Faith in Arts Instagram Takeover Series

May 12 – 15, 2020 | Instagram @bmcmuseum – Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is partnering with UNC Asheville for a multi-day Faith in Arts Instagram takeover, presented in the spirit of the forthcoming Faith in Arts Institute. This takeover will feature emerging and established scholars, theologians, and artists exploring the themes of faith and arts within the history of Black Mountain College, as well as their own work and evolving spiritual and creative processes.

A Conversation with Marilyn Chase on Ruth Asawa, BMC Artist

July 22, 2020 | Zoom – BMCM+AC presents a live conversation with Marilyn Chase, author of the newly published biography of artist and BMC alumna Ruth Asawa Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa. This new biography recounts the incredible life of American sculptor Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed everything she touched into art. This lively and compelling new book by journalist and author Marilyn Chase is the first biography of this major American artist.

Diana Woelffer

Diana Woelffer, Cora Kelley Ward, 1949. Vintage gelatin silver print. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Maurice Badon. Diana Woelffer (Faculty Spouse, Assisted with Photography classes 1949 Summer Session) (b.1907-d.1990) Diana...

Carolyn Brown

Carolyn Brown, In the Summer of 1953… (detail). Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Carolyn Brown (Student 1953 Summer Session) (b.1927) Carolyn Brown was a founding member of the Cunningham Dance Company,...

Elaine Schmitt Urbain

Above: Elaine and John Urbain | Right: Elaine Schmitt Urbain, Portrait of Josef Albers, ca. 1990s. Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Michael Urbain. Elaine Schmitt Urbain (Student 1946-1950) (b.1925-d.2004) Artist and...

Elvine “V.V.” Rankine

Elvine “V.V.” Rankine, Totem (Sculpture), 1991. Acrylic on wood. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of David Rankine. ​ V.V. Rankine worked under and was and known by many names including E.R. (Elvine Richard) Rankine and Vivian Scott...

Cora Kelley Ward

Cora Kelley Ward, Untitled, 1950. Watercolor on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Estate of Cora Kelley Ward. Cora Kelley Ward (Student 1949 and 1950 Summer Session) (b.1920-d.1989) Cora Kelley Ward was a painter and...

Jacqueline Herrmann Gourevitch

Jacqueline Herrmann Gourevitch, Clouds (Watercolor on paper, 10 x 7 inches) 2004. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the artist.   At the age of 16, Jacqueline Herrmann heard about Black Mountain College while at the High School of...

Natasha Goldowski Renner

Marie Tavroges Stilkind, Natasha Goldowski, 1953. Gelatin silver print. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Collection. Gift of Marie Tavroges Stilkind.  Natasha Goldowski Renner (Faculty in Chemistry and Physics 1947–1953) (b.1907–d.1966) Born in Russia,...

Johnny Gandelsman Live Performance

Thursday, March 26th at 6 PM via Facebook Live Grammy award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman will perform Bach’s cello suite No. 4, live from his home to yours. Tune in at at 6PM! BMCM+AC is compiling independent performances and art events that...

ART+FEMINISM WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON

Through August 15th The on-site, in-person version of this event at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center originally scheduled for Saturday, March 28 is postponed until further notice. Until then, we invite you instead to join a virtual edit-a-thon to contribute...

Trude Guermonprez

Nancy Newhall, Trude Guermonprez at Black Mountain College, ca. 1948. Courtesy of the Western Regional Archives. Trude Guermonprez (Faculty in Weaving 1947–1949) (b.1910–d.1976) Trude Guermonprez was born in Poland in 1910. Trude studied weaving with Benita Otte-Kuch,...

Hazel Larsen Archer

Hazel Larsen Archer, Untitled (Ray Johnson in his study), ca. 1945-48. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. Hazel Larsen Archer (Student 1944-1948, Faculty Photography 1949-1953) (b.1921-d.2001) Hazel Larsen Archer experienced life at BMC as a student,...

M.C. Richards

Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of M.C. Richards, ca. 1952. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. M.C. Richards, Orange Pinch Bowl, ca. 1990s. Stoneware with acrylic paint. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of...

Suzi Gablik

Suzi Gablik, Tropism #9, 1970. Collage & oil paint on canvas, 24 x 24 inches. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Suzi Gablik, Tropism #5, ca. 1970s. Collage and oil on canvas. Collection of the Artist. Suzi...

M.C. Richards

M.C. Richards, “Magical Objects,” date unknown. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Julia Connor. Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of M.C. Richards, ca. 1952. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. M.C....

Barbara Stone Rice

Barbara Stone Rice, Weaving, ca. 1948. Cotton warp and wool woof, later made into a garment. Collection of Megan Rice. Barbara Stone Rice (Student 1948-1949 and 1952-1953) (b.1925-d.2008) Barbara Stone Rice was a student of Anni Albers during her final years leading...

Mary Fitton Fiore

Mary Fitton Fiore, Nick, n.d. Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Mary Fitton Fiore (Student 1949-1956) (b.1924-d.2017) Mary Fitton first became interested in attending Black Mountain College after seeing an ad...

Wanda Lea Austin

Wanda Lea Austin, Untitled, no date. Oil on canvas. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Estate of Wanda Lea Austin. Wanda Lea Austin (b.1926-d.2006) Wanda Lea Austin, an Illinois native, graduated from the Evanston Collegiate...

Marianne Preger-Simon

Marianne Preger-Simon, Merce Cunningham Company: Black Mountain Beginnings, Summer 1953. Photocopy of drawings (copies). Collection of Black Mountain  College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Marianne Preger-Simon (Student 1953 Summer Session) (b.1929) Dancer...