Women in Craft
The person that had the strongest and most far-reaching effect on me was M.C. Richards. Albers opened my eyes. M.C. opened my mind and I will be forever grateful to her. — Carol Singer Kalbfeld (Student 1947-1948) Question Everything! The Women of Black Mountain...BMC and Beyond
It wasn’t stone, it wasn’t welded steel, it wasn’t traditional sculpture. They thought it was craft, or something else, but not art. They couldn’t define it in the early fifties when I was starting out. I’d get accepted [into a show] and then I’d get a call that I was...The Weaving Workshop
In a world as chaotic as the European world after World War I, any exploratory artistic work had to be experimental in a very comprehensive sense. What had existed had proved to be wrong; everything leading up to it seemed to be wrong, too… At the Bauhaus, those...ANNUAL REPORT 2019
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 FULL ANNUAL REPORT PDF DEAR FRIENDS, This has been another year of unparalleled exhibitions and performances, a celebration of what’s possible in our new home and with the support of our community. At the beginning of 2019, we were in the last few...ICE Ensemble and MUSIC on the REBOUND: Pauline Oliveros World Wide Tuning Meditation
Saturday, March 28 at 5 PM via Zoom Take part in a world-wide musical exchange! Join ICE for a Pauline Oliveros World Wide Tuning Meditation on Zoom this Saturday (5pm EDT), hosted by MUSIC on the Rebound and ICE Ensemble, and led by Claire Chase and Carole Ione. It...MUSEUM STORE SUNDAY
Sunday, December 1 – 1pm to 5pm Be a patron! Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center will be offering 10% off all merchandise and special discounts on select Jargon Society books on November 30 and December 1, the weekend of Museum Store Sunday. We will also...PERFORMANCE: FRESH CUT ORCHESTRA + MELANIE CHARLES – WE INSIST! MAX ROACH’S FREEDOM NOW SUITE
Commission | February 22 + 23, 2019 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – A timely restaging of We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, a seminal recording from the civil rights era. The piece was performed on February 22 + 23, 2019 by the NYC / Philadelphia-based ensemble Fresh Cut Orchestra with vocalist Melanie Charles. Recorded in the fall of 1960, the Freedom Now Suite was the most openly political jazz recording ever made, combining musical prowess with political dialogue. Nearly 60 years later, the issues posed by We Insist! are still relevant to our current political moment.
Presented as a part of Come Hear North Carolina, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council. Additional support provided by UNC Asheville.
PERFORMANCE: PAN HARMONIA
Saturday, November 2, 12:30 PM Peek behind-the-scenes of Asheville’s home-grown music collective celebrating its 20th season. Flutist Kate Steinbeck and guitarist Amy Brucksch will play music and speak about Pan Harmonia’s November concerts, “Women’s Work,” featuring...PERSPECTIVES: CURT CLONINGER
November 13, 2019 (120 College Street) – Explore our VanDerBeek + VanDerBeek exhibition along with an artist, historian, or scholar who will give perspective and context to the work from their particular point of view. Guest Speaker: Curt Cloninger, Associate Professor of New Media at UNC Asheville, and BMCM+AC board member.
Celebrating the Life of Michael Rumaker
We are sad to say that our friend and BMC alumnus Michael Rumaker has died on June 3rd, 2019. His obituary notice can be found here. Michael enrolled at BMC in fall of 1952 and graduated (one of the few!) in 1955. His journey to and through Black Mountain College is...Between Form and Content Digital Resources
Between Form and Content Digital Resources Dive deeper into Between Form Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence + Black Mountain College Fall 2018), curated by Julie Levin Caro and Jeff Arnal, through oral histories, lectures, photographs and more. You can also...Abstracts (Draft) – ReVIEWING 10
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1:00PM Registration opens – UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center Lobby 1:30PM – 3:00PM PANEL – ROOM# – MODERATOR: Thomas Frank – How to Start a College: Black Mountain Among the Experimental Colleges Black Mountain College was born in an era of...Participant Bios – ReVIEWING 10
Jason Andrew is the founding partner of Artist Estate Studio which manages the careers of Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) and Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007) among others. He has presented regularly at BMCM+AC Conferences including papers on Ruth Asawa, John Cage, Katherine...Oral Histories
Select one from the list below, scroll for more options: An Interview with Dorothea Rockburne, conducted by Connie Bostic. Transcriptions for the hearing impaired available at the front desk. An Interview with Basil King, conducted by Connie Bostic. An interview with...{Re}HAPPENING 2018 – Featuring Roomful of Teeth
March 31, 2018 – The {Re}HAPPENING is an afternoon and evening event at the historic campus of Black Mountain College – 15 minutes from Asheville. It is part art event, part fundraiser, and part community instigator, providing a platform for contemporary artists to share their responses to the vital legacy of Black Mountain College by activating the buildings and grounds of the BMC campus with installations, new media, music, and performance projects. Featuring the extraordinary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth along with dozens of local, regional, and national artists. Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice.
PHOTO+SPHERE
November 10, 2018 {120 College Street} photo+sphere is an innovative art/science event exploring how we see the environment and our role in determining the future. November 7–11, 2018 in Asheville, North Carolina, photo+sphere will offer an extraordinary opportunity for artists and scientists to work together creatively on one of the world’s most important topics.
Odyssey High School Open Mic Coffee Night
Friday, February 9, 7pm {56 Broadway} Odyssey High School will host an Open Mic Coffee Night at Black Mountain College Museum. Students from Odyssey and other area schools will perform music, poetry, and improv. Wonderful homemade baked goods, coffee, tea, and hot...BIG EARS LISTENING SESSION: Black Mountain College 1952
Friday, March 23 {Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN} Listening Sessions at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville, NC investigate the larger lineage of music and interconnected art disciplines and examine the evolving culture of listening. This...BMC Active Archive Artist Residency
Learn about the BMC Active Archive Artist Residency – a program that invites artists to develop work inspired by Black Mountain College
