Film Screening November 2014 – Painters Painting
Thursday, November 6, 7:30pm Painters Painting: A Candid History of the New York Art Scene, 1940-1970 This film by Emile de Antonio examines a pivotal time in the history of American art and includes rare footage of some of the giants of the New York scene including...Presentation: Thriving in Chaos
Presentation – Friday, October 24, 12:00 – 1:30pm Ideas Without Walls / In-Between the Spaces Thriving in Chaos: Why this is the Best Time in History to be a Designer The rate of disruptive change has become so great that constant chaos is now business as...Performance – Sunday, September 28, 7:30pm
A reading of RED, the Tony Award-winning play by John Logan about painter Mark Rothko and his assistant (loosely based on BMC artist Dan Rice) at NC Stage Company. One performance only!DOUBLETAKE: A Look Back at the 2014 {Re}HAPPENING
Thursday, August 21 at 7:30pm Black Mountain College 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville. Admission is free, though donations are welcome. All donations from this evening’s event will go to support the 2015 {Re}HAPPENING. The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts...Presentation – Reflections on 9/11
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 – 7:30 pm Grace G. Campbell, Lecturer-UNCA Humanities Program $5 / Free for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID. This presentation considers how the 9/11 attacks have been represented and re-interpreted in the West. The world’s geopolitical...Poetry + Music
Sunday, August 17, 2014 – 3:00 pm $10 in advance/ $12 at the door Tracey Schmidt recites poetry by memory to music, in the tradition of the middle eastern poets. She has performed and taught internationally, and most recently performed in Ireland, where she was...Jari Piper – Solo Cello
Music Performance Wednesday, June 25, 2014 7:30 pm $8 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID Jari Piper, Cellist, will play a solo recital of contemporary music for the cello performing work by living composers. He will share stories and background information...MadHat’s Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes
Friday, June 20, 2014 8:00 pm Poetry Reading Featuring: Tina Barr, Matthew Olzmann, Melissa Crowe and Pasckie Pascua $8 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students w/IDArtist’s Talk – Jacqueline Gourevitch
Thursday, May 29, 2014 – 7:30pm Jacqueline Gourevitch, whose show SITE Reconstruction opens on May 30th, 2014 will speak about her time at Black Mountain College (Summer 1950) and the evolution of her work as a painter. $5 / Free for BMCM+AC members + students...MadHat’s Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes: Spring Fever Celebration
Friday March 21, 2014 at 7:00pm Admission is $8 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students w/ID. Dorianne Laux, Joseph Millar, Caleb Beissert, Vievee Francis, Matt Olzmann, Landon Godfrey, Barbie Angell, Jadwiga McKay, Lockie Hunter, Jeff Davis and a few other...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...
