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Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design
June 14 – August 21, 2013
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 5
International Conference October 11-13, 2013 Thematic Focus: Shaping Craft and Design From its Bauhaus workshop-model foundation brought over from Germany by Josef and Anni Albers in 1933 to the forward-thinking designers live Alvin Lustig and Buckminster Fuller who...
Call for Papers & Session Proposals – ReVIEWING BMC 5
Thematic Focus: Shaping Craft + Design October 11-13, 2013 Organized by Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center Hosted at the University of North Carolina Asheville Submission Deadline: June 25, 2013 The 5th annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference will...
POETRY READING March 2013
Thursday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. $7 / $5 for BMCM+AC members & students Join us for an evening of poetry with three celebrated WNC poets with recently published collections: Kathryn Stripling Byer, Kathryn Kirkpatrick and Katherine Soniat. Kathryn Stripling Byer was...
WORKSHOP – LINE/SPACE/COLOR: An Exploration of Collage
Sunday, March 3, 2013 1:00 - 4:00 pmCollage artists and collaborators Nicole McConville and Travis Medford will provide an overview of the craft (historical and contemporary influences, materials and techniques) complete with visual examples. Participants will be...
FEB 7th 2013 POETRY READING
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in downtown Asheville is proud to announce an evening of poetry with five of Asheville's most interesting poets on Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. featuring Ekua Adisa, Melanie Bianchi, Erik Moellering, Eric Steineger...
What is a Collage Aesthetic?
A Brief History of Collage in 20th Century Art Thursday, January 31, 7:30 pm $10 / $5 for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID Since 1912, when Picasso introduced it as an avant-garde artistic technique, collage has been a fundamental aspect of modernist and postmodernist...
Bernard Leach and the Fine Art of Pots
Professor Simon Olding - Director, Crafts Study Centre in partnership with The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design 7:00 pm Thursday, January 17th Admission is Free An illustrated lecture that makes a case for the centrality of drawing, watercolors and...
{Re}HAPPENING 2013 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alice Sebrell / 828-350-8484 Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Ashevillebmcmac@bellsouth.net or 828-350-8484 {Re}HAPPENING 2013 4th Annual Event Announced - Early Bird Tickets On Sale...
John Urbain Exhibition – Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville bmcmac@bellsouth.net or 828-350-8484 Hours: Tues.-Wed. 12-4 , Thurs-Sat. 11-5 and by appointment Contact: Alice Sebrell at 828-350-8484 John Urbain: No Ideas but in...
John Urbain: No Ideas but in Things
January 18 – June 1, 2013
WORKSHOP November 2012
The Experiential, Hands-On Geometries of Buckminster Fuller Saturday, November 10, 11:00 am - 1:00 pmWith Marnie Muller, Co-Director of Geometry of Nature and the Aboard Spaceship Earth Project, and FriendsInspired by Buckminster Fuller who taught at Black...
PRESENTATION – The Power and Place of Design
Thursday, December 6, 7:00 pm Designer/educator Janell Kapoor (Ashevillage Institute and Kleiwerks International) and artist/designer Martha Skinner (10^10) will speak about their work and ideas connected to ecological design-building and the exponential power of...
Food for Thought – Press Release
For Immediate Release Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Contact: Alice Sebrell (828) 350-8484 or bmcmac@bellsouth.net www.blackmountaincollege.org <https://www.blackmountaincollege.org> ASHEVILLE, NC - October 11, 2012 Food for Thought A fundraiser for...
October Programming 2012
POETRY READING - Tom Raworth Reads Old and New Work Monday, Oct. 8, 7:30 pm, FREE Presented in collaboration with MadHat, Inc., an Asheville-based arts non-profit dedicated to supporting innovative poetry, as well as collaborations between poets and artists in other...
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4 Bios + Abstracts
Conference + Design Science Day Presenters Ayach, Nini Nini Ayach is from Paris and North Carolina. As a puppeteer, she has worked with Theodora Skipatares, Bread and Puppet, and Great Small Works. Having recently returned from a residency at ArtEllewa art space in...
Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller’s Legacy
September 21 – December 29, 2012
Schedule – ReViewing Black Mountain College 4
RE-VIEWING BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE 4: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy: a weekend gathering of scholars, practitioners and artists coming to Asheville to discuss, present and experience topics and workshops related to the forward-thinking ideas of...
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4
International Conference September 28-30, 2012 Thematic Focus: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, along with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, will present a...
RE-VIEWING BMC 4 – Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville www.blackmountaincollege.org https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/bmcmac@bellsouth.net or 828-350-8484 Hours: Tues.-Wed. 12-4 , Thurs-Sat. 11-5 and by...