Bizarre Sábado
Multiple dates June – August; Details Below
During the course of the exhibition Black Mountain College and Mexico, BMCM+AC will host a series of experiential art events. These ”Bizarre Sábado” happenings are inspired by Mexico City’s Bazaar Sábado, the innovative gathering place and crafts market first organized in 1960 by BMC alum Cynthia Sargent and her husband Wendell Riggs. The Bazaar Sábado continues to this day.
Program in conjunction with Black Mountain College and Mexico (June 2 – September 9, 2023)
Events:
Bizarre Sábado 1
Theorem of Apocryphal Manifestos, performative action by David Miranda
Saturday, June 3, 2023 – 8pm
@ Different Wrld {701 Haywood Road, Suite 101, Asheville, NC}
Bizarre Sábado 2
Chat with Curator Eric Baden / Charla con curador Eric Baden / ¡Hola! Asheville Festival
Saturday, June 10, 2023 – 2–5pm
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
Bizarre Sábado 3: Saturday, June 17, 2023 – 1–5pm
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Library {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
Explore Kaleidicoconcepts with Kaylee Dunn and Katrina Ohstrom
Bizarre Sábado 4: Saturday, July 1, 2023 – 1–5pm
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Library {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
Experiments in collage and sound with Jess Speer and Lex Turnbull
Bizarre Sábado 5: Saturday, July 15, 2023 – 1–5pm
Workshops + installations with School of the Alternative
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
The Ties That Bind: a Shared Belief in Community
School of the Alternative is a radical-art-school-meets-artist-residency, building and sustaining an experimental community of non-hierarchical learning each May in Black Mountain, North Carolina. SotA weaves alternative pedagogy together with communal living and making. The strong ties and relationships built over a single session, and over the last 6 years of building this organization, can be seen in the installation: the scene is papered with posters and ephemera from community members who traveled to Black Mountain from across the globe. SotA will also offer a small taste of their session through pop-up classes that anyone can join in on. Last, SotA is offering a listening station, with the hope of de-mystifying this kind of work, for which they asked their own + outside facilitators to speak to the work of creating alternative art spaces and residencies today.1:45-2:45 CLASS
Bob and Weave: An improv exploration grounded in 13 Changes by Pauline Oliveros3:00-4:00 CLASS
Fabric bonds: DIY screenprinting to make your textiles your own. BYO item to print on! (a tote, a shirt, a piece of fabric, etc). We will have paper on hand as well!Ongoing: LISTENING STATION
The Back Side of the Tapestry:
Conversation project around running and creating radical art communitiesOngoing: INSTALLATION
Cats Cradle: Interactive installation of SotA ephemera
Bizarre Sábado 6: Saturday, July 29, 2023 – 1–5pm
Interactive installations with Different Wrld
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
Wearable art pieces and paper dolls made with materials extricated from the waste of a modern consumer.
With Juliana Chimoa, Garnet Fisher, Maxwell Sauls, and Honey Simone.
Bizarre Sábado 7
Noche Negra: Algunas Fotógrafas en México / Some Women Photographers in Mexico
A Presentation by BMC/MX Project Director Eric Baden
Thursday, August 17, 2023 – 8pm
@ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC}
An evening presentation of works by twenty women photographers closely associated with Mexico. Spanning a century to include the present day, the works of these photographers resonate with contemporary issues in the arts and speak to broader cultural, societal, and political concerns. Linkages to Black Mountain College will be highlighted.
Bizarre Sábado 8
Zine Release Celebration and Presentation of selected works from the Abraham Cruzvillegas Call for Art
Saturday, September 2, 2023 – 1–8pm
@ Lamplight AVL {821 Haywood Rd. Asheville, NC}
As part of the BMC/MX project, students and artists have been invited to engage creatively with visual prompts offered by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas. Images of the resulting artworks will be compiled into a zine (available at BMCM+AC in September 2023), and selected works will be on display at Lamplight AVL on September 2.
Abraham Cruzvillegas Call for Sculpture: Zine Flipthrough
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