Museum and multidisciplinary arts center dedicated to preserving and continuing the legacy of educational and artistic innovation at Black Mountain College
Asheville, NC
Joined January 2010
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‘Anni Albers: Work With Materials’ Exhibit at Syracuse University Art Museum Opening Aug. 25 news.syr.edu/blog/2022/08/18… #SyracuseU
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John Cage, The Student: His Time At Black Mountain College musicalcircuits.com/2022/06/…
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Excited that Elisa Faires, Chandra Shukla + Scott Gornick are joining me for {re}HAPPENING!
…to make the Stop+Go sounds that we’ll draw to. Excited to explore that dynamic at the perfect place for such experiment, the grounds of the former #BlackMountainCollege.
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Back from the grounds of the Black Mountain College. Absorbed the experimental legacy of this place through the flood of sunshine + fresh air while taking measurements + envisioning my upcoming project w/ @bmcmuseum
In one month —{re}HAPPENING happens! rehappening.com/
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This week, exploring the history of Black Mountain College, starting with photographers and hopefully a visit to @bmcmuseum #firstcoffeeoftheday #coffeeandbooks – at Charlotte, NC
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OPENING TODAY! adVANCE! Modernism, Black Liberation + Black Mountain College curated by Lehman Brady Scholar and ACTIVE ARCHIVE resident Marie T. Cochran.
See the full exhibition at the @bmcmuseum, FEB 11 – MAY 14: blackmountaincollege.org/adv…
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Thank you to @NEAArts for your support of NC's recovery efforts with today’s announcement of American Rescue Plan funding, including recommended grants to @TheMintMuseum @elsewheremuseum @NCFolkFestival @SAU_News @Cucalorus @cultmill @goodyeararts @bmcmuseum @QuiltAlliance
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Solar panels on the roof of the Studies Building, former campus of Black Mountain College. Many thanks and congrats to @bmcmuseum for this year’s wonderful ReVIEWING Black Mountain conference
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Cagean collaborative sound performances & bears on campus @ this year's funny, ever illuminating @bmcmuseum ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 12. BMC scholars/fans come join me @ this conference sometime soon!
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@jackquartet performs the world premiere of John Luther Adams' "Waves and Particles" at @bmcmuseum tomorrow (11/12) at 8pm EST! 👏
In person seating is sold out, but watch the free live stream via the link below:
blackmountaincollege.org/wav…
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Josef Albers used colorful foliage at Black Mountain College to create inventive studies like these two, currently on view in "Anni and Josef Albers: Art and Life" at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris.
#josefalbers #blackmountaincollege @MAM
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#FaithinArts continues today with a film screening and talk: “Theirs is the Kingdom: A Documentary About Poverty and Portraiture.” @bmcmuseum #UNCAvl blackmountaincollege.org/fil…
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TONIGHT: #FaithinArts film screening and talk with Director Marie Cochran. “Testify, Beyond Place” pays homage to the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church as well as its relationship to @WCU. @bmcmuseum #UNCAvl blackmountaincollege.org/fil…
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The Faith in Arts Institute hosted by #UNCAvl and the @bmcmuseum continues tonight with Art + Religion in the 21st Century, a presentation by Aaron Rosen. #FaithinArts #BlackMountainCollege #AVL blackmountaincollege.org/tal…
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The four-day intensive Faith in Arts Institute — to be held at #UNCAvl’s Highsmith Student Union, @bmcmuseum and online via Zoom — will take place Wed., Oct. 13-Sat., Oct. 16 via @mxnews. mountainx.com/arts/faith-in-…
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Anyone else's weekend plans look like this?
Friday, From a Secret Location.
Snapshot of Jonathan Williams + Tom Meyer in Paul + Nancy Metcalf’s backyard in Becket, MA, Jan. 1969. From the Paul Metcalf Archive, housed at NYPL's Berg Collection.
fromasecretlocation.com/othe…
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Don’t Blame it on ZEN:
The Way of John Cage & Friends
Curated by Jade Dellinger, Director of the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
September 3, 2021 – January 8, 2022 blackmountaincollege.org/don…
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#OnThisDay in 1933, Black Mountain College was established. The unconventional college served as an alternative to traditional education. One of the major tenets of the school’s plan was to elevate the fine arts to full curricular status. ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?M…
ALT Summer Institute at Black Mountain College, 1946. Left to right: Leo Amino, Jacob Lawrence, Leo Lionni, Theodore Dreier, Nora Lionni, Beaumont Newhall, Gwendolyn Lawrence, Ise Gropius, Jean Varda (in tree), Nancy Newhall (sitting), Walter Gropius, Mary Gregory, Josef Albers, and Anni Albers. Courtesy of North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh.
ALT Weaving at Black Mountain College in the 1930s. Image from the State Archives