JONATHAN WILLIAMS CELEBRATION
Saturday, February 17, 7pm {56 Broadway} First Harvest: Celebrating the book Jonathan Williams: The Lord of Orchards This book of essays, images, and shouts aims to bring new eyes and contexts to legendary poet and publisher (and Black Mountain College student)...BOOK TALK + PERFORMANCE: Gallery Sound with Caleb Kelly, Pia van Gelder, Peter Blamey and Pete Speer
Wednesday, December 13, 7pm {69 Broadway} Australia-based scholars and artists Caleb Kelly, Pia van Gelder and Peter Blamey will make a rare North American appearance at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center to discuss and perform works that examine the...POETRY READING
Saturday, December 16, 7:30pm {69 Broadway}
An evening of poetry, organized by Asheville-based writer/educator Eric Steineger, showcasing five of Asheville’s favorite and most celebrated poets: Richard Chess, Tommy Hays, David Hopes, Felice Lopez-Bell, and Eric Steineger.
PERFORMANCE: Aspects of Butoh
Thursday, December 7, 7pm {69 Broadway}
Presented in collaboration with the Asheville Butoh Collective, this evening includes dance performances, investigations, improvisations, and dialogue about the Butoh dance form.
MARTHA MCDONALD + LAURA BAIRD – MUSIC FOR MODERNIST SHAPES: REIMAGINING SPECTODRAMA
Commission | November 17 + 18, 2017 | BMCM+AC {69 Broadway} – ACTIVE ARCHIVE is a stream of programs that pairs the museum’s extensive collection with contemporary artists, curators, and cultural thinkers. It launches with an exhibition featuring the museum’s permanent collection curated by Philadelphia-based interdisciplinary artist Martha McDonald.
McDonald brought the ideas of Black Mountain College alive through an exhibition of artwork and ephemera from BMCM+AC’s collection and a live performance drawing on the rich history of experimental performance at BMC. The exhibition, across both galleries, focused on the importance of process and material exploration at BMC.
McDonald’s performance activated her installation of objects and costumes drawn from Xanti Schawinsky’s 1936 experimental theater piece, Spectodrama, which formed the basis of his Stage Studies course at BMC. McDonald’s piece, in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Laura Baird featured music inspired by John Evarts’ collaborations with Schawinsky at BMC from 1936-38.
FILM SCREENING: BAUHAUS: The Face of the Twentieth Century
Wednesday, November 29, 7pm {56 Broadway}
This documentary traces the story of the Bauhaus from its founding in 1919 to its closing in 1933. An understanding of the Bauhaus as one of the primary influences on Black Mountain College is essential to a full understanding of BMC.
Active Archive: Martha McDonald | Process + Performance
September 21, 2016 – December 30, 2017
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{Re}HAPPENING 9 We were so lucky to have shared a beautiful day at Lake Eden with 650 members of our community, celebrating the legacy of Black Mountain College at this year's {Re}HAPPENING! Below we share our memories, including an album of some of our favorite...Black Mountain College Radio Episode 2: Meg Foley + Motherwell + Lake Eden SoundMap
Listen in for a new installment of Black Mountain College Radio, our new podcast dedicated to all things Black Mountain College and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center! In this podcast, hear: An interview with Meg Foley, visiting improvisational performance...ReVIEWING Conference Schedule
ReVIEWING 11 Announcements for 2021 to come FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1:00 pmREGISTRATION OPENS — UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center Lobby 1:30 – 3:00 pmPANEL — Room 206 — Moderator: Nancy Ruppert Mary Emma Harris: The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College: Envisioning an...ReVIEWING 11 Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1:00 pmREGISTRATION OPENS — UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center Lobby 1:30 – 3:00 pmPANEL — Room 206 — Moderator: Nancy Ruppert Mary Emma Harris: The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College: Envisioning an Education for a New Kind of World Thomas Edward...ReVIEWING 12 Conference Schedule
Draft subject to change Back to ReVIEWING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 1:00pm Reuter Center Lobby – UNC Asheville – Registration/check-in begins Ongoing throughout the conference Reuter Center Lobby Mark Dixon and Jonathan Henderson – Anechoia Memoriam: An Interactive...ReVIEWING 12 Presenter Bios + Abstracts
Back to ReVIEWING Abstracts Ongoing throughout the conference – Reuter Center Lobby Mark Dixon and Jonathan Henderson – Anechoia Memoriam: An Interactive Performance for Typewriter and Piano A typist’s chair sits empty in front of a red IBM Selectric...ReVIEWING 11 Participant Bios + Abstracts
Keynote Speakers Sara VanDerBeek earned her BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1998. Sara is a contemporary artist working primarily in photography. Her photographs utilize a variety of formal strategies and references yet remain...Participant Bios + Abstracts
ReVIEWING 11 Announcements for 2021 to come Keynote Speakers Sara VanDerBeek earned her BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1998. Sara is a contemporary artist working primarily in photography. Her photographs utilize a variety of...ReVIEWING BMC 9 | September 29-October 1, 2017
Our ninth annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College international conference, in partnership with UNC Asheville, gathers artists and scholars who explore the history and legacy of Black Mountain College. This Year’s Conference Introduces two new programs: The BMCM+AC...Coming 2018: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence
We’re excited to share that we’ve been awarded a $25,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and $60,000 from the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts to mount Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College.
Robert Motherwell: The Quiet + The Wild
June 2 – September 2, 2017
Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place
June 2 – September 2, 2017
