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Suzanne Kite MFA ’18 Interviewed for NBC News

Suzanne Kite MFA ’18, aka Kite, distinguished artist in residence, assistant professor of American and Indigenous Studies, and director of the Wihanble S’a Center for Indigenous AI at Bard, was interviewed by News10 NBC for an article about how Indigenous engineers and artists are using artificial intelligence for cultural preservation projects. “My question is simple: How do we create ethical art with AI by applying Indigenous ontologies?” Kite said. “I try to resist Western personification of AI and instead dig into the hyperlocal, grounded and practical frameworks of knowledge that American Indigenous communities provide.”

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How Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt Made Rob Brunner ’93 Confront His Family’s Holocaust History

Bard alum Rob Brunner ’93, politics and culture editor at the Washingtonian magazine, writes about how Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award–winning play Leopoldstadt—which follows the story of the Merz family, a wealthy, deeply assimilated family of Viennese Jews, from the cultural heyday of Vienna’s pre-war period, through two world wars, and their terrifying aftermath—made him finally confront his own family's tragic history.
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Martine Syms MFA ’17 Interviewed in PIN-UP Magazine

Artist and Bard alumna Martine Syms MFA ’17 was interviewed in PIN-UP magazine. In conversation with Jordan Richman, Syms discusses how her upbringing in Los Angeles impacted her interest in film, how media shapes culture and identity, her experiences with museums and art institutions, and the origin of fictional versions of herself in the forms of an AI model and the character in her semi-autobiographical sitcom She Mad.
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Reflecting on the Moment

Conversations on Racial Equity and Justice

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.

  • The Making of Hothouse
    Dancers and choreographers Sam Pratt '14—Bard alum and double major in dance and philosophy—and Amadi Washington discuss their new project Hothouse with Maria Simpson, director of the Dance Program at Bard College. Amadi and Sam collaborate as the duo Baye & Asa. Hothouse responds to the reillumination of the country's practice of systemic racism by way of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Engaging Local Communities
    Cammie Jones, associate dean of experiential learning and civic engagement, and Peter Klein, assistant professor of sociology and environmental and urban studies, speak about institutional and educational collaborations with local communities in Kingston, New York, and how they are rethinking community engagement in light of the current moment.
  • Mentorship and the University
    Dariel Vasquez, cofounder and codirector of Brothers@Bard and Brothers@, as well as a member of the Class of 2017, and Drew Thompson, Assistant Professor of Africana and Historical Studies and Director of Africana Studies, speak about the role of mentorship and the university in the wake of the global pandemic and police brutality.