Anni Albers
Hazel Larsen Archer, Portrait of Anni Albers, ca. 1948. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. Anni Albers (Faculty Weaving and Textile Design 1933-1949) (b.1899-d.1994) Anni Albers arrived at the Bauhaus in 1922, intending to study the...Ruth Asawa
Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.373, Hanging Six-Lobed, Multilayered Interlocking Continuous Form within a Form), 1954. Enameled and oxidized copper wire. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Lorna Blaine Halper. Ruth Asawa (Student 1946-1949)...Emerson Woelffer
Emerson Woelffer, “Untitled,” 1979. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Private Donor. Emerson Woelffer (b. 1914 Chicago, IL – d. 2003) Emerson Woelffer was born in Chicago, and as a child travelled the Yucatan where he became fascinated...Jean Charlot
Jean Charlot working on fresco “Inspiration” under the Studies Building Black Mountain College, Summer 1944. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives. Gift of Janet Heling Roberts. Jean Charlot (b. 1898 Paris, France – d. 1979 Honolulu, Hawaii) Jean...Ingeborg Lauterstein
Trude Guermonprez, Ingeborg Lauterstein wearing centaur costume designed by Rauschenberg, Black Mountain College, 1949. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Ingeborg Lauterstein (Student 1948-1949) (b.1923-d.2012) Ingeborg Lauterstein, known as...Patsy Lynch Wood
Patsy Lynch Wood (Student 1942-1948) Patsy Lynch Wood attended Black Mountain College for six years, and graduated with a degree in Music. She became friends with composer/musician John Cage and lived at The Land, a small community founded by former BMC artists...Kenneth Snelson
Kenneth Snelson, “Tall Star,” 1979. Aluminum and stainless steel. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Kenneth Snelson (b. 1927 Pendleton, Oregon – d. 2016 New York City) Internationally known artist Kenneth Snelson was...From BMC to the Cedar Tavern
“What illicit concoction – what matter of inebriation – what absinthe – lured these healthy young men (and more than a handful of women) who had survived the Depression and war to settle for an uncertain future of fly-by-night jobs and illegal living...Fannie Hillsmith
Fannie Hillsmith, Sea Gate, 1966. Oil on canvas. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Mary Holden Thompson. Fannie Hillsmith (Faculty Painting 1945 Summer Session) (b.1911-d.2007) Fannie Hillsmith grew up in Boston, the granddaughter of...Molly Gregory
Josef Breitenbach, Molly Gregory woodworking class, n.d. Archival pigment print from a digital scan. Western Regional Archives, Black Mountain College Research Project Collection. Molly Gregory (Apprentice Teacher 1940-1941, Faculty in Woodworking 1941-Summer 1947)...Cynthia Homire
Cynthia Homire, Untitled Sketch, 1989. Pencil on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Alice Sebrell, Cynthia Homire, 2013. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist....Evelyn Williams Anselevicius
Evelyn Williams Anselevicius, Untitled from the Geodesic Series, ca. 1970s. Tapestry. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Wes Rousser. Evelyn Williams Anselevicius (Student 1947) (b.1923-d.2003) Evelyn Anselevicius was an internationally...Nataraj Vashi and Praveena Mehta
Nataraj Vashi and Praveena Mehta at BMC. Digital print from archival scan. Western Regional Archives, State Archives of NC. Nataraj Vashi (b. 1924 Gujarat, India – d. 1999) and Praveena Mehta (b. 1923 – d.1992 Mumbai, India) Nataraj Vashi and Praveena...Susan Moore
Susan Moore, A Sketch, n.d. Graphite on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Susan Carson. Susan Moore (Student 1946 Summer Session) (b.1926-d.2013) Susan Moore grew up in Williamston, NC, and attended Salem College. While at BMC...Elizabeth Jennerjahn
W.P. “Pete” Jennerjahn, Elizabeth Jennerjahn dancing at Black Mountain College, n.d. Archival pigment print from a digital scan. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Elizabeth Jennerjahn (Student 1943-1944, Student Teacher and Resident 1948-1951)...Viola Farber
Marianne Preger-Simon, Merce Cunningham Company: Black Mountain Beginnings, Summer 1953 (Viola Farber at far left), Photographs and drawings (copies). Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist. Viola Farber (Student 1951 and 1953...Vera B. Williams
January 26 – May 11, 2024
Pat Passlof
Alice Sebrell, Pat Passlof in her studio on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, 2010. Pat Passlof, Eighth House #18, 2003. Oil on linen. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation. Pat...Mary Parks Washington
Mary Parks Washington, Dancing Woman, 1946. Mixed media collage. Collection of Jan Washington. Mary Parks Washington, Untitled (Black Mountain College histcollage), ca.1995. Mixed media / watercolor and newsprint on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum +...
