Freedom of Information 2008

Artists across the nation performFreedom of Information 2008: a performance /protest/ritual in response to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq December 31, 2008 Asheville, NC and throughout the country In response to the continuing U.S. led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,...

Black Mountain Days / Reading and Discussion

Reading: Michael Rumaker, alumnus of Black Mountain College and author of the new memoir Black Mountain Days, will read from and discuss his book on five occasions in October. All events are free and open to the public.     Mon., Oct. 20th, 7:00p.m. at The...

Mind Vs. Target

  Saturday, September 6, 9:00 p.m. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville Admission: $5 for BMCM+AC members + students with ID/ $7 non-members Praise for Mind Vs. Target The (group) is compact but powerful, displaying an...

Ken Snelson…In Person

  Tuesday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave $8 for BMCM+AC members + students with ID / $10 non-members Co-sponsored by the Asheville Public Art Board with additional support from Kenn Kotara and Marya Roland Advance tickets available at...

This History Isn’t Over:

  A Reading + Discussion of Black Mountain College's Ongoing Influence Sunday, April 27, 2:00 p.m. by Devin Johnston, Cathy Wagner and Lee Ann Brown Admission: Free, Donations appreciated    

WORDFEST LOCAL

Sunday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. This gathering of fine local poets will bring the 1st Annual WORDFEST poetry festival to a close. Featured poets include: Thomas Rain Crowe, Jeff Davis, Keith Flynn, Lee Ann Brown, David Hopes, Gary Lilley, Rose McLarney and Allan Wolf....

Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

A film by Henry Ferrini & Ken Riaf 7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2008 Fine Arts Theatre, 38 Biltmore Ave., Downtown Asheville Admission: $7 BMCM+AC members + students with ID / $9 non-members Filmmaker Henry Ferrini will be in town for the screening and will...

A Night Out With Bob (Rauschenberg) and John (Cage)

  Thursday, January 24, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville $7, $5 for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID Co-sponsored by the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival and BMCM+AC On Thursday, January 24th at 7:30p.m.,...

A Dialogue with David Weinrib: Black Mountain College Potter

8:00 pm, Friday, November 30 Admission: $7 / $5 BMCM+AC members + students w/ID On Friday, November 30th at 8:00 pm the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (56 Broadway in downtown Asheville) presents a rare opportunity to hear first-hand about the Black...

Mobiles over Asheville

  Thursday, Nov. 15 at Mobilia, 43 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville A Live Auction of one-of-a-kind mobiles designed and created by 18 of Asheville’s finest artists and designers 6:30 pm – Artist’s Reception with live music, food prepared by...

How to love this world: poetry by hand and heart

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 10:00 a.m–4:00 p.m. A workshop with Paulus Berensohn, author of Finding One’s Way with Clay Owen Conference Room – UNC Asheville Co-sponsored by the UNC Asheville Office of Cultural & Special Events Space is very limited...

From the Inside: The Work of Karen Karnes

A film by Lucy Phenix Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:00 pm Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave., downtown Asheville. Admission: $12 / $9 BMCM+AC members/students w/ID Advance tickets available at BMCM+AC The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is pleased to present a...

Thomas Rain Crowe and The Boatrockers

  An East/West Music Experience at BMCM+AC with Thomas Rain Crowe and The Boatrockers The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is pleased to present THOMAS RAIN CROWE & THE BOATROCKERS in a rare local appearance on Friday, September 7th at 8:00pm. This...

Cosmological Cinema:

Pedagogy, Propaganda, and Perturbation in Early Dome Theaters Asheville-based media artist and researcher David McConville will trace the evolution of dome theaters and their significance in a presentation at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center at 56...

Antarctica the New Eden

With poet Ted Pope and Musician Jason Brady Friday, July 13, 8:00 p.m. $7, $5 for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID I am the warm- fuzzy wall between the church and the state…Ted Pope Morganton-based performance poet Ted Pope and musician Jason Brady will...

Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work

Thursday, June 21, 7:00 p.m. $7, $5 for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. downtown Asheville The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is pleased to present an exceptional film documentary about the American artist Robert...

An Evening with Poet & Novelist Fred Chappell

  with Special Guests Keith Flynn & Glenis Redmond Tuesday, June 12, 7:30 pm $12, $10 for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID Event Raffle: A signed, limited-edition fine art broadside of Charles Wright’s “China Traces” created at Book Works...

POETS READ FOR PEACE

  On Friday, December 15th at 8:00 p.m., some of Asheville’s finest poets will gather at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center to explore the meanings they find in the word “peace” and to speak from their own understandings of what...

GOING UPSTREAM: THE BAUHAUS IN WEIMAR, DESSAU AND BERLIN

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and BlackBird Frame & Art present… GOING UPSTREAM: THE BAUHAUS IN WEIMAR, DESSAU AND BERLIN A lecture/presentation by Margret Kentgens-Craig Thursday, November 30, 7:30p.m. $7 admission / $5 members of BMCM+AC and...