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Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Photographs by Lisa McCartyPublished May 2019Since moving to North Carolina in 2011 I have made regular pilgrimages to Lake Eden to experience the landscape which roused and provided refuge for generations of...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10Elizabeth JennerjahnPublished February 2020Elizabeth Schmitt Jennerjahn was the first of five siblings to attend Black Mountain College. Though she originally intended to study stained glass, she changed her focus to...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10Kathleen LeinerPublished February 2020Kathleen Meyers Leiner has been teaching, performing and creating dance...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10Eric SteinegerPublished February 2020Josh Copus and Jenn Grossman's "Audible Shapes" was part of the Materials, Sounds + Black Mountain College exhibit at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10David KherdianPublished February 2020Two small birds thrashing under the bush beside the stairs of our new mountain home—  so busy, and so urgent as always with small birds— But our business is to identify them for we...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10elin o'hara slavickPublished February 2020COLLAGES I’ve been making my collages my whole life. They are my constant companion, source of pleasure and the art I make for art’s sake. Many are made while traveling – in...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 10Kimberly BartosikPublished February 2020Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center carries the heritage and spirits of art history that have had the most significant impact on my artistic life as a performer and...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 11Jeff GardinerPublished October 2020[1] Critical to Charles Olson’s development as a poet and teacher[2] were his years at Black Mountain College. During Olson’s Black Mountain years, 1949 through 1956, Olson’s...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 12David PeiferDepartment of MathematicsUniversity of North Carolina at AshevillePublished May 2021Figure 1. Kenelm Winslow, Black Mountain College Chemistry Lab, late 1930s - early 1940s. Vintage gelatin silver print....

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Nicholas Cords, on behalf of Brooklyn RiderPublished May 2019Inspiration has been the very lifeblood of our tradition since the days of Mozart's six 'Haydn' quartets, lovingly dedicated to the progenitor of the string...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9This interview first appeared in the BMCM+AC exhibition catalog ACTIVE ARCHIVE: Martha McDonald (2018). Click here to learn more about the exhibition and the BMCM+AC ACTIVE ARCHIVE Initiative.Published May 2019What is...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Kirsten StollePublished May 2019I became familiar with concrete and visual poetry while conducting research for my project Faith, Hope and $5,000, a 16-piece gridded installation of cut and collaged book pages...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Tyler LaminackPublished May 2019Tyler Laminack is a writer, performer, and editor living in Chicago. Born in North Carolina, Tyler has spent the past few years studying the history, myth, and spirit of Black Mountain...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Ben Miller, inspired by the drawings of Dale WilliamsPublished May 2019One year my frequent collaborator Dale Williams and I participated in the RE(HAPPENING) on the Black Mountain College campus. We swaddled the Lake...

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 9Joseph PizzaPublished May 2019During their time at Black Mountain College, Robert Creeley and Dan Rice collaborated on one of the most significant, if undervalued, works of postmodern poetry and art. All That Is Lovely...