a weekly series where I showcase some of the posters around campus over the past year or two. All photo credits go to the folks behind the Bennington College Flickr!
-Ellie
Click HERE to listen to student work from the latest issue of The Silo
“Published annually since 1943, The Silo is a student-run and produced journal of arts and letters at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont.
Since Fall 2009, a team of student editors has worked to gather work from the college twice each school year. The Silo Volume 66, Issue One was released as an online publication in the Fall of 2009, and Volume 66, Issue Two, the Spring 2010 edition will be released on May 8th, 2010. There will also be a limited edition printed volume of The Silo featuring a selection of work from all of Volume 66.
Visit The Silo on Bandcamp and Facebook”
- Ellie (Sorry, that photo is a trick! It’s just a screen cap because I don’t know how to embed this stuff!)
THE SILO!!!
The SILO (!!!) is up online. It’s our journal of arts and letters and it is well worth your time and exploration. GO HERE NOW to see art, poetry, music and etc from Bennington students.
-Riley
You can check out the web version of The Silo here!
-Ellie
The Silo is out! A few days ago I got this Spring’s hard copy of The Silo (our prestigious student-produced journal of arts and letters) in my mailbox. Yay! Luckily for all of you, there is an online version as well. No, you can’t flip through the sumptuous pages featuring your fellow student’s artwork and writing but you can access all the same material and more online. The Silo is dedicated to presenting exceptional work from a variety of different medium (painting, poetry, music, videos, etc.) You would be a fool not to give it a glance. So go! Go check it out! Do it. Do it now.
