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...
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...
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, 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,...
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, 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, “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, 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, 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, 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, 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...
Karen Karnes and David Weinrib, Coil-built Fireplace, ca. 1975. Stoneware and iron grate. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Abel Weinrib Karen Karnes (Faculty and Resident in Ceramics 1952-1954) (b.1925-d.2016) Karen Karnes was a...
The-Wild-Cherry-Tree Hilda Morley, The Wild Cherry Tree, 1960 Hilda Morley (Faculty Literature and Hebrew 1952-1956) (b.1916-d.1998) Hilda Morley came to teach at Black Mountain College with her husband, the composer Stefan Wolpe. While at the college, Hilda taught...
Dorothea Rockburne, Shadowed Perimeter, 2004 – 2008, Edition 63/70. Etching and silkscreen on Somerset paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Marie Tavroges Stilkind, Dorothea Rockburne, ca. 1952. Vintage gelatin silver...
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, Lullaby, 1992. Offset lithograph on paper. Collection of Connie Bostic. Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence (Faculty Spouse, Informal Dance Instructor 1946 Summer Session) (b.1913-d.2005) Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence was born in Barbados and moved to...
Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of Susan Weil, ca. 1948. Vintage gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. Susan Weil, Musical Chairs, 1995. Acrylic on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center . Gift of the Artist Susan...
Jo Sandman, Untitled, 1952. Oil on canvas. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Jo Sandman (Student 1951 Summer Session) (b.1931) Boston-based artist Jo Sandman’s practice has explored painting, drawing, experimental...
Ray Johnson (b.1927-d.1995), Marie Tavroges Stilkind at the Museum of Modern Art, 1960s. Archival pigment prints. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Marie Tavroges Stilkind. Installation photo by Michael Oppenheim. Marie...
Nell GoldsmithHeyns (Student 1942-1944) (b.1924-d.2011), Self-portrait at Studies Building, ca. 1943 -1944. Archival pigment print from a digital scan of a color slide. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives, State of North Carolina. Cornelia “Nell” Goldsmith (Heyns)...
Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen Above: Untitled (Guitar), 1945. Oil on cardboard. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. | Below: Footnotes on the year 1944, ca. 1995. Ink on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of...