Ronald R. Janssen Library + Study Center Opens at BMCM+AC
We are thrilled to announce the opening of the Ronald R. Janssen Library + Study Center in the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) gallery at 69 Broadway St. in downtown Asheville, NC. Ron Janssen is Professor Emeritus at Hofstra University in New York, where he taught English for more than thirty years and served as the founding chair of the Department of Writing Studies. Read more…
Begin To See: The Photographers of Black Mountain College
January 20 – May 20, 2017 {69 Broadway}
Curated by Julie J. Thomson
While thousands of photographs were taken at Black Mountain College there has not been a detailed examination of photography at the College. This exhibition will be the first in-depth exhibition and catalog devoted to this topic.
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Inaugurates New Gallery Space with Exhibition of Work by Randy Shull
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC), in Asheville, NC, presents an inaugural exhibition celebrating the completion of a three-year, two-phase renovation and expansion project led by artist and designer Randy Shull and J. Richard Gruber, PhD, director...Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Names Jeff Arnal Executive Director
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center has announced the appointment of Jeff Arnal as Executive Director. In this role, Arnal will provide strategic and operational leadership and further develop the organization’s programming and resources. He will assume...Kimathi Moore and Ross Gentry Performance
Thursday, October 20th // 8:00PM
Kimathi Moore, experimental electronic composer, will present his work “Everlasting Castle”, and
Ray Spillenger Related Programing
ReVIEWING 11 September 20-22 ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 11. Held at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center, this annual conference explores the history and legacy of Black Mountain College through presentations, workshops, and performances. Keynote Speakers: Sara...Interlude Call
FAQs: + Where will the projects take place? Projects will be presented in the two galleries of the BMCM+AC, located at 56 + 69 Broadway respectively. Other locations will be determined based on the needs of individual accepted projects in relation to each other. +...Black Mountain College Studies: Call for Papers
Call for Papers: Black Mountain College Studies special volume on Hilda Morley (online peer-reviewed journal; deadline 8/15/2015). Blake Hobby, Executive Editor; Chris Wilson Simpkins, Guest Editor.
Slated for publication in late fall of 2015, this volume of BMCS will contain scholarly essays, poems, artworks, and other forms of media that explore Hilda Morley’s relationship to Black Mountain College.
Friends of the Museum
The Buckminster Fuller Institute John Cage TrustThe Josef & Anni Albers FoundationThe Media Arts Project (MAP)North Carolina Arts CouncilSheVille Online Community MagazinePat Passlof Exhibition Catalogue
This catalog is 64 pages and includes beautiful prints of her paintings, available through BMC Books.History and Goals of BMCM+AC
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center was founded in 1993 by Mary Holden to honor and pay tribute to the spirit and history of Black Mountain College and to acknowledge the College’s role as a forerunner in progressive, interdisciplinary education with...BMC International Conference 2011 – Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville www.blackmountaincollege.org bmcmac@bellsouth.net or 828-350-8484 Hours: Wed. 12-4 , Thurs-Sat. 11-5 and by appointment Contact: Alice Sebrell at 828-350-8484 ...Beyond Black Mountain College: 2011 Southeastern College Art Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS Beyond Black Mountain College: A Session on BMC 2011 Southeastern College Art Conference November 9-12, 2011 in Savannah, GA Because the story of Black Mountain College was largely neglected until the past thirty years, its legacy continues to...BMCM + AC and The Captain’s Bookshelf present a
Reception and Reading to Celebrate North Carolina’s New Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers Friday, April 30, 2010 – 7:00 PM BMC Museum + Arts Center, 56 Broadway, Downtown Asheville Free The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and The Captain’s...Food for Thought 2010
A fundraiser for the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center YMI Cultural Center – 39 S. Market Street, downtown Asheville Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:00 p.m. Food for Thought is a champagne and dessert party and live auction at the YMI Cultural Center in...BREAKING NEW GROUND: The Studio Potter + Black Mountain College
{mosimage}September 21, 2007 – January 19, 2008Opening reception: Friday, September 21, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Free to BMCM+AC members, $3 all others An exhibition exploring functional work by potters who were at Black Mountain College in the 1950s including Shoji Hamada,...Yearlong Project Honors the Women of Black Mountain College
The Shape of Imagination: Women of Black Mountain College {mosimage} SPHERE: Oct. 3, 2008 – Feb. 14, 2009 A Group exhibition {mosimage} TRIANGLE: February 27 – June 27, 2009 Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa + M.C. Richards {mosimage} POINT: July 10 – November...Dorothea Rockburne: Astronomy Drawings
July
In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen Article – exhibition
In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen February 18 – June 4, 2011 Irwin Kremen mememormee, No.4, 1995 paper and acrylic 7 5/16 x 4 3/8 in. (18.6 x 11.1 cm.) Courtesy of the artist. “I do not think of myself simply as a collagist, but as a painter who...
