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From BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967)
February 19 – June 12, 2010
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 2
International Conference October 8 -10, 2010 Artists, Performers, Academics Explore Persistent Power of BMC's Radical Experiment in Higher Education Returning to the source of artistic and cultural innovation, presenters accepted for the 2nd Re-Viewing Black Mountain...
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 1
An International ConferenceOctober 9-11, 2009 on the UNC Asheville CampusThe legacy of Black Mountain College continues to inform contemporary culture in multiple realms. This conference will investigate its history as well as the multiple paths of influence, actual...
Schedule – Reviewing Black Mountain College 2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 2:00-3:30 EARLY REGISTRATION at UNC Asheville, Highsmith Student Union FRIDAY SESSION ONE 3:30-4:45 LOCATION: Highsmith Grotto Film Screening of Fully Awake: Black Mountain College Cathryn Zommer LOCATION: Outside behind Highsmith (meet up at the...
UNCA Library Special Collections
UNCA Library Special Collections The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and University of North Carolina Asheville's Ramsey Library Special Collections are collaborating to digitize and make available for study materials from the BMCM+AC archives and...
Suggested Readings
Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy Suggested Readings - Landmarks of American History and Culture One-week residence-based workshop Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community, Martin Duberman (Northwestern University Press) The Arts at Black...
Reading List
Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy Coursepack Reading List Landmarks of American History and Culture One-week residence-based workshop Reading Prior to Arrival 1. “A Beginning,” Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community, Martin...
Visiting Faculty Bios
Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy Visiting Faculty - In Order of Appearance Katherine Chaddock is the author of Visions and Vanities: John Andrew Rice of Black Mountain College and Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational...
NEH Project Schedule
Landmarks of American History and Culture one-week residence-based workshops for a national audience of community college educators Thematic Focus Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy When: Two weeks in July 2011 (July 10-16 or July 17-23) Where:...
In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen Article – exhibition
In Site: Late Works by Irwin Kremen February 18 - June 4, 2011 Irwin Kremen mememormee, No.4, 1995 paper and acrylic 7 5/16 x 4 3/8 in. (18.6 x 11.1 cm.) Courtesy of the artist. "I do not think of myself simply as a collagist, but as a painter who paints with...
MadHat’s Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes: Episode II
Episode 2 Thursday, January 13th, 7:00-9:00pm Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center 56 Broadway, downtown Asheville $7 / $5 BMCM+AC members + students w/ID The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) at 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville is pleased...
M.C. Richards: The Fire Within
Film Screening: M.C. Richards: The Fire Within Thursday, April 29th 7:00pm Fine Arts Theatre, 36 Biltmore Ave. $12 per person, advance tickets available Followed by a Celebration of M.C. Richards' Life and Work at 56 Broadway, home of the...
Art Without the Isms
An evening lecture/dialogue with Suzi Gablik, the acclaimed author, environmental theorist, social activist and Black Mountain College alumna. Thursday, November 13, 7:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by the UNC Asheville Humanities Program UNCA Humanities Lecture Hall...
An Uneasy Relationship:
The Leach School, Black Mountain, and Traditional North Carolina Pottery Broadway Arts Building, 49 Broadway in downtown Asheville. Admission: $18 / $15 students w/ID 6:00 p.m., Silent Auction (to benefit BMCM+AC), Live Music with Bandana Klezmer Band, Buffet,...
What the (bleep) is Performance Art???
A variety show with local performance artists Julie Becton Gillum, John Crutchfield, Jim Julien, Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Elisa Faires, Alexander Jacobs, Julia DeVita, Qi Shen & Natalie Arosemema-Achi Admission: $5, $3 BMCM+AC members/students w/ID...
Sue Spayth Riley Passes On
The board and staff of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center mourn the passing of board member and BMC alumna Sue Spayth Riley. Sue died on May 25th in Charlotte, NC at the age of 85. An advocate of creative, experience-based learning, Riley was also a...
Freedom of Information 2008
Artists across the nation performFreedom of Information 2008: a performance /protest/ritual in response to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq December 31, 2008 Asheville, NC and throughout the country In response to the continuing U.S. led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,...
2nd Annual Mobiles over Asheville
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 at Mobilia, 43 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville {mosimage} 6:30 pm - Artist’s Reception with live music, food prepared by Zambra, Mela, The Corner Kitchen, Filo Pastries and Coffee, fine local beer crafted by Asheville’s...
Black Mountain Days / Reading and Discussion
Reading: Michael Rumaker, alumnus of Black Mountain College and author of the new memoir Black Mountain Days, will read from and discuss his book on five occasions in October. All events are free and open to the public. Mon., Oct. 20th, 7:00p.m. at The...
Food for Thought
A Fundraiser for the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center September 13 8:30PM YMI Cultural Center The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center will sponsor Food for Thought, a champagne and dessert party and live auction at the YMI Cultural Center. This...