Upcoming Events

FILM SCREENING: Robert Motherwell & The New York School

Thursday, July 27, 7 pm {56 Broadway} Robert Motherwell & The New York School: Storming the Citadel, by filmmaker Catherine Tatge, looks at the epic struggle undertaken by Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko, Kline, and Motherwell as they changed the trajectory of art in...

WORKSHOP: Image Speak

Sunday, August 6, 12–4 pm In Image Speak, taught by Lynn Underwood, participants will explore a variety of art activities and media with the focus on process and intuition. The workshop will alternate between personal art and community art, responding to images...

LISTENING SESSION: John Cage’s Roaratorio: an Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake

Wednesday, August 16, 7 pm John Cage’s ROARATORIO This second installment in our listening session series, led by Executive Director Jeff Arnal, will focus on John Cage's 1979 composition "___, _______circus on _________,” a score/system created to translate any book...

BOOK LAUNCH + RECEPTION: The Democratic Constitution

August 24, 7 pm {69 Broadway} Brian E. Butler, UNC Asheville professor of philosophy and author of The Democratic Constitution: Experimentalism and Interpretation (Chicago, 2017), will discuss his new book and its connection to BMC-infused ideas related to democratic...

ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 9

September 29 – October 1, 2017 in Asheville, North Carolina
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 9 is an annual conference co-hosted by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the University of North Carolina, Asheville. The three-day program includes a full schedule of speakers, panels, workshops, and performances. The conference is open to the public and is scheduled for Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, in Asheville, NC.

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: Make Noise

Friday, July 21, 7 pm {69 Broadway} “We want our instruments to be an experience, one that will require us to change our trajectories and thereby impact the way we understand and imagine sound." Make Noise, an Asheville-based company that designs and builds analog...

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: the undergird (action is primary #4)

Saturday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. {69 Broadway} Philadelphia-based choreographer Meg Foley will present the undergird (action is primary #4), a dance and spoken performance about mortality, birth, earth monuments, and the immediate, omnipresent body, alone and in congress,...

PRESENTATION: Robert Motherwell

Thursday, June 22, 7 pm {56 Broadway} Jerald Melberg, founder of the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, NC, and representative of the Dedalus Foundation (Robert Motherwell Estate), discusses the artist’s balance between wildly expressive work and his deep...

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK: Duets With Orchid

Thursday, June 8, 7 & 8 pm {56 Broadway} Caitlyn Swett (dancer/choreographer) and Zach Cooper (electric guitar/contrabass) invite audience members to experience a physical and audio installation. Using the MIDI Sprout, which employs biofeedback technology to turn...

ARTIST TALK: Frank Hursh

Saturday, June 3, 2 pm {69 Broadway} Frank Hursh has led a fascinating life dedicated to the arts and arts education. His impressive resume includes animation for cartoon classics such as Rocky and Bullwinkle and Fractured Fairy Tales, innovative work as a...

OPENING RECEPTION: Robert Motherwell: The Quiet + The Wild

Friday, June 2, 5:30-8 pm {56 Broadway} “Art is an experience, not an object.” - Robert Motherwell As a teacher at Black Mountain College in 1945 and 1951, Robert Motherwell provided a strong link to the emerging Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City. This...

OPENING RECEPTION: Frank Hursh: Marking Space + Place

Friday, June 2, 5:30–8 pm {69 Broadway} Gallery Talk by Frank Hursh at 6:45 pm Frank Hursh attended Black Mountain College from 1949 until 1950 and has been a working artist and educator in Mexico since 1956. Painting, drawing, and art education have been constants in...

GALLERY TALK: Curator Julie J. Thomson

Saturday, May 20, 3 pm {69 Broadway} On the final day of Begin to See: The Photographers of Black Mountain College, join us for a gallery talk with the exhibition's curator, Julie J. Thomson. Julie will lead us through a final look at the exhibition. She will reflect...

An Afternoon with the Asheville Singers

Friday, May 5, 2:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Call it an early weekend and catch this Friday afternoon performance by UNC Asheville's ensemble group, the Asheville Singers, led by Dr. Melodie Galloway, music department associate professor and chair. They'll perform a mix of...

A Living Museum With George Scheer

Thursday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} A conversation with George Scheer about hidden histories in art and his work fostering creative communities at the intersection of aesthetics and social change. Scheer is co-founder and director of Elsewhere, a living museum...

AnthroPolis: Black Mountain College and the Teaching of Culture, Citizenship, and Community

Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m. {56 Broadway} Dr. Renato Rosaldo, the second Black Mountain College Legacy Research Fellow at UNC Asheville, anthropologist, and practitioner of antropoesía (anthro-poetry), will discuss cultural citizenship and the possibilities for...

Poetry With Tracey Schmidt: An Asheville Wordfest Event

Tuesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. {56 Broadway} Join us for an evening of poetry with Tracey Schmidt to kick off Asheville Wordfest (find a full schedule of performances at avlwordfest.com)! Schmidt will read her own work, as well as the work of Rumi and Hafiz, with...