Presentation: Ferment + Complications at BMC – Mary Emma Harris

Wednesday, November 16th – 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway}
The final few years of BMC’s existence were full of new priorities and challenges. The creative ferment of the 1940s continued, but the leadership vacuum in the wake of the departures of Josef and Anni Albers, Ted Dreier, and others opened the door for Charles Olson to step in.

Workshop on Process

Sunday, September 4th – 10 AM – Noon {56 Broadway}
Black Mountain College alumni Basil and Martha King are both writers with an extensive publishing history who lead the workshop on Reading, Writing, and Editing.

Film Screening + Poetry Reading

Thursday, September 1st – 7:00 PM {56 Broadway}

Basil King: Mirage is a 2012 documentary (22 min) about BMC alumnus, painter, and writer Basil King by Nicole Peyrafitte and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte. The film depicted the intimacy between writing and painting in King’s work. This short film was followed by a poetry reading by Basil King.

BATTLE TRANCE – BLADE OF LOVE

September 9, 2016 | BMCM+AC {69 Broadway} – New York-based tenor saxophone quartet Battle Trance performed a benefit concert at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, touring their sophomore album Blade of Love (New Amsterdam Records).

The follow-up to their widely acclaimed debut Palace of Wind (2014), Blade of Love is an elemental composition that aims to fulfill the tenor saxophone’s expansive potential as an ensemble instrument. Working within the intimate intersection of the human body/breath and the saxophone, Blade of Love is a spiritual and enigmatic work with a deep emotional resonance.

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 of the newly launched Architecture + Design Institute (A+D@BMCM+AC).

Organized by Gruber, Randy Shull/Wide Open: Architecture and Design at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center examines the enduring legacy of Black Mountain College (BMC, 1933‒57) through the lens of its architecture and design program and the influential innovators who taught there while contextualizing Shull’s design and construction process directly inspired by them. The exhibition is on view July 1‒September 3, 2016, and is accompanied by a publication.

Annual Meeting

Tuesday June 28th – 6 p.m. {56 Broadway}
+ Learn about our accomplishments in the last year
+ Join us in celebrating our upcoming year – including exciting programming + events, and the opening of our expanded space on July 1, 2016!

Panel – Mid-Century Modern: Design for Democracy

Wednesday, August 3 – 7:30 p.m. {69 Broadway}
Moderated by curator, lecturer, and essayist Andrew Glasgow.
Participants include: Charlton Bradsher, of Charlton Bradsher Art + Design; Tamara Reid, Textiles Manager at Knoll Textiles; and Troy Winterrowd…

M.C. Richards Centennial Birthday Party

Sunday, July 10 – 1:00-4:00 p.m. @ Lake Eden Campus Help celebrate M.C. Richards’ 100th birthday at the historic barns of Black Mountain College. Activities include pottery, poetry, refreshments, and the planting of a tree in honor of M.C. Richards. Free, but...

What is Modernism for our Mountains?

Thursday, June 16 – 5:45 p.m. @ BMCM+ACPresented by: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, AIA Asheville, and Modern AshevilleA community conversation between local architects on: What is Modernism at large and how did it first make itself known in Asheville?...

Tribute to M.C. Poetry Reading

Friday, July 8 – 7:30 p.m. Poets Paulus Berensohn and Julia Connor honor their friend and mentor M.C. Richards.  $5 for BMCM+AC members + students with ID // $8 for non-members Continue to M.C. Richards Exhibition Website...

Roundtable Panel

Thursday, July 7 – 7:00 p.m.M.C. Richards’ influential work affected the course of the visual and performing arts and education. In this panel, we will hear from people who knew her both personally and professionally as they consider her life and legacy....

Carl Sandburg and the American South

Poetry Reading – Saturday May 7, 8:00 pm$5 for BMCM+AC members // $8 for non-membersOrganized by poet and educator Eric Steineger and co-sponsored by the Carl Sandburg Home and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, this evening of poetry is themed around...

Frame + Form | Screen Dance Festival

Friday, February 24, 2017 – Screening, 7:00 p.m. {69 Broadway}Saturday, February 25, 2017 – Workshop, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. {69 Broadway} Presented in collaboration with The Media Arts Project, this two-day festival and workshop features dance created...