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In this guest blog post by Olivia Crosbie, summer 2023 intern, we are featuring Ruth Asawa as one BMC student profoundly influenced by her travels to Mexico. Read more to learn about Asawa’s sculpture and its technical roots in Mexican craft.
DIGITAL EXHIBITION DRAFT The Farm at Black Mountain College
September 28, 2024 – March 15, 2025
Membership Raffle: East Fork Five Piece “Black Mountain” Dinner Set
BMCM+AC is happy to announce our Winter Membership Raffle sponsored by East Fork Pottery. Any qualifying membership purchased through December 18th at 5:00 PM is eligible to win a five piece dinner set in the “Black Mountain” glaze.
PERFORMANCE: Momenta Quartet’s Tribute to Stefan Wolpe & John Cage
October 16, 2025 at 7pm | BMCM+AC
PERFORMANCE: Aphorisms, A Tribute to Ursula Mamlok
October 14 + 15, 2025 at 7pm | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING 13 Schedule
May 3rd, 2025 at 1 PM | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING 12 Schedule
February 25, 2023 at 1 PM | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING 13 Artist Lineup
February 25, 2023 at 1 PM | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING 12 Artist Lineup
February 25, 2023 at 1 PM | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING 11 Artist Lineup
February 25, 2023 at 1 PM | BMCM+AC
{Re}HAPPENING Archive
{Re}HAPPENING Archive In 2009, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center board member Jolene Mechanic developed a fundraising idea that grew into the {Re}HAPPENING, a dinner and performance event inspired by John Cage’s 1952 Theatre Piece No. 1, considered by many...Jonathan Williams & The Jargon Society
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JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet – Waves and Particles JACK Quartet –...Black Mountain College Student Patsy Lynch Celebrates Two Milestones
Patsy Lynch Wood celebrates her 99th birthday on June 13, 2022. This occasion marks another milestone: it was exactly 80 years ago this month that she made her way to Black Mountain College’s Lake Eden campus (at the age of nineteen) to attend the 1942 summer session, making her the sole living BMC alum to attend the college during the war years.
A Social Guide to BMCM+AC
This is a story that will help me get ready for my visit to the Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center (BMCM+AC). In this story, I will learn what to expect when I visit, who are the people who can help me, and the different things I can do. The Museum The...PERFORMANCE: KATHERINE YOUNG / TIM DAISY DUO
Thursday, September 2 at 7 PM Eastern | Streaming – Chicago-based percussionist Tim Daisy and bassoonist, improviser, and composer Katherine Young (a recent Atlanta, GA transplant) bring their two-decades-long collaborative experience to the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center for a live recording of improvised duets. Investigating a wide array of sonic territory from laser-focused pointillism to extremes in density and texture, Katherine and Tim aim to use the art of listening combined with their shared performative experience to create a unique blend of sound-making, taking full advantage of the unique instrumentation involved.
PERFORMANCE: KATHERINE YOUNG / TIM DAISY DUO
Thursday, September 2 at 7 PM Eastern | Streaming – Chicago-based percussionist Tim Daisy and bassoonist, improviser, and composer Katherine Young (a recent Atlanta, GA transplant) bring their two-decades-long collaborative experience to the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center for a live recording of improvised duets. Investigating a wide array of sonic territory from laser-focused pointillism to extremes in density and texture, Katherine and Tim aim to use the art of listening combined with their shared performative experience to create a unique blend of sound-making, taking full advantage of the unique instrumentation involved.
PERFORMANCE: through the mirror of their eyes [Cancelled]
October 15 at 7 PM Eastern | Live | Ticketed – Kittredge Theater (Warren Wilson College) – Presented as part of the Faith in Arts Institute. Created on the heels of “I hunger for you” (BAM 2018), Kimberly Bartosik’s “through the mirror of their eyes” brims with compassion and violence.
