1950’s: BMC’s Final Years
As the 1940’s drew to a close, the BMC community was dealing with more than the usual amount of turmoil. An ongoing disagreement boiled over into a factious feud as the future structure of the college was debated. Longtime BMC art instructors and central figures,...1940’s: A Place of Their Own
With the energy generated by the move to Lake Eden and the successful completion of the Studies Building, Black Mountain College entered a new phase of its evolution. As year-round owners rather than part-time renters, they would continue to build and renovate...Transition to Lake Eden
Black Mountain College thrived at the Blue Ridge campus, but after several successful years of renting, the college became concerned that they would lose their lease. In June 1937 BMC purchased over 600 acres of land on the north side of the Swannanoa Valley; this...BMC Beginnings
Founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, an ousted professor of classics from Rollins College in Florida, and several colleagues, BMC opened its doors in September 1933 with 12 faculty members and 22 students. Rice was a follower of John Dewey’s ideas about progressive...Bauhaus
The Bauhaus was a school of design founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany by architect Walter Gropius. The school moved to Dessau in 1925, and then to Berlin in 1932. After just 14 years of existence, Bauhaus leaders opted to close the school in 1933 rather than succumb...
