June 5, 2025

Dear Alumni,

I hope you are enjoying the summer so far! May turned out to be a month of reminiscing for me, culminating with my five-year college reunion last week. The graduation season reminded me, too, of the ceremony at Bard in 2022—my classmates will recall the intense thunderstorm that passed over Annandale just as the event was set to begin. I was glad to see that this year’s class enjoyed better weather for at least part of their graduation day. Welcome, class of 2025, to this email list, and congratulations on your achievements at BGC!

As always, you can share news via our online form! I look forward to hearing your updates.

All best,
Julia Carabatsos (MA ’22)
alumni@bgc.bard.edu

Alumni Spotlight

Annabel Keenan’s (MA ’15) book Climate Action in the Art World: Towards a Greener Future was published on May 29 by Lund Humphries and Sotheby’s Institute. Congratulations, Annabel!

A blog post that Elana Neher (MA ’25) wrote during her BGC summer internship at the Pitt Rivers Museum has been published online. The post is titled “Men of Letters: A Correspondence between Franz Boas and E. B. Tylor.” Well done, Elana!

Select Career Opportunities

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library seeks a curatorial research fellow beginning September 2025. The fellow will be part of a team researching and cataloguing the Hispanic Society’s renowned collection of Goya prints, paintings, and related documents. This position will be appointed from September 2025 to August 2026, with the possibility for reappointment for the following academic year. The fellowship is full time and requires onsite work 3–4 days per week. The application deadline is June 30, 2025.

SFO Museum is seeking a curator to lead two key programming areas: photography and student art. Under the direction of the curator in charge of exhibitions, the curator of photography and student art will organize and curate a robust schedule of photography and student art exhibitions for our gallery locations throughout SFO International Airport. Application deadline: June 6, 2025, 5 PM (PST).

The Museum of Modern Art seeks a director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute who will also serve as a curator, joining the curatorial team in the museum’s Department of Architecture and Design and reporting directly to the department’s Phillip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design.

For more opportunities please visit the BGC job board.

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Select Internal Events

Public programming at BGC has concluded for the academic year. Please check back for updated event listings in the fall!

Select External Events

Morgan After Hours: Summer Salon
The Morgan Library & Museum
Thursday, June 12, 6 pm

The evening event explores Regency and Victorian-era exhibitions A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 and Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron, as well as myriad treasures in A Celebration: Acquisitions in Honor of the Morgan’s Centennial. Programming includes English country dancing (no prior experience or partner needed), silhouette making, a garden promenade, and tea in the café.

Shop the BGC Store!

Visit our online store at store.bgc.bard.edu for 40% off all items. Enter code ALUMNI at checkout to receive the discount.

Sign up for Gaggle!

Gaggle.mail is an opt-in list-serv that serves as a place to share job openings, conference attendance, published books/articles, and exhibition openings directly with fellow alums. It’s a communication forum for alumni, by alumni. To circulate your news in the Gaggle group, send an email to bgcalumni@gaggle.email.