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

ARTIST TALK: Supper, People on the Move

October 26, 3:15pm – 5pm {Graham Theater, Walker Arts Center- Asheville School, 360 Asheville School Road}   An Artist Talk by Pablo Meninato and Jennifer Baker, at Asheville School, will detail the process by which the performance “Supper, People on the...

Blog

{Re}HAPPENING 9 We were so lucky to have shared a beautiful day at Lake Eden with 650 members of our community, celebrating the legacy of Black Mountain College at this year's {Re}HAPPENING! Below we share our memories, including an album of some of our favorite...

ReVIEWING Conference Schedule

ReVIEWING 11 Announcements for 2021 to come FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1:00 pmREGISTRATION OPENS — UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center Lobby 1:30 – 3:00 pmPANEL — Room 206 — Moderator: Nancy Ruppert Mary Emma Harris: The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College: Envisioning an...

ReVIEWING 11 Conference Schedule

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1:00 pmREGISTRATION OPENS — UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center Lobby 1:30 – 3:00 pmPANEL — Room 206 — Moderator: Nancy Ruppert Mary Emma Harris: The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College: Envisioning an Education for a New Kind of World Thomas Edward...

ReVIEWING 12 Conference Schedule

Draft subject to change Back to ReVIEWING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 1:00pm Reuter Center Lobby – UNC Asheville – Registration/check-in begins   Ongoing throughout the conference Reuter Center Lobby Mark Dixon and Jonathan Henderson – Anechoia Memoriam: An Interactive...

ReVIEWING 12 Presenter Bios + Abstracts

Back to ReVIEWING Abstracts Ongoing throughout the conference – Reuter Center Lobby Mark Dixon and Jonathan Henderson – Anechoia Memoriam: An Interactive Performance for Typewriter and Piano A typist’s chair sits empty in front of a red IBM Selectric...

ReVIEWING 11 Participant Bios + Abstracts

Keynote Speakers Sara VanDerBeek earned her BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1998. Sara is a contemporary artist working primarily in photography. Her photographs utilize a variety of formal strategies and references yet remain...

Participant Bios + Abstracts

ReVIEWING 11 Announcements for 2021 to come Keynote Speakers Sara VanDerBeek earned her BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1998. Sara is a contemporary artist working primarily in photography. Her photographs utilize a variety of...

WORKSHOP: Image Speak

Sunday, August 6, 12–4 pm In Image Speak, taught by Lynn Underwood, participants will explore a variety of art activities and media with the focus on process and intuition. The workshop will alternate between personal art and community art, responding to images...

ReVIEWING 9 Call for Proposals

  Thematic focus: Process + Performance Submission deadline: July 9, 2017 Notification: By July 17, 2017 The 9th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College will have a thematic focus on ideas and practices related to Process + Performance, but proposals on any theme...

ReVIEWING 8 Speaker Bios

M. Rachael Arauz is an independent art historian and curator.  She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.   Eric Baden is a Professor of Photography at Warren Wilson College and the director of the photo + craft project in Asheville.   Claire Elizabeth...

ReVIEWING 8 Full Schedule

Friday, September 23, 2016 1:00 p.m. Lobby – Registration opens 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. Films Laura Hope-Gill and Rick Aguar: Hell’s Hot Breath: Galway Kinnell at Black Mountain College (15 minutes) This program is part of Pulitzer NC: The Power of Words, a statewide...

Stabilia

4:23, 2016 Mariama Slåttøy, Sveinung Gjessing Norway A massive circular chamber, constructed of steel and heavy concrete. Play of light is created on the wall by an opening in the roof. A woman is laying motionless with her eyes closed on the rough surface, demarcated...