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CAGE SHUFFLE: A DIGITAL DUET
March 20, 2021 | Streaming – In this reconception of Cage Shuffle commissioned by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Paul Lazar teams up with renowned choreographer, dancer, and Ohio State Distinguished Professor Bebe Miller and media artist Eamonn Farrell to present a series of one-minute stories written by musician John Cage while simultaneously dancing a complex choreographic score by Lazar, Miller, and Annie-B Parson, artistic director of Big Dance Theater.
MATIÈRE WORKSHOP WITH FRITZ HORSTMAN
March 13, 2021 | Zoom – Fritz Horstman, Education Director at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, will explore the concept of Matiére (material, matter) as taught by Josef Albers at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College.
PERSPECTIVES: WILLIAM PARKER + CISCO BRADLEY
March 10, 2021 | Streaming – A solo performance by William Parker accompanies a conversation on “Universal Tonality” (Duke University Press, 2021), a new publication by Cisco Bradley on Parker’s life and music.
10-03.space
March 10, 2021 | 10-03.space is a multimedia platform created by Alma Alloro which traces the path of society during a year of pandemic, capturing the thoughts, ideas, memories, fears, and hopes which arose and developed during this time, acting as a memento of shared crises.
FAITH IN ARTS: A CONVERSATION WITH NORMAN FISCHER
March 3, 2021 | Streaming – A Faith in Arts conversation with Norman Fischer, poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He is a Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988.
FAITH IN ARTS: A CONVERSATION WITH MOLLY SILVERSTEIN
February 24, 2021 | Streaming – A Faith in Arts conversation with Molly Silverstein, poet, graduate student, and former BMCM+AC staff member. Silverstein currently studies at Harvard Divinity School, where her work focuses on spiritual care and counseling and the psychology of religion.
CITIZEN SPINS SESSION: BMCM+AC
February 18 + 19, 2021 | Citizen Vinyl Session Cafe and Bar – In this two-day Citizen Spins Session from the team at BMCM+AC, listen in to recordings from Black Mountain College icons like John Cage, David Tudor, and Lou Harrison as well as the influential figures that inspired them and those who are keeping that legacy alive.
A GENEROUS VISION: THE CREATIVE LIFE OF ELAINE DE KOONING
February 17, 2021 | Streaming – A conversation with Cathy Curtis, the author of the first biography written on the BMC artist, “A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning”
I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
April 9 – August 14, 2021
PERFORMANCE: COCO VILLA
POSTPONED – New date to be announced | Streaming – A new film by multidisciplinary artist Coco Villa. Presented by BMCM+AC as part of the exhibition I AM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.
FAITH IN ARTS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDRÉ DAUGHTRY
February 10, 2021 | Streaming – A Faith in Arts conversation with Andre Daughtry, interdisciplinary artist, writer, and Community Minister of the Arts at Judson Memorial Church, NYC.
ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Our world, just as yours, has changed dramatically in the last year. We have been forced to adapt and have taken the opportunity to look at our mission with new eyes. This has been a year where business as usual gave way to the unexpected, where we were called to be flexible while still holding steadfast in our commitment to the BMC legacy and our extended community.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency BIBLIOGRAPHY Here are some of the brilliant books we read and flicked through in preparation for this project. Most are available from the BMCM+AC bookshop!
ASHEVILLE FRINGE ARTS FESTIVAL – ROBERT LADISLAS DERR’S NEW DAY
January 17 – 24, 2021 | Streaming – Revisit the 2020 Fringe Arts Festival interactive performance New Day hosted by BMCM+AC where Derr casts the viewers as painters in a playful investigation of Kenneth Noland’s painting New Day, 1967.
Light, Sound and Movement
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency LIGHT, SOUND AND MOVEMENT The Light Sound Movement Workshop was a student-led initiative at Black Mountain College co-ordinated by artist and dancer Elizabeth ‘Betty’ and her husband, artist Warren ‘Pete’ Jennerjahn. It...
A Practice Ground and a Laboratory
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency PERFORMANCE: A PRACTICE GROUND AND A LABORATORY There was a rich history of performance at BMC from the early years when Bauhaus theatre designer Xanti Schawinsky was employed to run the Stage Studies course. His...
Our Fingers Are Our Tools
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency OUR FINGERS ARE OUR TOOLS “Our fingers are our tools” was an instruction Josef Albers gave to students before inviting them to explore simple materials like straw, corrugated cardboard, and newspaper. You might imagine...
THE HOW NOT THE WHAT
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency THE HOW NOT THE WHAT “I was drawn to Black Mountain because of its holistic approach, its informality, its lack of conventional institutionalism, and its earnestness. I liked the combination of intimacy,...
At Black Mountain Photographs Were Made Not Taken
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency "AT BLACK MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS WERE MADE, NOT TAKEN" Julie J. Thomson Photography was first taught at BMC by Josef Albers until former student Hazel Larsen (later Larsen Archer) was employed as the first photography...
Make The Materials Perform
Leap Then Look Active Archive Digital Residency MAKE THE MATERIALS PERFORM A shortage of money and conventional art materials was used at Black Mountain College as a means of getting students to look around; to appreciate and use the things that were available...