ReVIEWING 10
September 28-30, 2018 (UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center) – ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 10. This annual conference explores the history and legacy of Black Mountain College through presentations, workshops, and performances. Keynote Speaker: art historian Dr. Leslie King Hammond and Keynote Panel: Tyondai Braxton, Grace Villamil, Martha Colburn, and Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture).
ASHEVILLE SOUND SURVEY + WALKING TOUR
Thursday, June 21 – 7pm Asheville Sound Survey + Walking Tour with Alec Sturgis Join us as local composer and writer Alec Sturgis introduces the Asheville Sound Survey, an ongoing, interactive project investigating the sounds in our community. Inspired by Josef...JAYE BARTELL – LATER: READINGS FROM THEN AND NOW
Thursday, Aug. 2 – 7pm {56 Broadway} Jaye Bartell – Later: Readings from then and now Former Asheville resident Jaye Bartell, who performed regularly at BMCM+AC in the mid-2000s, returns for a night of readings and reminiscences. Bartell will read from the...R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE
Written by D.W. Jacobs from the life, work and writings of R. Buckminster Fuller Performed by David Novak Saturday, July 28 – 7 pm {56 Broadway} Actor and storyteller David Novak performs this one-man play written by D.W. Jacobs from the life, work, and...ARTHUR PENN FILM SERIES: ALICE’S RESTAURANT
Thursday, July 26 – 7pm {Fine Arts Theatre} Arthur Penn film series In partnership with the Fine Arts Theatre, we’re celebrating the work of Black Mountain College alumnus Arthur Penn with two screenings of his classic films on the big screen. The films will be...ARTHUR PENN FILM SERIES: BONNIE + CLYDE
Thursday, July 12 – 7pm {Fine Arts Theatre} Arthur Penn film series In partnership with the Fine Arts Theatre, we’re celebrating the work of Black Mountain College alumnus Arthur Penn with two screenings of his classic films on the big screen. The films will be...MEND PIECE FOR THE WORLD: A PARTICIPATION ART WORK BY YOKO ONO
July 20 + 21, 2018 (56 Broadway) – Mend Piece for the World: A Participation Art Work by Yoko Ono. Sit at a table with others and mend broken ceramic cups and plates with glue, tape, and twine. Yoko Ono asks us to “Mend carefully. Think of mending the world at the same time.” This participatory work, first conceptualized in 1966 and recreated many times since (including here at BMCM+AC in 2002) is open to all with materials and supplies provided.
BONNIE WHITING – JOHN CAGE’S 51’15.657″ FOR A SPEAKING PERCUSSIONIST
June 27, 2018 | BMCM+AC {56 Broadway} – Presented in collaboration with the Asheville Percussion Festival, 51’15.657″ for a Speaking Percussionist is Bonnie Whiting’s realization of a solo simultaneous performance of John Cage’s 45′ for a Speaker and 27’10.554″ for a Percussionist. These are vintage pieces: music from the mid-50’s and part of a series of timed works that Cage enjoyed mixing together and referred to in notes and letters as “the ten thousand things.” A culmination of 14 months of work and study, Whiting is the first performer to execute both pieces in their entirety.
MAKE NOISE 10th ANNIVERSARY – RECURSION MECHANISM
June 15 + 16, 2018 – Make Noise 10th Anniversary. “Recursion Mechanism,” an installation by Richard Devine with visuals by Matt Kew. This machine/modular system generates an infinite number of sounds, that evolve, grow and multiply into new organic forms. The piece will utilize a 4 channel quad speaker configuration. Each speaker will represent one audio element that will focus on various captured field recordings, synthesis, and manipulated digital audio fragments to make up an ever-changing music composition.
MARIA CHAVEZ – JOHN CAGE’S 33 1/3
June 6, 2018 | BMCM+AC {56 Broadway} – Conceived in 1969 as an audience participation work, John Cage’s original “score” simply stipulated that the gallery be filled with about a dozen record players and two- to three-hundred vinyl records. Museum visitors were encouraged to act as DJs and create a musical mix by playing records freely and thus performing the work. This realization was performed by María Chávez and an open audience, with 300 records compiled by curator Jade Dellinger, including records chosen by Yoko Ono, Iggy Pop, Graham Nash, David Byrne (Talking Heads), Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music), Jack White (The White Stripes), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Richie Ramone (The Ramones), Jad Fair (Half-Japanese), Alex James (Blur), Meredith Monk, Terry Allen, Irwin Chusid, Arto Lindsay (DNA & Lounge Lizards), Blixa Bargeld (Einsturzende Neubauten), Mike Kelley (Destroy All Monsters), S.A. Martinez (311), David Harrington (Kronos Quartet), Emil Schult (Kraftwerk), Pauline Oliveros, The Residents, Vito Acconci, The Art Guys, Martin Atkins (Public Image Ltd.), John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Christian Marclay Joan LaBarbara, Jim Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha and William Wegman.
OPENING RECEPTION + GALLERY TALK
Shared History Opening Reception: Friday, June 1, 5:30 – 8pm {56 Broadway} Gallery talk by exhibition curator Erin Dickey at 6:30pm {56 Broadway} 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of BMCM+AC. As the last exhibition to be held in our 56 Broadway gallery...PERFORMANCE AND WORKSHOP – MARIA CHAVEZ
June 5, 2018 (56 Broadway) – María Chávez, solo turntable performance and workshop. Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, María Chávez is best known as an abstract turntablist, sound artist, and DJ. Her work combines recorded sounds from vinyl records with the electroacoustic sounds of vinyl and needle in various deteriorating phases. Accidents, coincidence, and failures are themes that unite her sound sculptures, installations, and other works with her improvised solo turntable performance practice.
DANCE HEGINBOTHAM – {Re}HAPPENING 7
Dance HeginbothamFeatured performers, {Re}HAPPENING 7Historic Black Mountain College campus at Lake EdenMarch 25, 2017 Dance Heginbotham (DH) is a New York-based contemporary dance company committed to supporting, producing, and sustaining the work of...THE TESLA QUARTET – SELECTIONS BY HUGO KAUDER
February 23, 2018 | BMCM+AC {56 Broadway} – The Tesla Quartet performed selections by composer Hugo Kauder. This special program is presented in collaboration with The Hugo Kauder Society. Kauder was a composer-in-residence at BMC in the summer of 1945. The program included Kauder’s String Quartet 4, a piece performed at BMC in 1945, as well as Bartok’s String Quartet 3 and transcriptions of works by Gesualdo and Ravel by Tesla violinist Ross Snyder. Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand” (The International Review of Music), the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire. The group was formed at The Juilliard School in 2008 and includes Ross Snyder (violin), Michelle Lie (violin), Edwin Kaplan (viola), and Serafim Smigelskiy (cello).
ARTIST + CURATOR TALK
Saturday, January 20, 2pm {56 Broadway} Conversation between curator Jason Andrew and Jerry van de Wiele. In association with Gerald van de Wiele: VARIATIONS Seven Decades of Painting (1951-2017) (January 19 – May 19, 2018). This historic retrospective captures...OPENING RECEPTION + ARTIST TALK: Gerald van de Wiele
Friday, January 19, 5:30 – 8pm {56 Broadway} Gerald van de Wiele: VARIATIONS Seven Decades of Painting (1951-2017) – Curated by Jason Andrew This historic retrospective captures seventy years of art by Gerald van de Wiele in an exhibition that highlights the...LISTENING SESSION: Jonathon Keats
Friday, April 20, 7pm {56 Broadway} Universal Music with Jonathon Keats and UNCA Copernican Orchestra This session will focus on Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow Jonathon Keats’ collaboration with UNCA faculty and students to create universal music, as well...POETRY READING
Saturday, April 14, 7pm {56 Broadway} Organized by poet and professor of creative writing Eric Steineger, this evening features five student poets from Mars Hill University, representing diverse styles and genres and showcasing some of the best rising talent from Mars...DANCE HEGINBOTHAM + MAIRA KALMAN – THE PRINCIPLES OF UNCERTAINTY
March 16 + 17, 2018 | The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts {Downtown, Asheville} – BMCM+AC, in partnership with UNC Asheville, presented the Southeast Premiere of Dance Heginbotham and Maira Kalman’s The Principles of Uncertainty, a new evening-length dance theater work by choreographer John Heginbotham and author/illustrator Maira Kalman. Adapted from Kalman’s New York Times column turned book of the same name and described by the two artists as an “absurdist travelogue,” Principles of Uncertainty marries the nostalgic whimsy of Kalman’s illustrations with Heginbotham’s controlled yet playful choreography to create an evening that explores life, death and everything in between. Heginbotham directs and choreographs the work, while Kalman oversees all elements of design—sets, props, projections and costumes, bringing her 2D illustrations to life on the stage. Kalman is also present on stage, alongside Dance Heginbotham, actor Daniel Pettrow and members of The Knights. Composer Colin Jacobsen—a member of string quartet Brooklyn Rider, chamber ensemble The Knights, and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble—serves as Music Director of the project. Principles of Uncertainty premiered August 17, 2017 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival followed by a New York Premiere at BAM Next Wave Festival and travelled to Durham, North Carolina after this Southeast Premiere in Asheville.
Related Events Included:
Wednesday, March 14th – Maira Kalman Reading and Book Signing at Malaprops Bookstore for The Principles of Uncertainty (2007) and her new book, Beloved Dog (2017.)
Wednesday, March 14th – Dance Heginbotham Workshop at NC School for the Deaf
Wednesday, March 14th – Dance for PD Masterclass with John Heginbotham
Saturday, March 17th – Coffee + Conversation with John + Maira
