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71-544: The Bard Music Festival is an annual classical music festival held during the month of August on the campus of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York . Founded in 1990, the festival was created with the intention of finding ways to present the history of music in innovative ways to contemporary audiences. To this end, each year the festival selects a single composer to be its main focus and presents performances in tandem with presentations on biographical details on

142-694: A parish school on their estate in order to educate the area's children. A wood-frame cottage , known today as Bard Hall, served as a school on weekdays and a chapel on weekends. In 1857, the Bards expanded the parish by building the Chapel of the Holy Innocents next to Bard Hall. During this time, John Bard remained in close contact with the New York leaders of the Episcopal Church. The church suggested that he found

213-534: A theological college . With the promise of outside financial support, John Bard donated the unfinished chapel, and the surrounding 18 acres (7.3 ha), to the diocese in November 1858. In March 1860, St. Stephen's College was founded. In 1861, construction began on the first St. Stephen's College building, a stone collegiate Gothic dormitory called Aspinwall, after early trustee John Lloyd Aspinwall, brother of William Henry Aspinwall . During its initial years,

284-536: A $ 25 million donation from the Gochman Family Foundation to form a Center for American and Indigenous Studies at CCS Bard and a matching donation of $ 25 million from George Soros . This followed two 2021 gifts of $ 25 million, one from Marieluise Hessel and a matching donation from Soros. The Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College is an interdisciplinary research institution dedicated to exploring

355-412: A book of essays, translations, and correspondence relating to the festival’s central figure is published by Princeton University Press . The festival is currently led by Artistic Directors Leon Botstein , and Irene Zedlacher. The festival's first featured composer was Johannes Brahms in 1990. The 2024 festival is focused on the world and works of Hector Berlioz . Bard College Bard College

426-437: A collaboration with Al-Quds University involving an honors college, a master's program in teaching and a model high school. In accordance with AlQuds-Bard requirements, students are not allowed to decide their major during the first year of their studies; instead, as a liberal arts college, students are advised to diverge in different classes that would allow them to decide what program they would like to take interest in as in

497-705: A focus on Post-Keynesian and Marxian economics. It is additionally recognized as the leading research center for the study of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Notable individuals that have been affiliated with the Levy Economics Institute as professors, directors, and economists include Joseph Stiglitz , Hyman Minsky , William Julius Wilson , L. Randall Wray , Jan Kregel , Bruce C. Greenwald , Dimitri B. Papadimitriou , Lakshman Achuthan , Warren Mosler , Stephanie Kelton , Bill Mitchell , and Pavlina R. Tcherneva . Bard has access to multiple, distinct endowments. Bard, along with Central European University ,

568-521: A focus on post-1960s contemporary art, curatorial practice, exhibition histories, theory, and criticism. in 2023 historian Robert Storr donated over 25,000 volumes to the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, nearly doubling the total collection size to 63,000 volumes. Other noteworthy contributors include Louise Bourgeois , Yto Barrada , Leon Golub , Jenny Holzer , Gerhard Richter , and Rachel Whiteread . In 2022 CCS Bard received $ 50 million from

639-601: A handwritten description of his own "English Collegiate Gothic Mansion" of 1853 for the Harrals of Bridgeport, Connecticut. By the 1890s, the movement was known as "Collegiate Gothic". In his praise for Cope & Stewardson's Quadrangle Dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania , architect Ralph Adams Cram revealed some of the racial and cultural implications underlying the Collegiate Gothic: It was, of course, in

710-558: A heavy academic emphasis on the arts, something atypical of colleges at the time, and set the foundations for Bard's Moderation and Senior Project requirement. While Tewksbury never characterized Bard's curriculum as " progressive ," the school would later be considered an early adopter of progressive education. In his 1943 study of early progressive colleges, titled General Education in the Progressive College , Louis T. Benezet used Bard as one of his three case studies . During

781-491: A historic mansion, a farm, and some 20 smaller buildings. The college purchased the property from Historic Hudson Valley, the historical preservation organization that had owned Montgomery Place since the late 1980s. The addition of this property brings Bard's total campus size to nearly 1,000 acres (400 ha) along the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson , New York. In late 2023, Bard purchased 260 acres of land adjacent to

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852-542: A liberal arts degree to incarcerated individuals ( prison education ) in five prisons in New York State, and enrolls nearly 200 students. Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1994, BPI is one of only a small number of programs of its kind in the country. Bard awards the Bard Fiction Prize annually to "a promising emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at

923-524: A measure. American heroism harks back to English heroism; the blood shed before Manila and on San Juan Hill was the same blood that flowed at Bosworth Field , Flodden , and the Boyne . Therefore the British base of the design is indispensable, for such were the racial foundations. Collegiate Gothic complexes were most often horizontal compositions, save for a single tower or towers serving as an exclamation. At

994-554: A part of the Blithewood estate and renamed it Annandale. John Bard was the grandson of Samuel Bard , a prominent doctor, a founder of Columbia University 's medical school , and physician to George Washington . John Bard was also the nephew of John McVickar, a professor at Columbia University . The family had strong connections with the Episcopal Church and Columbia. The following year, in 1854, John and Margaret established

1065-700: A range of postgraduate degree programs, including the Bard MFA , Bard Graduate Center , Center for Curatorial Studies , Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Center for Environmental Policy, Bard MBA in Sustainability, Levy Economics Institute , the Master of Arts in Teaching, and the Master of Arts in Global Studies. Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts is a nontraditional graduate school for interdisciplinary study in

1136-467: A row of vigorous French Gothic-inspired buildings for Trinity College – Seabury Hall, Northam Tower, Jarvis Hall (all completed 1878) – in Hartford, Connecticut . Tastes became more conservative in the 1880s, and "collegiate architecture soon after came to prefer a more scholarly and less restless Gothic." Beginning in the late-1880s, Philadelphia architects Walter Cope and John Stewardson expanded

1207-413: A wide range of topics, including stock-flow consistent macro modeling, fiscal policy , monetary policy and financial structure , financial instability , income and wealth distribution , financial regulation and governance , gender equality and time poverty, and immigration/ethnicity and social structure. The Levy Economics Institute is particularly known for its research in heterodox economics , with

1278-612: Is a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson , in the town of Red Hook , in New York State . The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains within the Hudson River Historic District —a National Historic Landmark . Founded in 1860, the institution consists of a liberal arts college and a conservatory , as well as eight graduate programs offering over 20 graduate degrees in

1349-494: Is a founding member of the Open Society University Network , endowed with $ 1 billion from philanthropist George Soros , which is a network of universities to operate throughout the world to better prepare students for current and future global challenges through integrated teaching and research. Bard maintains its own endowment of approximately $ 412 million. In July 2020, Bard received a gift of $ 100 million from

1420-496: Is a graduate research institute and gallery located in New York City. Established in 1993, the institute offers a two-year MA program and a PhD program that began in 1998. The institute's facilities include a gallery space at 18 West 86th Street and an academic building with a library at 38 West 86th Street. The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) established in 1990, is a museum and research center dedicated to

1491-490: Is a public policy think tank focused on generating public policy responses to economic problems. Through research, analysis, and informed debate, the institute aims to enable scholars and leaders from business, labor, and government to collaborate on common interest issues. The institute's findings are disseminated globally through various channels, including publications, conferences, seminars, congressional testimony, and partnerships with other nonprofits. Its research encompasses

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1562-595: Is both the world's second tallest university building and Gothic-styled edifice. The tower contain a half-acre Gothic hall supported only by its 52-foot (16 m) tall arches. It is accompanied by the campus's other Gothic Revival structures by Klauder, including the Stephen Foster Memorial (1935–1937) and the French Gothic Heinz Memorial Chapel (1933–1938). A number of colleges and universities have commissioned major new buildings in

1633-408: Is eminent novelist Philip Roth . In 1944, as a result of World War II , enrollment significantly dropped putting financial stress on the college. In order to increase enrollment, the college became co-educational, thereby severing all ties with Columbia. The college became an independent, secular, institution in 1944. Thus enrollment more than doubled, from 137 students in 1944, to 293 in 1947. In

1704-576: Is for us, as part of our duty as our highest privilege to act...for spreading what is true." Gothic Revival architecture was used for American college buildings as early as 1829, when "Old Kenyon" was completed on the campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio . Another early example was Alexander Jackson Davis 's University Hall (1833–37, demolished 1890), on New York University 's Washington Square campus. Richard Bond 's church-like library for Harvard College, Gore Hall (1837–41, demolished 1913), became

1775-600: Is in Annandale-on-Hudson , a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York , United States, in the town of Red Hook . It contains more than 70 buildings with a total gross building space of 1,167,090 sq ft (108,426 m ) and was listed as a census-designated place in 2020. Campus buildings represent varied architectural styles , but the campus remains heavily influenced by the Collegiate Gothic and Postmodern styles. Bard's historic buildings are associated with

1846-426: Is then, as with work for moderation, critiqued by a board of three professors. Arts students must organize a series of concerts, recitals, or shows, or produce substantial creative work; math and science students, as well as some social science students, undertake research projects. For the academic year 2022-2023, Bard's acceptance rate stands at 46%. Out of the total 6,482 students who applied, 2,982 were admitted to

1917-575: Is widely considered to be the resulting beautiful and sophisticated Yale campus. Rogers was criticized by the growing Modernist movement. His cathedral-like Sterling Memorial Library (1927–1930), with its ecclesiastical imagery and lavish use of ornament, came under vocal attack from one of Yale's own undergraduates: A modern building constructed for purely modern needs has no excuse for going off in an orgy of meretricious medievalism and stale iconography. Other architects, notably John Russell Pope and Bertram Goodhue (who just before his death sketched

1988-542: The Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan . In 1990, Bard College acquired, on permanent loan, art collector Marieluise Hessel's substantial collection of important contemporary artwork. In 2006, Hessel contributed another $ 8 million (USD) for the construction of a 17,000-square-foot addition to Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies building, in which the collection is exhibited. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) provides

2059-726: The City College of New York 's new campus (1903–1907) at Hamilton Heights, Manhattan , in the style. The style was experienced up-close by a wide audience at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis , Missouri. The World's Fair and 1904 Olympic Games were held on the newly completed campus of Washington University , which delayed occupying its buildings until 1905. The movement gained further momentum when Charles Donagh Maginnis designed Gasson Hall at Boston College in 1908. Maginnis & Walsh went on to design Collegiate Gothic buildings at some twenty-five other campuses, including

2130-737: The Fisher Center at Bard and other OSUN institutions and art venues worldwide. The Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) at Bard College is a research institution offering a range of graduate degree programs focused on environmental policy, climate science, and environmental education. The CEP offers a series of graduate degrees including the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Master of Education. In addition to these individual degree programs, CEP offers dual-degree options that allow students to combine their environmental studies with programs in law or business. Levy Economics Institute

2201-702: The Montgomery Place campus in Barrytown , which used to be the campus of the Unification Theological Seminary . The property, originally owned by the Livingston and later Aspinwall families, features a mansion designed by William Appleton Potter . It was acquired by the De La Salle Brothers in 1928, who completed a large seminary and normal institute there in 1931. In turn, the property

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2272-536: The Open Society Foundations , which will dispense $ 10 million yearly over a period of ten years. In April 2021, Bard received a $ 500 million endowment challenge grant from George Soros. Once matched, on a five-year timeline, Bard will have an endowment of more than $ 1 billion. Bard has developed several graduate programs and research institutes, including the Milton Avery Graduate School of

2343-482: The University of Pittsburgh , Charles Klauder was commissioned by University of Pittsburgh chancellor John Gabbert Bowman to design a tall building in the form of a Gothic tower. What he produced, the Cathedral of Learning (1926–37), has been described as the literal culmination of late Gothic Revival architecture. A combination of Gothic spire and modern skyscraper, the steel-frame, limestone-clad, 42-story structure

2414-506: The 1940s, Bard provided a haven for intellectual refugees fleeing Europe. These included Hannah Arendt , the political theorist, Stefan Hirsch , the precisionist painter; Felix Hirsch , the political editor of the Berliner Tageblatt ; the violinist Emil Hauser; the linguist Hans Marchand ; the noted psychologist Werner Wolff; and the philosopher Heinrich Blücher . Arendt is buried at Bard, alongside her husband Heinrich Blücher, as

2485-402: The 1950s, with the addition of the Blithewood estate and Tewksbury Hall, the college would increase its enrollment by 150 students. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker 's experiences at Bard prompted them to write the 1973 song " My Old School " for their rock group, Steely Dan . The song was motivated by the 1969 drug bust at Bard in which the college administration colluded. The DA involved

2556-715: The 2020 Census, with a population of 358. The college has an amount of housing for faculty members. School-age dependents in this faculty housing are in the Red Hook Central School District (the CDP is within this school district). In its 2022-2023 edition of college rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Bard 60th overall, 5th in "Most Innovative Schools", tied at 38th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied at #70 in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", tied at #19 in "First-Year Experiences", and 19th for "Best Value" out of 210 "National Liberal Arts Colleges" in

2627-1100: The Arts , the Levy Economics Institute which began offering a Masters of Science in Economic Theory and Policy in 2014, the Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture , the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, the Bard College Conservatory of Music , the ICP-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies in Manhattan, the Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT), the Bard College Clemente Program , and

2698-453: The Language and Thinking (L&T) program, an intensive, writing-centered introduction to the liberal arts. The interdisciplinary program, established in 1981, aims to "cultivate habits of thoughtful reading and discussion, clear articulation, accurate self-critique, and productive collaboration." The program covers philosophy , history , science , poetry , fiction , and religion . In 2011,

2769-539: The United States. Bard's Master of Fine Arts program was ranked one of ten most influential Master of Fine Arts programs in the world by Artspace Magazine in 2023. Bard has been named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars. Many Bard alumni have also been named Watson Fellows , Critical Language Scholarship recipients, Davis Projects for Peace winners, Rhodes Scholars , Marshall Scholars , and Peace Corps fellows, among other postgraduate awards. In

2840-457: The abandoned Cruger's Island estate. That same year, after Hamersley's combined estate was purchased by William Ward, it was donated to charity and served as a retirement home for almost four decades. By the mid-1900s, Bard's campus significantly expanded. The Blithewood estate was donated to the college in 1951, and in 1963, Bard purchased 90 acres (36 ha) of the Ward Manor estate, including

2911-550: The agreement, Bard remained affiliated with the Episcopal Church and retained control of its finances. The merger raised Bard's prestige; however, it failed to provide financial support to the college during the Great Depression . So dire was Bard's financial situation that in 1932, then-Governor of New York and College trustee Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the likes of John D. Rockefeller Jr. , George Eastman and Frederick William Vanderbilt requesting donations for

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2982-457: The arts and sciences. The college has a network of over 35 affiliated programs, institutes, and centers, spanning twelve cities , five states , seven countries , and four continents . During much of the nineteenth century, the land since owned by Bard was mainly composed of several country estates . These estates were called Blithewood, Bartlett, Sands, Cruger's Island, and Ward Manor/Almont. In 1853, John Bard and Margaret Bard purchased

3053-629: The campus of Bryn Mawr College in an understated English Gothic style that was highly sensitive to site and materials. Inspired by the architecture of Oxford and Cambridge universities, and historicists but not literal copyists, Cope & Stewardson were highly influential in establishing the Collegiate Gothic style. Commissions followed for collections of buildings at the University of Pennsylvania (1895–1911), Princeton University (1896–1902), and Washington University in St. Louis (1899–1909), marking

3124-486: The campuses of American colleges. Examples include Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Boynton Hall, 1868, by Stephen C. Earle ); Yale College ( Farnam Hall , 1869–70, by Russell Sturgis ); the University of Pennsylvania ( College Hall , 1870–72, Thomas W. Richards); Harvard College ( Memorial Hall , 1870–77, William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt ); and Cornell University ( Sage Hall (1871–75, Charles Babcock ). In 1871, English architect William Burges designed

3195-503: The college received a US$ 100 million gift from the Open Society Foundations which ranks among the largest financial contributions to a U.S. institution in recent history. In 2021, philanthropist George Soros made a $ 500 million endowment pledge to Bard College. It is one of the largest pledges of money ever made to higher education in the United States. In June 2021, Bard College was declared an "undesirable institution" in Russia, becoming

3266-488: The college relied on wealthy benefactors, like trustee Cornelius Vanderbilt , for funding. The college began taking shape within four decades. In 1866, Ludlow Hall, an administrative building, was erected. Preston Hall was built in 1873 and used as a refectory. A set of four dormitories, collectively known as Stone Row, were completed in 1891. And in 1895, the Greek Revival Hoffman Memorial Library

3337-420: The college. On May 26, 1933, Donald Tewksbury , a Columbia professor, was appointed dean of the college. Although dean for only four years, Tewksbury had a lasting impact on the school. Tewksbury, an educational philosopher, had extensive ideas regarding higher education. While he was dean, Tewksbury steered the college into a more secular direction and changed its name from St. Stephen's to Bard. He also placed

3408-536: The core readings included works by Hannah Arendt , Franz Kafka , Frans de Waal , Stephen Jay Gould , Clifford Geertz , M. NourbeSe Philip , and Sophocles . The capstone of the Bard undergraduate experience is the Senior Project, commonly referred to as SPROJ amongst its students. As with moderation, this project takes different forms in different departments. Many students write a paper of around eighty pages, which

3479-459: The different courses Bard has to offer. Collegiate Gothic Ralph Adams Cram , arguably the leading Gothic Revival architect and theoretician in the early 20th century, wrote about the appeal of the Gothic for educational facilities in his book The Gothic Quest: "Through architecture and its allied arts we have the power to bend men and sway them as few have who depended on the spoken word. It

3550-477: The early development of the college and the history of the Hudson River estates ( see Bard College History ). During a late twentieth-century building boom, the college embraced a trend of building signature buildings designed by prominent architects like Venturi , Gehry , and Viñoly . In January 2016, Bard purchased Montgomery Place , a 380-acre (150 ha) estate adjacent to the Bard campus, with significant historic and cultural assets. The estate consists of

3621-471: The first international higher education organization to be branded with this designation. Bard president Botstein hypothesized that this tag was due their association with and funding from the Open Society Foundations which was also classified as undesirable in Russia and related conspiracy theories about George Soros . At various times, the leaders of the college have been titled president, warden or dean. They are listed below: The campus of Bard College

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3692-399: The following year. Students are encouraged to look upon different classes to help them decide the subject they would mostly enjoy studying. Bard gives students the opportunity to dissect different programs before committing to a specific major. As a policy, throughout a student's undergraduate years, they must distribute their credits among different courses so that they can liberally experience

3763-482: The four categories. For admitted students who submitted test scores, 50% had an SAT score between 1296 and 1468 or an ACT score between 28 and 33, with a reported average GPA of 3.79. Admissions officials consider a student's GPA a very important academic factor. Honors, AP , and IB classes are important, an applicant's high school class rank is considered, and letters of recommendation are considered very important for admissions officials at Bard. Bard College offers

3834-575: The great group of dormitories for the University of Pennsylvania that Cope and Stewardson first came before the entire country as the great exponents of architectural poetry and of the importance of historical continuity and the connotation of scholasticism . These buildings are among the most remarkable yet built in America ... First of all, let it be said at once that primarily they are what they should be: scholastic in inspiration and effect, and scholastic of

3905-474: The intersection of art and human rights. The center is affiliated with the Open Society University Network (OSUN) . The center's flagship initiative is the Master of Arts program in Human Rights & the Arts. The center includes initiatives such as resident research fellowships, research grants, artist commissions, public talks, accessible publications, and a biennial arts festival organized in partnership with

3976-507: The main buildings at Emmanuel College (Massachusetts), and the law school at the University of Notre Dame . Ralph Adams Cram designed a series of Collegiate Gothic buildings for the Princeton University Graduate College (1911–1917). James Gamble Rogers did extensive work at Yale University , beginning in 1917. Some critics claim he took historicist fantasy to an extreme, while others choose to focus on what

4047-493: The main manor house. The rest of the Ward Manor estate became the 900-acre (360 ha) Tivoli Bays nature preserve . In 1919, Bernard Iddings Bell became Bard's youngest president at the age of 34. His adherence to classical education, decorum, and dress eventually clashed with the school's push towards Deweyism and secularization, and he resigned in 1933. In 1928, Bard merged with Columbia University , serving as an undergraduate school similar to Barnard College . Under

4118-534: The model for other library buildings. James Renwick Jr. 's Free Academy Building (1847–49, demolished 1928), for what is today City College of New York , continued in the style. Inspired by London's Hampton Court Palace , Swedish-born Charles Ulricson designed Old Main (1856–57) at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois . Following the Civil War , many idiosyncratic High Victorian Gothic buildings were added to

4189-488: The nascent beginnings of a movement that transformed many college campuses across the country. In 1901, the firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge created a master plan for a Collegiate Gothic campus for the fledgling University of Chicago , then spent the next 15 years completing it. Some of their works, such as the Mitchell Tower (1901–1908), were near-literal copies of historic buildings. George Browne Post designed

4260-420: The original version of Yale's Sterling Library from which Rogers worked), advocated for and contributed to Yale's particular version of Collegiate Gothic. When McMaster University moved to Hamilton, Ontario , Canadian architect William Lyon Somerville designed its new campus (1928–1930) in the style. American architect Alexander Jackson Davis is "generally credited with coining the term" documented in

4331-545: The school. For the 2022–2023 academic year 447 students enrolled representing a yield rate of 15%. Admission trends note a 25% increase in applications in the 2022–2023 academic year. Bard does not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores in order to apply. As an alternative, applicants may take an examination composed of 19 essay questions in four categories: Social Studies; Languages and Literature; Arts; and Science, Mathematics, and Computing, with applicants required to complete three 2,500-word essays covering three of

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4402-488: The study of contemporary art and exhibition practices from the 1960s to the present. In 1994, CCS Bard launched its (MA) Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies program. The center also hosts public events throughout the year including lectures and panel discussions on topics in contemporary art. The museum, spanning an area of 55,000 square feet, offers a variety of exhibitions accessible to the general public throughout

4473-526: The subject and links to the worlds of literature, painting, theater, philosophy, and politics that would have influenced the life and works of the featured composer. The effort to bridge the worlds of performance and scholarship often results in a variety of concert formats and styles that often depart from the typical recital and concert structure. Concerts are frequently presented with informative preconcert talks, panel discussions by renowned musicians and scholars, and other special events. In addition, each season

4544-496: The time of application". The prize is $ 30,000 and an appointment as writer-in-residence at the college. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities is located at Bard College. The center hosts an annual public conference, offers courses, runs various related academic programs, and houses research fellows. In February 2009, Bard announced the first dual degree program between a Palestinian university and an American institution of higher education. The college entered into

4615-604: The type that is ours by inheritance; of Oxford and Cambridge , not of Padua or Wittenberg or Paris . They are picturesque also, even dramatic; they are altogether wonderful in mass and in composition. If they are not a constant inspiration to those who dwell within their walls or pass through their "quads" or their vaulted archways, it is not their fault but that of the men themselves. The [Spanish-American War Memorial] tower has been severely criticized as an archaeological abstraction reared to commemorate contemporary American heroism. The criticism seems just to me, though only in

4686-438: The undergraduate college, Bard offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. There are 23 academic departments that offer over 40 major programs , as well as 12 interdisciplinary concentrations . The college was the first in the nation to offer a human rights major. Its most popular undergraduate majors, based on 2021 graduates, were: In the three weeks preceding their first semester, first-year students attend

4757-630: The visual and creative arts. The program takes place over two years and two months, with students residing on campus during three consecutive summers, and two winter sessions of independent study completed off campus. Notable artists and writers that have been affiliated with the Bard MFA as faculty and visiting artists include Marina Abramovic , Eileen Myles , Paul Chan , Robert Kelly , Tony Conrad , Okkyung Lee , Yto Barrada , Carolee Schneemann , Lynne Tillman , and Ben Lerner . The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture

4828-532: The year. It houses two distinct collections, the CCS Bard Collection and the Marieluise Hessel collection, which has been loaned to CCS Bard on a permanent basis. Artists such as Keith Haring , Julian Schnabel , Wolfgang Tillmans , Stephen Shore , and Cindy Sherman , among numerous others, are featured within these collections. The CCS Bard Library is a research collection for contemporary art with

4899-495: Was G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate notoriety. Fagen wrote another Steely Dan song, " Rikki Don't Lose That Number ", about novelist, artist and former Bard faculty spouse Rikki Ducornet . In 2020, Bard College and Central European University became the founding members of the Open Society University Network, a collaborative global education initiative endowed with US$ 1 billion. As part of this new initiative,

4970-454: Was built. The school officially changed its name to Bard College in 1934 in honor of its founder. In the 20th century, social and cultural changes amongst New York's high society would bring about the demise of the great estates. In 1914, Louis Hamersley purchased the fire-damaged Ward Manor/Almont estate and erected a Tudor style mansion and gatehouse, or what is today known as Ward Manor. Hamersley expanded his estate in 1926 by acquiring

5041-483: Was sold in 1974 to the Unification Church . Bard intends to use the space to provide new studios for the Center for Human Rights and the Arts and administrative offices for the Open Society University Network (OSUN) , of which Bard is a founding member. The purchase of the property brings Bard's total acreage to 1260 acres (510 ha). The area around the campus first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in

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