Award-winning new plays by Vassar students Avery Epstein and Leila Stark tackle surveillance, addiction, dementia, and human connection, earning praise from acclaimed playwrights and underscoring the College’s growing reputation for nurturing emerging theatrical voices.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center was awarded an Implementation Grant by the Terra Foundation for American Art to support the reinstallation of Vassar’s Hudson River School paintings, a core feature of the College’s art collection.
During a campus conversation, John Cameron Mitchell shared stories from a boundary-breaking career and urged students to embrace generosity, independence, and fearless creativity.
Vassar’s Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, in collaboration with Affinity Engagement, recently hosted Reunite & Restore, a two-day campus gathering focused on well-being and connection. The event, held April 10–11, encouraged alums, students, employees, and the larger Vassar community to take a moment to nourish their minds and bodies.
Members of the Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT), the College’s faculty-led dance company, are getting conservatory-level instruction from accomplished professionals—without having to give up their academic pursuits.
Astronomer Maria Mitchell is the subject of a very special performance taking place on campus January 23–25 at the Martel Theater as part of MODfest, Vassar’s annual celebration of the arts.
While on campus to receive the AAVC’s Young Alum Achievement Award, Ethan Slater ’14, who portrayed the lead in SpongeBob SquarePants and Boq in Wicked, talked to students and others in the Vassar community about his career as a performer.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center has secured a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation for the conservation of “Lyric,” a 1951 oil on canvas by the late American artist Joan Mitchell (1925–1992).
