How to Draw a Bunny

by John Walter and Andrew Moore The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Fine Arts Theatre present the award-winning documentary How to Draw a Bunny as part of the exhibition From BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967) Thursday, April...

The Poetry Bomb – Tour of Words 2010

  May 23, 3:00 p.m. This is a free event, donations appreciated.   "I'm taking one of the most iconic images of destruction of the 20th century and turning it into something positive." S.A. Griffin The Poetry Bomb is a former Vietnam era...

Write Soon Goon

  CLOSING NIGHT POETRY READING & PERFORMANCE for From BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967) Saturday, June 12, 7:00 p.m. $7 / $5 BMCM+AC members + students w/ID {mosimage} In celebration of the recent four-month run of the Ray Johnson...

MadHat’s Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes: Episode II

Episode 2 Thursday, January 13th, 7:00-9:00pm Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville $7 / $5 BMCM+AC members + students w/ID The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) at 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville is pleased...

M.C. Richards: The Fire Within

Film Screening: M.C. Richards:  The Fire Within Thursday, April 29th 7:00pm Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave.  $12 per person, advance tickets available   Followed by a Celebration of M.C. Richards' Life and Work at  56 Broadway, home of the...

Art Without the Isms

  An evening lecture/dialogue with Suzi Gablik, the acclaimed author, environmental theorist, social activist and Black Mountain College alumna. Thursday, November 13, 7:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the UNC Asheville Humanities Program UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall...

An Uneasy Relationship:

  The Leach School, Black Mountain, and Traditional North Carolina Pottery Broadway Arts Building, 49 Broadway in downtown Asheville. Admission: $18 / $15 students w/ID 6:00 p.m., Silent Auction (to benefit BMCM+AC), Live Music with Bandana Klezmer Band, Buffet,...

What the (bleep) is Performance Art???

  A variety show with local performance artists Julie Becton Gillum, John Crutchfield, Jim Julien, Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Elisa Faires, Alexander Jacobs, Julia DeVita, Qi Shen & Natalie Arosemema-Achi Admission: $5, $3 BMCM+AC members/students w/ID...

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...