{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...

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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.

FAITH IN ARTS

October 13-16, 2021 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} + Zoom – This four-day event brought together acclaimed artists and scholars to explore the intersections of art, faith, and spirit. Public events included performances, film screenings, community workshops, lectures, and more.

CALL FOR ARTISTS: BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RADIO ART

103.3 Asheville FM, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, and Make Noise announce an opportunity for artists living in Western North Carolina (WNC) to create new short works for broadcast on the radio. We invite artists in WNC to propose projects that reflect the experimental and innovative spirit of Black Mountain College. Artists are encouraged to take risks. Projects should be between 3-5 minutes long and no more than 12 months old. New work is strongly encouraged. The work does not have to be music. Projects can include any sound recording, cellphone recording, field recording, meditation, movement score, text score, sound collage, spoken word, audio art, experimental DJ work, etc.. The LOI deadline is July 20, 2022.

Spaceship Earth: A Global Community

Back to I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD Masato Nakagawa, students with first large-scale Geodesic Dome, built under the instruction of R. Buckminster Fuller. BMC Summer Session 1949. Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina. Spaceship Earth: A Global...