The All Class Reunion weekend kicked off with a packed opening reception for the 5x7 alumni art exhibition and auction to benefit student scholarships. Seventy-six alumni contributed 105 original works in a range of media—the only constraint was works needed to be created on a 5x7-inch mat board. The pieces were displayed on shelves made by John Umphlett MFA ’99 with repurposed wood railings from Dickinson Science Building in the first floor of the Deane Carriage Barn. Atticus Lazenby ’13 provided the lively music for the reception.
5x7 Alumni artists Margot Starr Kernan ’48 Ann Slocum ’51 Renee De Yoe Ayers ’53 Anne Stodder Adams ’54 Carol Kardon ’56 Magi la Pides Schwartz ’59 Lynn Johnson ’60 Robin Posin ’61 Paula Epstein Eisner ’62 Harriet Joseph Ottenheimer ’62 Marylyn Motherbear Scott ’62 Barbara Goldberg Rohdie ’63 Erica Stoller ’64 Betsy Walker Hasegawa ’64 Jaqueth Hutchinson ’64 Gael Rockwell Minton ’64 Diane Sherer Tucker ’64 Barbara Glasser ’65 Suzanne Stanton ’65 Barbara Furstenberg ’66 Martha Rockwell ’66 Lois E. Wilkins ’67 Flenita Muniz ’68 Deborah Ann Carter ’70 Joanna Clark Swayze ’70 Madeleine Dubrovsky ’71 Janis Pryor ’71 Victoria Woolner Samuels ’71 Mary Ann Chiasson ’72 Francesca Lyman ’72 Jane Ferris Richardson ’73 Marcia Weese ’73 Susan Cantrick ’74 Jennie M. Duke ’74 Lise Gerhard ’74 Deborah Almeida Land ’74 Sarah Jane Rodman ’74 Benje LaRico ’76
Michael Stern ’77 Mel Watkin ’77 Jed Donavan ’78 Mary Meriam ’78 Winston Robinson ’78 Rondi K. Sewelson ’78 Donna Catanzaro ’81 Andrew Austin ’82 Pamela Hochschartner Viola ’82 Roshan Houshmand ’82 Shahin Heshmat ’83 Jennifer Blaikie ’84 Aimee Chappell-Hertog ’84 Teresa Booth Brown ’85 Amanda Donta Green ’85 Rhea Nowak ’85 Gioia Connell Chilton ’89 Valerie Marcus Ramshur ’89 Rafe Churchill ’91 Ourania Panos ’91 Amanda Spooner Frank ’92 Alison Dennis ’94 Alicia Hermann ’98 Taliesin Thomas ’98 Lauren Seiden ’03 Scott Wyman Neagle ’05 Shira Sternberg ’05 Lawson Wulsin ’05 Caitlin Loehr ’06 Hannah Dibner ’07 Ian Rogers ’07 Christina Martinelli ’08 Timothy Kretchmer ’10 Bennett Stone Taft ’12 Nick Janikian ’13 Tilke Elkins MFA ’99 Kelsea Habecker MFA ’03
To check out photos of all the pieces, and images from the exhibition, visit the Bennington Alumni Flickr page.