We Were BMC Kids: Megan Rice + John Corkran
PRESENTATION – Thursday, May 15, 7:30 pm Megan Rice (daughter of Jack & Barbara Rice) and John Corkran (son of David & Marion Corkran) will share their experiences of BMC from a child’s perspective, including a reading of Megan’s book “A...Quiet Amidst The … Poetry + Music
Sunday, March 30, 2014, 3-5 pm Join us as Paulus Berensohn recites the work of his friends Mary Oliver and M.C. Richards and Tracey Schmidt recites Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, Yeats, and her own work. Set to wonderful local music. $15 / $12 for BMCM+AC members &students...Presentation by Fred Turner
The Democratic Surround and the Forgotten History of Multimedia by Fred Turner, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Program in Science, Technology and Society at Stanford University and author of The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American...Film Screening March 2014
Thursday, March 6, 7:30 pm Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Robert Rauschenberg Collaborations. Three dances documented by filmmaker Charles Atlas (Suite for Five, Summerspace & Interscape) illuminate the fruitful collaborations between Merce Cunningham, Robert...R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe
PLAY / PERFORMANCE Saturday, Feb. 1, 7:00 pm $15 / $10 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID The play, written by D.W. Jacobs from the life, work and writings of R. Buckminster Fuller, will be performed by noted actor and storyteller David Novak. This play is a...POETRY READING
Thursday, December 12, 7:30 p.m. The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in downtown Asheville is proud to announce an evening of poetry with five of Asheville’s finest poets: Caleb Beissert, Landon Godfrey, Beth Keefauver, Griffin Payne and Eric...FILM SCREENING / DISCUSSION BAUHAUS IN AMERICA
Thursday, December 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m. $5 for BMCM+AC members & students / $7 for non-members Three Americans relive the day the Nazis closed the Bauhaus in Berlin. This prize-winning film directed by Judith Pearlman tells the story entirely through the work and...POETRY READING 2013
The Return of MadHat: Poetry, Prose, & Anything Goes Friday, November 15, 2013, 7:30 p.m. $5 for BMCM+AC members & students / $7 for non-members Featuring poets Katherine Soniat, Caleb Beissert, Laura Hope-Gill, Jeff Davis, and other special guests. Support...WORKSHOP – Folded Paper Forms
Sunday, November 17, 2013, 12:00 – 4:00 pm $25 for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID / $35 for non-membersThis half-day workshop will focus on working with paper to create dimensional forms, simple pop-ups and experimental books. Matt Liddle is Professor in...Ellen Lupton
Ellen Lupton – Welcome to Busytown: Or, What Ever Happened to Graphic Design? PRESENTATION – Friday, October 25, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. – part of our Ideas Without Walls / In-Between the Spaces Annual Lecture Series Graphic Design has expanded from a specialized,...Shaping Craft & Design Programming 2013
PRESENTATION Ideas Without Walls / In-Between the Spaces Welcome to Busytown: Or, What Ever Happened to Graphic Design? Ellen Lupton Friday, October 25, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Graphic Design has expanded from a specialized, largely invisible profession to an...Asheville Independent Media – Panel Discussion & Public Forum
Thursday, May 30th, 7-9pm Black Mountain College Museum – 56 Broadway, Asheville, NC BMCM+AC and Asheville Free Media are collaborating to produce a special simulcast event on the roles and challenges of free press and independent media today. This community...Workshop: Cutting Spaces
Investigations in Collage and Architecture Workshop Sunday, August 11, 1:00 – 4:00pm $30 / $25 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID Space is limited! Call 828-350-8484 to register. This workshop, taught by Nicole McConville and Travis Medford will...Modernist Asheville?
– a conversation with Jim Samsel and John Rogers. Thursday, June 27 – 7:30pm Suggested donation $10 Two legendary Asheville architects discuss the impact of Modernism on Western North Carolina.Color Catalogue Workshop
Sunday, June 16, 10:00am – 2:00pm $35 / $30 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID For artists and designers the practice of creating a color catalogue encourages an approach to seeing color and generating new color schemes for one’s studio work. In this...Lecture by Vladimir Belogolovsky
Saturday, June 15, 10:00am FreeAn illustrated lecture about architect Harry Seidler by Vladimir Belogolovsky, curator of Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design.Harry Seidler Exhibition Programming 2013
Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative DesignJune 14 – August 21, 2013 Opening Reception: June 14, 5:00-7:30pm Gallery talk with curator Vladimir Belogolovsky at 6:00pm$3 non-membersFree for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID This retrospective...POETRY READING March 2013
Thursday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. $7 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students Join us for an evening of poetry with three celebrated WNC poets with recently published collections: Kathryn Stripling Byer, Kathryn Kirkpatrick and Katherine Soniat. Kathryn Stripling Byer was...WORKSHOP – LINE/SPACE/COLOR: An Exploration of Collage
Sunday, March 3, 2013 1:00 – 4:00 pmCollage artists and collaborators Nicole McConville and Travis Medford will provide an overview of the craft (historical and contemporary influences, materials and techniques) complete with visual examples. Participants will...
