October 1, 2018 – January 12, 2019 {120 College Street} BMCM+AC is teaming up with Hood Huggers International for the run of the Jacob Lawrence exhibition. Hood Huggers International, founded by visionary poet and artist DeWayne Barton, explores the past, present and future of African Americans in Asheville. Visit www.hoodhuggers.com/hood-tours/ for more info and to book a tour.
January 10, 2019 {120 College Street} Jacob Lawrence: The Glory of Expression. Narrated by Ossie Davis, this 28 minute film traces the life and work of Jacob Lawrence, emphasizing the narratives in his paintings and his studio process. Written and directed by David Irving. We’ll also screen Uncle Yanco, a film about artist Jean Varda, BMC faculty during the Summer session of 1946 and Martha Colburn’s film commissioned for the exhibition Between Form and Content, reflecting on the work of Jacob Lawrence. With post-film discussion led by Julie Levin Caro.
January 9, 2019 {120 College Street} Explore our Jacob Lawrence exhibition along with an artist, historian, or scholar who will give perspective and context to the work from their particular point of view. Guest Speaker: Dr. Darin J. Waters is the Executive Director of the Office of Community Engagement, and an Associate Professor of History at UNC Asheville, co-host of The Waters and Harvey Show, and scholar of African American history in Asheville.
December 12, 2018 {120 College} Explore our Jacob Lawrence exhibition along with an artist, historian, or scholar who will give perspective and context to the work from their particular point of view. Guest Speaker: Clarissa Sligh, photographer and book artist.
December 1, 2018 {120 College} Fritz Horstman, Education Coordinator at The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation leads this workshop exploring and expanding upon Josef Albers’s classroom exercises from the Bauhaus, BMC, and Yale. In his time teaching at Black Mountain, Jacob Lawrence sat in on Albers’s famous color course, and later recalled how important it was to his own painting. In the workshop we will try Albers’s color experiments and also investigate paper folding, design studies, and more.
November 15, 2018 {120 College Street} Curator and art historian Julie Levin Caro leads a conversation with Barbara Earl Thomas, granddaughter of southern sharecroppers, artist, and former student of Jacob Lawrence. From 2008-2013 Thomas served as executive director of the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle, WA.
November 14, 2018 {120 College Street} Explore our Jacob Lawrence exhibition along with an artist, historian, or scholar who will give perspective and context to the work from their particular point of view. Guest Speaker: Barbara Earl Thomas, artist and former student of Jacob Lawrence.
November 7, 2018 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – BMCM+AC and UNC Asheville presented the Asheville debut of the eclectic string quartet Brooklyn Rider with the premiere of their new project Healing Modes. The healing properties of music have been recognized from ancient Greek civilization to the field of modern neuroscience and expressed in countless global traditions. The slow movement of Beethoven’s Opus 132, a ‘Song of Holy Thanksgiving From a Convalescent to the Deity in the Lydian mode,’ is among the most profound expressions of healing in the string quartet repertoire. This autumnal masterwork is presented in its entirety alongside five compact new commissions which explore the subject of healing from a wide range of historical and cultures perspectives. Composers include Tyondai Braxton, Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Matana Roberts and recent Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw.
December 8, 2018 {120 College Street} Join us for a fun, free day in the museum celebrating Jacob Lawrence’s art and life. Including tours of the exhibition, poetry, and hands-on art activities for all ages. Presented in partnership with the Easel Rider art crew and including teaching artist Cleaster Cotton and artist and poet DeWayne Barton. Community Day will feature an exhibition of artworks by 5th grade students at Vance Elementary, inspired by the art and life of Jacob Lawrence. Students have been studying Lawrence with TAPAS resident artist Cleaster Cotton.
October 25, 2018 {120 College Street} Julie Levin Caro, co-curator of Between Form + Content will discuss the fruits of her multi-year research process into Jacob Lawrence and the impact of BMC and Josef Albers on Lawrence’s painting and teaching.
March 31, 2018 – The {Re}HAPPENING is an afternoon and evening event at the historic campus of Black Mountain College – 15 minutes from Asheville. It is part art event, part fundraiser, and part community instigator, providing a platform for contemporary artists to share their responses to the vital legacy of Black Mountain College by activating the buildings and grounds of the BMC campus with installations, new media, music, and performance projects. Featuring the extraordinary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth along with dozens of local, regional, and national artists. Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice.
November 10, 2018 {120 College Street} photo+sphere is an innovative art/science event exploring how we see the environment and our role in determining the future. November 7–11, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, photo+sphere will offer an extraordinary opportunity for artists and scientists to work together creatively on one of the world’s most important topics.
September 28-30, 2018 (UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center) – ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 10. This annual conference explores the history and legacy of Black Mountain College through presentations, workshops, and performances. Keynote Speaker: art historian Dr. Leslie King Hammond and Keynote Panel: Tyondai Braxton, Grace Villamil, Martha Colburn, and Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture).
