May 8, 2020 | Streaming – Julie Levin Caro discusses how her experience as a Black Mountain College scholar has served her as an educator during this crisis. She will share lessons she has learned through her research on such BMC educators as Josef and Anni Albers, Jacob Lawrence, Jean Varda, Leo Amino, and Jack Tworkov. Following the talk, we will transition over to a virtual happy hour for a moderated Q&A discussion.
BMCM+AC shares continuing updates on the effects of COVID 19 on our exhibitions and programs.
April 30, 2020 | Zoom – Hosted by Revolve Home School. Gain a new understanding of the legendary Black Mountain College from the perspective of the women who defined and championed the school and its community.
April 8, 2020 | Streaming – Jason Andrew, independent curator and director of the Estate of Jack Tworkov, joins the roster of curators, scholars, and creatives invited to take over the BMCM+AC Instagram account. Julia K Gleich, choreographer and founder of Gleich Dances joins Jason Andrew to talk about the collaborative event they co-produced that took place on August 6, 2011 at the Masonic Temple in downtown Asheville.
April 8, 2020 | Streaming – Jason Andrew, independent curator and director of the Estate of Jack Tworkov, is joined by Hermine Ford, painter and daughter of Jack Tworkov for an informal chat about her family accompanying her father to Black Mountain College, July 1952.
April 3, 2020 | Instagram @bmcmuseum – Join us for a week of Instagram takeovers, where we give the reigns to an incredible roster of scholars, curators and creatives, inviting them to reflect on what Black Mountain College has meant for their practice and to respond to its lasting legacy. Guests include Maria Chavez, Ant M. Lobo, Anna Helgeson and Lori Horvitz, Helen Molesworth, Jason Andrew, David Silver, John Heginbotham, and Sarah Urist Green.
February 29, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Bits and Pieces: Collage Workshop with Connie Bostic. Working with images and text from magazines, photos, books, and other visual materials, spend a fun 3 hours making collages with artist Connie Bostic.
February 27, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Damselfly Trio perform three works by BMC alumna Ursula Mamlok: the kaleidoscopic “Der Andreas Garten” for trio, “Haiku Settings” for soprano and flute, and “Variations” for solo flute as well as selections by composers George Crumb, Alfred Zimmerlin, and the world premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s complete “Songs from Comala.” With Liz Pearse, soprano, Chelsea Czuchra, flutes, and Lindsay Buffington, harp.
Commission | February 13, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Grammy-winning Chicago-based percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion and composer Bana Haffar debuted the newly commissioned Shed for percussion and modular synthesizer. Drawing from the rich legacy of Anni Albers, Haffar engages with the materiality of sound, the essence of cloth, and the symbiosis of the machine and handmade by transposing standard weaving draft notation into musical scores.
Commisioned by BMCM+AC as part of Question Everything! The Women of Black Mountain College.
Released April 6, 2022
February 12, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Join composer/musician Bana Haffar for an interactive experience with her graphic score Shed. In this hands-on workshop, Haffar will explain the process behind the composition and invite participants to actively engage with the score.
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February 17, 2021 | Streaming – A conversation with Cathy Curtis, the author of the first biography written on the BMC artist, “A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning”
