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Xanti Schawinsky

Xanti Schawinsky

Helen M. Post, "Xanti Schawinsky's Spectodrama," 1936-1937. Collection of Michael Reid.Xanti Schawinsky (b. 1904 Basel, Switzerland - d. 1979 Locarno, Switzerland)  Alexander (Xanti) Schawinsky was born to Jewish parents in Switzerland. He was one of the original...

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Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen

Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen

Ati Gropius Johansen, “Untitled (Gondolier Boats).” Ink on pulp paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist.Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen (Student 1943-1946) (b.1926-d.2014) Ati Gropius Forberg Johansen was an educator,...

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Harrison Begay

Harrison Begay

Unknown photographer, "Harrison Begay sketching at Black Mountain College," ca. 1940. Digital print from archival scan. Western Regional Archive, State Archives of NC.Harrison Begay (b. 1917 Whitecone, Arizona - d. 2012 Gilbert, Arizona) Harrison Begay was a Diné...

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Marguerite Wildenhain

Marguerite Wildenhain

Marguerite Wildenhain, "Untitled Tile." Glazed stoneware. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Private Donor.Marguerite Wildenhain (b. 1896 Lyon, France; d. 1985 Guerneville, CA) Marguerite Wildenhain was a ceramic artist born in Lyon, France in...

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Sōetsu Yanagi

Sōetsu Yanagi

William Watson, “Fall 1952 Pottery Seminar: Shōji Hamada (b. 1894 Tokyo, Japan - d. 1978 Mashiko, Tochigi, Japan), Bernard Leach (b. 1887 British Hong Kong - d. 1979 St. Ives, UK), Sōetsu Yanagi (b. 1889 Tokyo, Japan - d. 1961 Tokyo, Japan) and Marguerite Wildenhain,...

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Robert Bliss

Robert Bliss

Robert Bliss, “Lady Murasaki’s Fan Chair,” 1993. Teak, suede. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist.Robert Bliss (b. 1921 Seattle, WA - d. 2018 Salt Late City)  Robert Bliss studied architecture at BMC with Lawrence Kocher and...

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R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller

Hazel Larsen Archer, Buckminster Fuller in His Dome, Summer 1949. Hazel Larsen Archer, Buckminster Fuller at Black Mountain College, ca. 1948-1949. Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer. R. Buckminster Fuller (b. 1895 Milton, MA - d. 1983, Los Angeles, CA) R. (Richard)...

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Leo Krikorian

Leo Krikorian

Leo Krikorian, “Untitled,” 1948. Oil on masonite. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist.Leo Krikorian (b. 1922 Fowler, CA, 2nd generation Armenian - d. 2005 Paris, France) Leo Krikorian was born in California and grew up during...

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Ilya Bolotowsky

Ilya Bolotowsky

Ilya Bolotowsky, “Diamond III,” 1979. Silkscreen on paper, ed. 1881/225. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of Robert F. Gold.Ilya Bolotowsky (b. 1907 St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 1981 New York, NY) Ilya Bolotowsky and his family immigrated...

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Cynthia Homire

Cynthia Homire

Cynthia Homire, “Untitled (I got this idea from Philip Guston...years & years of struggle for a few moments of grace),” 1993. Watercolor on paper. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist.Cynthia Homire (Student 1950-1953)...

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Lorrie Goulet

Lorrie Goulet

Sculptures on far left: Lorrie Goulet, Mother and Child; Torso. Photo credit: Michael Oppenheim."In retrospect, I see how my experiences at BMC shaped my life. My marriage, my professional career in sculpture, my years of teaching all stemmed directly or indirectly...

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Hella Heyman Hammid

Hella Heyman Hammid

Portrait of Hella Heyman from her 1940 application to Black Mountain College. Courtesy of the Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina.Hella Hammid, Bathing, 1988, gelatin silver print. Private collection.Hella Heyman Hammid, (Student Fall 1940)...

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PERSPECTIVES: DR. RUSSELL WILLIAMS, JR + JOSEPH BATHANTI – A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALMA STONE WILLIAMS

PERSPECTIVES: DR. RUSSELL WILLIAMS, JR + JOSEPH BATHANTI – A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALMA STONE WILLIAMS

October 22, 2020 | Streaming – In the summer of 1944, a brave young woman from Athens, Georgia became the first African-American student to attend an all-white college in the Jim Crow South. Professors Russell Williams Jr., son of BMC alumna Alma Stone Williams, and Joseph Bathanti will discuss her extraordinary life and her place in the history of our country’s struggle for civil rights.

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PERFORMANCE: KIMATHI MOORE

PERFORMANCE: KIMATHI MOORE

October 8, 2020 | Streaming – Electronic composer Kimathi Moore performs “Oliver’s Tail [We The Fish]” a new piece that attempts to illustrate a town underwater inspired by the Polish surrealist painter Jacek Yerka.

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PERFORMANCE: TURNING JEWELS INTO WATER

PERFORMANCE: TURNING JEWELS INTO WATER

September 10th, 2020 | Streaming – Turning Jewels Into Water exclusively premiere songs from their newly released album, Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars, including ‘Flower In Flames,’ ‘Our Reflection Adorned by Newly Formed Stars’ and ‘Crushed Petals.’ Presented in partnership with Asheville Rhythm.

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