The BMC Summer Sessions
In 1944, Black Mountain College began the first of its famed summer music and arts institutes. Of the sessions, Martin Duberman in Black Mountain, An Exploration in Community writes, “From that first summer, Jean Charlot had left behind two frescoes on the...Cutting Spaces
On Sunday, August 11, Nicole McConville and Travis Medford will team up in our space once again to lead a collage workshop that will examine architecture through the lens of collage. This past March, McConville and Medford provided an overview of the craft of collage...Sounds of BMC
PennSound, a project of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, is an excellent audio archive, with pages dedicated to BMC rector and instructor Charles Olson and BMC alumnus and poet Robert Creeley. Click here for the...Black Mountain Review 7
Our exhibition this summer is heavily geared towards architecture and design. With the video wall displays, and tables full of ephemera, it’s immersive. Next time you’re in the gallery though, take a peek at the small display near the books. It’ll...Designing summer…
It seems like this summer in Asheville is chock-full of craft-, design-, and architecture-centered programming. In addition to last night’s illuminating discussion on the influence of Modernist Architecture on Western NC, here are a few of the other exciting...Modernist Asheville?
As part of the programming for our new exhibition, Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design, we’re presenting a conversation with Jim Samsel and John Rogers. Jim Samsel, AIA, is founding principal of Samsel Architects, P.A., established in 1985....Color Catalogue Workshop with Marcia Cohen
On Sunday June 16, 2013 Black Mountain College Museum will be hosting a color worksop in conjunction with our new exhibition, Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design. Savannah College of Art and Design professor Marcia Cohen will be leading a...Unpacking Harry Seidler
In preparation for Friday’s opening, we’ve been unloading many large crates for our new exhibition, Harry Seidler: Art, Architecture, and Collaborative Design. This will be our first show featuring architecture as the main focus.Opening Reception and Lecture for Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design
Aside from the spanakopita from Filo, we’re expecting the highlight of Friday’s opening reception for our new exhibition, Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art, and Collaborative Design, to be curator Vladimir Belogolovsky’s gallery talk at 6:00pm. ...Woven Textures from BMC
Of the pieces on display in our current exhibition, Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design, we have a special addition to our collection – a Shuttle-Craft Practical Loom that was used in the BMC Weaving Workshop. During the exhibition’s opening on...At the Opening Reception
We had an extra long and free opening reception for our new exhibition Shaping Craft & Design this past Friday. Among the pieces that captured attention: Leo Amino’s molded plastic piece Transfigured, Ruth Asawa’s copper wire sculptures, and the BMC...ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4 Documentation
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