CONFERENCE: ReVIEWING BMC 9

September 29-October 1, 2017 {UNC ASHEVILLE RUETER CENTER}
Held at the Reuter Center on the campus of UNC Asheville, this annual conference explores the history and legacy of Black Mountain College. Keynote Speaker: artist Mel Chin and Keynote Panel: Black Mountain Songs creative team. Open to the public.

GALLERY TALK: Curator Julie J. Thomson

Saturday, May 20, 3 pm {69 Broadway}  On the final day of Begin to See: The Photographers of Black Mountain College, join us for a gallery talk with the exhibition’s curator, Julie J. Thomson. Julie will lead us through a final look at the exhibition. She will...

FILM SCREENING: Robert Motherwell & The New York School

Thursday, July 27, 7 pm {56 Broadway} Robert Motherwell & The New York School: Storming the Citadel, by filmmaker Catherine Tatge, looks at the epic struggle undertaken by Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko, Kline, and Motherwell as they changed the trajectory of art in...

PRESENTATION: Robert Motherwell

Thursday, June 22, 7 pm {56 Broadway} Jerald Melberg, founder of the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, NC, and representative of the Dedalus Foundation (Robert Motherwell Estate), discusses the artist’s balance between wildly expressive work and his deep...

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: Duets With Orchid

Thursday, June 8, 7 & 8 pm {56 Broadway} Caitlyn Swett (dancer/choreographer) and Zach Cooper (electric guitar/contrabass) invite audience members to experience a physical and audio installation. Using the MIDI Sprout, which employs biofeedback technology to turn...

OPENING RECEPTION: Robert Motherwell: The Quiet + The Wild

Friday, June 2, 5:30-8 pm {56 Broadway} “Art is an experience, not an object.” – Robert Motherwell As a teacher at Black Mountain College in 1945 and 1951, Robert Motherwell provided a strong link to the emerging Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City....

Book Launch + Reception: The Democratic Constitution

August 24, 7 pm {69 Broadway} Brian E. Butler, UNC Asheville professor of philosophy and author of The Democratic Constitution: Experimentalism and Interpretation (Chicago, 2017), will discuss his new book and its connection to BMC-infused ideas related to democratic...

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: Make Noise

July 21, 2017 (69 Broadway) – Make Noise, an Asheville-based company that designs and builds analog modular musical synthesizers, will share their company philosophy and perform with their newest instruments. Come hear the notes between the notes and discover unfound sounds!

ARTIST TALK: Frank Hursh

Saturday, June 3, 2 pm {69 Broadway} Frank Hursh has led a fascinating life dedicated to the arts and arts education. His impressive resume includes animation for cartoon classics such as Rocky and Bullwinkle and Fractured Fairy Tales, innovative work as a...

OPENING RECEPTION: Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place

Friday, June 2, 5:30–8 pm {69 Broadway} Gallery Talk by Frank Hursh at 6:45 pm Frank Hursh attended Black Mountain College from 1949 until 1950 and has been a working artist and educator in Mexico since 1956. Painting, drawing, and art education have been constants in...

An Afternoon with the Asheville Singers

Friday, May 5, 2:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Call it an early weekend and catch this Friday afternoon performance by UNC Asheville’s ensemble group, the Asheville Singers, led by Dr. Melodie Galloway, music department associate professor and chair. They’ll...

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: the undergird (action is primary #4)

Saturday, July 8, 7:00 pm {69 Broadway} Philadelphia-based choreographer Meg Foley will present the undergird (action is primary #4), a dance and spoken performance about mortality, birth, earth monuments, and the immediate, omnipresent body, alone and in congress,...

ROOMFUL OF TEETH – {Re}HAPPENING 8

Roomful of TeethFeatured performers, {Re}HAPPENING 8Historic Black Mountain College campus at Lake EdenMarch 31, 2018 Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to mining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from...

THIRD COAST PERCUSSION – {Re}HAPPENING 7

Third Coast Percussion Featured performers, {Re}HAPPENING 7 Historic Black Mountain College campus at Lake Eden March 25, 2017 Founded in 2005, Third Coast Percussion has performed hundreds of concerts across the country, presents an annual concert season at home in...

A Living Museum With George Scheer

Thursday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} A conversation with George Scheer about hidden histories in art and his work fostering creative communities at the intersection of aesthetics and social change. Scheer is co-founder and director of Elsewhere, a living museum...

LISTENING SESSION: Williams Mix by John Cage

Thursday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Introducing Listening Sessions at BMCM+AC! This is a new forum led by Executive Director Jeff Arnal created to examine the evolving culture of listening and to investigate the larger lineage of music and how a plethora of...

Nick Millevoi’s Desertion Trio

Saturday February 4, 8:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} This is the newest project from Philadelphia-based guitarist/composer Nick Millevoi, exploring the sonic space between Neil Young’s expansive work with Crazy Horse, late 60s free jazz, and the NY Downtown scene....