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A Conversation with Jason Andrew and Julia K Gleich
April 8, 2020 | Streaming – Jason Andrew, independent curator and director of the Estate of Jack Tworkov, joins the roster of curators, scholars, and creatives invited to take over the BMCM+AC Instagram account. Julia K Gleich, choreographer and founder of Gleich Dances joins Jason Andrew to talk about the collaborative event they co-produced that took place on August 6, 2011 at the Masonic Temple in downtown Asheville.
A Conversation with Jason Andrew and Hermine Ford
April 8, 2020 | Streaming – Jason Andrew, independent curator and director of the Estate of Jack Tworkov, is joined by Hermine Ford, painter and daughter of Jack Tworkov for an informal chat about her family accompanying her father to Black Mountain College, July 1952.
Instagram Takeover Series
April 3, 2020 | Instagram @bmcmuseum – Join us for a week of Instagram takeovers, where we give the reigns to an incredible roster of scholars, curators and creatives, inviting them to reflect on what Black Mountain College has meant for their practice and to respond to its lasting legacy. Guests include Maria Chavez, Ant M. Lobo, Anna Helgeson and Lori Horvitz, Helen Molesworth, Jason Andrew, David Silver, John Heginbotham, and Sarah Urist Green.
WORKSHOP: CONNIE BOSTIC
February 29, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Bits and Pieces: Collage Workshop with Connie Bostic. Working with images and text from magazines, photos, books, and other visual materials, spend a fun 3 hours making collages with artist Connie Bostic.
PERFORMANCE: DAMSELFLY TRIO
February 27, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Damselfly Trio perform three works by BMC alumna Ursula Mamlok: the kaleidoscopic “Der Andreas Garten” for trio, “Haiku Settings” for soprano and flute, and “Variations” for solo flute as well as selections by composers George Crumb, Alfred Zimmerlin, and the world premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s complete “Songs from Comala.” With Liz Pearse, soprano, Chelsea Czuchra, flutes, and Lindsay Buffington, harp.
POETRY READING (POSTPONED)
BMCM+AC is temporarily closed, with all programs postponed through the end of April. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to connect with us from home and consider supporting our museum through a donation or membership, if you are able. We look forward to seeing you...
CULTURE CLUB (POSTPONED)
BMCM+AC is temporarily closed, with all programs postponed through the end of April. Please sign up for our e-newsletter to connect with us from home and consider supporting our museum through a donation or membership, if you are able. We look forward to seeing you...
ICE Ensemble and MUSIC on the REBOUND: Pauline Oliveros World Wide Tuning Meditation
Saturday, March 28 at 5 PM via Zoom Take part in a world-wide musical exchange! Join ICE for a Pauline Oliveros World Wide Tuning Meditation on Zoom this Saturday (5pm EDT), hosted by MUSIC on the Rebound and ICE Ensemble, and led by Claire Chase and Carole Ione. It...
THIRD COAST PERCUSSION – SHED, BANA HAFFAR
Commission | February 13, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Grammy-winning Chicago-based percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion and composer Bana Haffar debuted the newly commissioned Shed for percussion and modular synthesizer. Drawing from the rich legacy of Anni Albers, Haffar engages with the materiality of sound, the essence of cloth, and the symbiosis of the machine and handmade by transposing standard weaving draft notation into musical scores.
Commisioned by BMCM+AC as part of Question Everything! The Women of Black Mountain College.
J. PAVONE STRING ENSEMBLE
Released April 6, 2022
PERSPECTIVES: BANA HAFFAR
February 12, 2020 | BMCM+AC {120 College Street} – Join composer/musician Bana Haffar for an interactive experience with her graphic score Shed. In this hands-on workshop, Haffar will explain the process behind the composition and invite participants to actively engage with the score.
Inaugural BMC Prize Awarded to Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian
Released March 15, 2022
Black Mountain College: Idea + Place
Released March 5, 2022
Philip Glass Ensemble at {Re}HAPPENING 10
Released February 9, 2022
adVANCE! Modernism, Black Liberation + Black Mountain College
Released March 5, 2022
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”
{Re}HAPPENING 10
April 2, 2022 | Lake Eden {Camp Rockmont} | Featuring The Philip Glass Ensemble – The {Re}HAPPENING is an annual 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.
FILMS@BMCM+AC: DON’T KNOW WE’LL SEE THE WORK OF KAREN KARNES
This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Lucy Massie Phenix is an intimate study of the work and life of master clay artist, Karen Karnes. It takes the viewer into her creative process, into the evolution of a single sculptural piece, and into Karnes’ body of work of over 60 years.
John Cage + the Rasa Aesthetic: Prepared Piano at BMCM+AC
Guest blog post from Casey Edwards On Thursday, August 2, 2019, the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center had the pleasure of hosting Guggenheim Fellow Amy Williams for a recital of John Cage’s famous Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano, part of BMCM+AC’s...
Alma Stone Williams Collection
Within the BMCM+AC Permanent Collection, we house a number of collections specific to alumni and faculty of the school, offering unique insight into what Black Mountain College was like from a wide range of perspectives. In this guest blog post from BMCM+AC Archival...