Poetry With Tracey Schmidt: An Asheville Wordfest Event
Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. {56 Broadway}Join us for an evening of poetry with Tracey Schmidt to kick off Asheville Wordfest (find a full schedule of performances at avlwordfest.com)! Schmidt will read her own work, as well as the work of Rumi and Hafiz, with...Conversation: Zola Marcus
Saturday, January 14, 2:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Join us for a discussion between Dr. Eva Bares, Lecturer of Art History at UNC Asheville, Julie Feinsilver, niece of painter Zola Marcus, and Garry L. Hagberg, James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics, Bard...{Re}Happening 2017 Call for Artists
CALL FOR ARTISTS Letter of Intent is due on December 21, 2016 Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center announces an opportunity for artists to participate in the 2017 {Re}HAPPENING on Saturday March 25 between 3pm-10pm at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, NC. We...FBI Investigations at BMC
At the height of mid-20th Century communist paranoia, the FBI conducted a secret investigation into BMC.
The Elegant Mystery of Pinhole Photography
Saturday, April 8, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. {69 Broadway} Presented in collaboration with The Asheville Darkroom and taught by Bridget Conn, former director of The Asheville Darkroom, this hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the lo-tech beauty of...Ronald R. Janssen Library + Study Center Opens at BMCM+AC
We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Ronald R. Janssen Library + Study Center in the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) gallery at 69 Broadway St. in downtown Asheville, NC. Ron Janssen is Professor Emeritus at Hofstra University in New York, where he taught English for more than thirty years and served as the founding chair of the Department of Writing Studies. Read more…
Basil King: Between Painting and Writing
September 2 – December 24, 2016
Begin To See: The Photographers of Black Mountain College
January 20 – May 20, 2017 {69 Broadway}
Curated by Julie J. Thomson
While thousands of photographs were taken at Black Mountain College there has not been a detailed examination of photography at the College. This exhibition will be the first in-depth exhibition and catalog devoted to this topic.
Film Screening
Thursday, April 6, 7:00 p.m. {69 Broadway} This evening of short films celebrates three well-known photographers who taught at BMC (Harry Callahan, Barbara Morgan, and Aaron Siskind) and one who visited (Rudy Burckhardt). The films and the photographers will be...PERFORMANCE: 7th Annual {Re}Happening
Saturday, March 25, 3:00 – 10:00 p.m. {Lake Eden Campus} This annual, interdisciplinary performance event returns in 2017, at the Lake Eden campus of Black Mountain College. Join dozens of local artists alongside Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion and New York-based...Odyssey High School Coffee Night!
Friday, December 9th – 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.{56 Broadway} Come join us for an open mic night with hot drinks and...Poetry Reading: MadHat’s Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes
Friday, November 4 – 7:30 p.m. {69 Broadway}
MadHat’s Poetry, Prose, & Anything Goes With poets Nathaniel Mackey and Lee Ann Brown.
Performance: Kimathi Moore and Carmelo Pampillonio
Saturday, November 12 – 7:00 p.m. {69 Broadway} Experimental compositions of Kimathi Moore and Carmelo Pampillonio New Work by: + Electronic composer Kimathi Moore devised lush acoustic environments with an ascetic and immersive palette. These delicately crafted...ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 11
September 28 – 30, 2018, in Asheville, North Carolina
Thematic Focus: Interdisciplinary Education / Information Networks / New Media
Roundtable Discussion: The Making of An Installation
Friday, October 28 – 7:00 p.m. {69 Broadway} The Making of An Installation: A Roundtable Discussion A panel of artists, educators, and curators discussed Leigh Ann Pahapill’s installation The Interaction of Color | The Dematerialization of Form on view at the...Performance: Tashi Dorji + Tyler Damon
Sunday, October 30 – 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Suggested Donation $5 – $10 Tashi Dorji (electric guitar) & Tyler Damon (drums/percussion) have come together from a place of mutual admiration. Though the pair has scarcely spoken of a musical intention,...MadHat’s Poetry: New Voices
Friday, September 16th – 7:30 pm {56 Broadway}
$5 for BMCM+AC members + students with IDs / $8 general admission
Zola Marcus: Kinetic Origins
January 13 – May 13, 2017
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Inaugurates New Gallery Space with Exhibition of Work by Randy Shull
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC), in Asheville, NC, presents an inaugural exhibition celebrating the completion of a three-year, two-phase renovation and expansion project led by artist and designer Randy Shull and J. Richard Gruber, PhD, director...
