Leo Krikorian
Leo Krikorian, “Untitled,” 1948. Oil on masonite. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Leo Krikorian (b. 1922 Fowler, CA, 2nd generation Armenian – d. 2005 Paris, France) Leo Krikorian was born in California and grew up...Ilya Bolotowsky
Ilya Bolotowsky, “Diamond III,” 1979. Silkscreen on paper, ed. 1881/225. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Robert F. Gold. Ilya Bolotowsky (b. 1907 St. Petersburg, Russia – d. 1981 New York, NY) Ilya Bolotowsky and his family...Cynthia Homire
Cynthia Homire, “Untitled (I got this idea from Philip Guston…years & years of struggle for a few moments of grace),” 1993. Watercolor on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Cynthia Homire (Student 1950-1953)...Lorrie Goulet
Sculptures on far left: Lorrie Goulet, Mother and Child; Torso. Photo credit: Michael Oppenheim. “In retrospect, I see how my experiences at BMC shaped my life. My marriage, my professional career in sculpture, my years of teaching all stemmed directly or...Hella Heyman Hammid
Portrait of Hella Heyman from her 1940 application to Black Mountain College. Courtesy of the Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina. Hella Hammid, Bathing, 1988, gelatin silver print. Private collection. Hella Heyman Hammid, (Student Fall 1940)...Jonathan Williams and the Jargon Society
September 16, 2020 – August 14, 2021
From the Vault: Recent Gifts to the Collection
September, 2020 – March 20, 2021
PERSPECTIVES – JOHN CAGE: A MYCOLOGICAL FORAY
November 18, 2020 | Streaming – A conversation with Atelier Éditions’ collaborative team and Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust, about the newly published “John Cage: A Mycological Foray”
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TAYO: VIDEO + CONVERSATION WITH GRACE VILLAMIL
November 11, 2020 | Streaming – Tune in for a look at TAYO, a new installation from Grace Villamil, in collaboration with IONE and Lisa Kelley of the Ministry of Maåt. A new film about the October 24th activation of TAYO from cinematographer Sam Falconi and filmmaker Marina Katz will be followed by a discussion with Villamil.
PERSPECTIVES: DR. RUSSELL WILLIAMS, JR + JOSEPH BATHANTI – A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALMA STONE WILLIAMS
October 22, 2020 | Streaming – In the summer of 1944, a brave young woman from Athens, Georgia became the first African-American student to attend an all-white college in the Jim Crow South. Professors Russell Williams Jr., son of BMC alumna Alma Stone Williams, and Joseph Bathanti will discuss her extraordinary life and her place in the history of our country’s struggle for civil rights.
PERSPECTIVES: STEPH RICHARDS + ANDREW MUNSEY
October 14, 2020 | Streaming – Experimental trumpeter/composer Steph Richards and drummer/producer Andrew Munsey perform “homeostasis,” a new piece for sonic conversations with difficult objects.
PERFORMANCE: KIMATHI MOORE
October 8, 2020 | Streaming – Electronic composer Kimathi Moore performs “Oliver’s Tail [We The Fish]” a new piece that attempts to illustrate a town underwater inspired by the Polish surrealist painter Jacek Yerka.
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Janet Heling Roberts
Hazel Larsen Archer, Janet Heling Roberts at Black Mountain College, 1945. Silver gelatin print. BMCM+AC permanent collection. Gift of Janet Heling Roberts. Janet Chloe Heling Roberts (Student 1943 – 1947, b. 1925 d. 2020) Born in 1925 in Lindenhurst, New York,...RUTH ASAWA’S RADICAL UNIVERSALISM
September 23, 2020 | Zoom – Jason Vartiker asks, “How are Ruth Asawa’s hanging wire sculptures a form of activism for racial justice?”
Black Lives Matter
BMCM+AC believes that Black Lives Matter. We are committed to critically evaluating how our organization can confront implicit biases and are looking ahead to long term changes to ensure equity within our museum, community collaborations, exhibitions, curation, and...PERFORMANCE: TURNING JEWELS INTO WATER
September 10th, 2020 | Streaming – Turning Jewels Into Water exclusively premiere songs from their newly released album, Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars, including ‘Flower In Flames,’ ‘Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars’ and ‘Crushed Petals.’ Presented in partnership with Asheville Rhythm.
