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…
Presentation – Josef Albers and the Architecture of Color
Sunday, August 14 — 4:00 p.m. {69 Broadway}
Marcia R. Cohen, Professor SCAD Atlanta
This presentation will explore the influences, interactions, and parallels in ideas about color for Albers’ peers, students,…
Grand Opening! Randy Shull Wide Open: Architecture + Design at Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center
July 1 – September 3, 2016 {69 Broadway}
The Board of Directors and Architecture + Design at BMCM+AC invite you to the Grand Opening of the second venue…
Film Screening – M.C. Richards: The Fire Within
Thursday, July 21st – 7:30 p.m. {69 Broadway}
This inspiring documentary by Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane celebrates the life and legacy of M.C. Richards.
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...Presentation + Discussion//Making and Meaning: Photobooks and the Social Fabric//4.2.16
Saturday, April 2, 10:00 – 11:30 am Black Mountain College Museum + Arts CenterIn conjunction with photo+craft, internationally recognized artists Clarissa Sligh and Alejandro Cartagena show and talk about their work with...Presentation + Discussion//Building a Collection: A Conversation with David Raymond, Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull//4.3.16
Sunday, April 3, 11:00-12:30 pmBlack Mountain College Museum + Arts Center As part of photo+craft, these prominent collectors – David Raymond, Hedy Fischer and Randy Shull – discuss how they identified, formed and developed their passion for contemporary...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...An Inevitability: Ray Spillenger, Abstract Expressionism + a snowy weekend opening
Ray Spillenger: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter celebrates the work of a relatively unknown Abstract Expressinist painter, Ray Spillengert. Now, unearthed from his 10th Street apartment, cleaned and framed on the wall of our gallery at 56 Broadway, Ray Spillenger’s paintings are finally shining.
Presentation and Book Launch
Thursday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
It’s been over sixty-five years since Jerrold Levy and Richard Negro composed, circulated, and performed Poems by Gerard Legro on the campus of Black Mountain College. Dr. Alessandro Porco will discuss the history of Poems by Gerard Legro and read a short selection from the book. Free Admission
Public Discussion
Saturday, January 23, 11:00 a.m.
Join us for a fascinating discussion between current exhibition, of RAY SPILLENGER: Rediscovery of a Black Mountain Painter, curator Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Paul Spillenger, the artist’s son.
Free BMCM+AC members + students w/ID / $5 non-members
