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Celebrating the history and continuing the legacy of Black Mountain College (1933 - 1957), a radical experiment in education.
The Museum will be closed to the public until May 29th, 2026 while we install our next exhibition! In the meantime, check out this early 1940s photo of students working at the Lake Eden Campus.
Want to know more about the upcoming exhibition? Our summer show will be all about collage and its pervasive presence throughout the history of BMC. From Josef Albers’ matière exercises to the 1951 “Glyph Exchange,” cutting up and rearranging found material was a way of life at Black Mountain College. And in true BMC transdisciplinary fashion, we’re not limiting collage to just the visual arts! This show will feature three-dimensional assemblages, poems, performances, and more. Additionally, the exhibition will assemble both historic and contemporary artists together, highlighting how collage continues to exert a powerful influence on today’s art ecosystem.
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John Harvey Campbell, Students during the work program at the Lake Eden campus, circa 1941 – 1944. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the children of Faith Murray Britton.
The Museum will be closed to the public until May 29th, 2026 while we install our next exhibition! In the meantime, check out this early 1940s photo of students working at the Lake Eden Campus.
Want to know more about the upcoming exhibition? Our summer show will be all about collage and its pervasive presence throughout the history of BMC. From Josef Albers’ matière exercises to the 1951 “Glyph Exchange,” cutting up and rearranging found material was a way of life at Black Mountain College. And in true BMC transdisciplinary fashion, we’re not limiting collage to just the visual arts! This show will feature three-dimensional assemblages, poems, performances, and more. Additionally, the exhibition will assemble both historic and contemporary artists together, highlighting how collage continues to exert a powerful influence on today’s art ecosystem.
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John Harvey Campbell, Students during the work program at the Lake Eden campus, circa 1941 – 1944. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the children of Faith Murray Britton.
A new exhibit is coming soon! The Museum will reopen on May 29th, 2026 with Black Mountain COLL(A)GE, curated by Kira Houston.
From Josef Albers’ matière exercises to the 1951 “Glyph Exchange,” cutting up and rearranging found material was a way of life at Black Mountain College. Techniques of accumulation, selection, and reinterpretation—broadly interpreted here as collage—can encompass two-dimensional visual works, three dimensional assemblages, poems, performances, and more. This exhibition traces the presence of collage through the history and legacy of the renowned liberal arts college. Some of the 20th century’s most influential collage practitioners, including Robert Rauschenberg and Ray Johnson, studied at BMC. Many other students took up collage as a life-long medium, including Irwin Kremen, William Douglas McGee, Jo Sandman, John Urbain, Mary Parks Washington, and Susan Weil. Still others continued to experiment with cut-ups while working in other realms of creative production, such as the writer and critic Suzi Gablik. Finally, collage continues to exert a powerful influence on today’s art ecosystem. Selected works from contemporary collagists will contextualize the medium’s trajectory and provide a window into the future. This exhibition pieces together a wide array of ever-shifting stories, rearranging the moving parts to assemble a visual and sonic exploration of Black Mountain COLL(A)GE.
Learn more about the exhibition and it’s related programming on our website at www.blackmountaincollege.org/black-mountain-collage/
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In order of appearance: John Urbain, Green Sky, 1988. | Ray Johnson, NOITHNG, c. 1980s. | Roberta Blair, Untitled [Color Study], c. 1944. | William McGee, Untitled, 1990. | Suzi Gablik, The Tangled Bank #6, 1978. All artworks are from the Collection of BMCM+AC. Reel audio by @farewellphoenix
Happy birthday to American poet and author of more than 60 books, Robert Creeley (1926 – 2005)! Associate with the Black Mountain Poets, Creeley is now widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. He was at Black Mountain College as a faculty member during the final years of the college and edited the Black Mountain Review.
This poem by Creeley is published in "Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy. This pocket-sized selection of the poetry of Black Mountain College is available at our Museum bookstore and on our website – link in bio.
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Slide 1: Jonathan Williams, Robert and Ann Creeley in Banyalbufar, Majorca, Spain, 1953. Gelatin Silver Print. Gift of Brian Butler
Slide 2: Two Ways of Looking in a Mirror by Robert Creeley, published in Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy.
Happy birthday to American poet and author of more than 60 books, Robert Creeley (1926 – 2005)! Associate with the Black Mountain Poets, Creeley is now widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. He was at Black Mountain College as a faculty member during the final years of the college and edited the Black Mountain Review.
This poem by Creeley is published in "Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy. This pocket-sized selection of the poetry of Black Mountain College is available at our Museum bookstore and on our website – link in bio.
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Slide 1: Jonathan Williams, Robert and Ann Creeley in Banyalbufar, Majorca, Spain, 1953. Gelatin Silver Print. Gift of Brian Butler
Slide 2: Two Ways of Looking in a Mirror by Robert Creeley, published in Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy.
Happy birthday to American poet and author of more than 60 books, Robert Creeley (1926 – 2005)! Associate with the Black Mountain Poets, Creeley is now widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. He was at Black Mountain College as a faculty member during the final years of the college and edited the Black Mountain Review.
This poem by Creeley is published in "Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy. This pocket-sized selection of the poetry of Black Mountain College is available at our Museum bookstore and on our website – link in bio.
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Slide 1: Jonathan Williams, Robert and Ann Creeley in Banyalbufar, Majorca, Spain, 1953. Gelatin Silver Print. Gift of Brian Butler
Slide 2: Two Ways of Looking in a Mirror by Robert Creeley, published in Black Mountain Poems: An Anthology," edited by Jonathan C. Creasy.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
This year's {Re}HAPPENING, which took place the last weekend of April, was like a whacky and wonderful dream come true. The event recently received glowing coverage from the Cultural Voice of North Carolina, which labeled the event "nothing short of miraculous." Here's a short excerpt:
"On their own, the exhibitions, activities, and installations would be fascinating curios, if occasionally shrouded in abstraction. However, together, their eccentricities, vagaries, and trivialities became a powerful representation of what Black Mountain College had been – or, on the shores of Lake Eden every April, still is."
You can read the full article on the Cultural Voice of North Carolina's website @culturalvoice_nc
In the meantime, please enjoy these photos from the event!
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Article: "Nothing Short of Miraculous: Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 14" by Pruett Noris for the Cultural Voice of North Carolina
Image 1: la/do by Deisha Oliver + Luciana Arias. Photo by Ethan Colon
Image 2: The Star Loom by elliot (eLm) moonstone. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 3 (top): Quack! An interactive chance poem for Black Mountain by Wendell M. Kling + Ben Miller. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Image 4 (bottom): Photo by Forest Walters
Image 5: "At Hand" or "Creatures From a Door to Perception" by Fred Merrill + The Electric Cabbage Ensemble. Photo by Forest Walters
Image 6: 35mm Multi-Image Slideshow by Alexandria Jarvis. Photo by BMCM+AC staff.
Our upcoming exhibition Black Mountain COLL(A)GE opens in just 10 days! You're invited to join us for a free opening reception on May 29th, 2026 from 5:30 to 8 pm. Come see incredible artwork by both BMC alumni and contemporary artists with fellow friends of the museum!
OPENING RECEPTION: Black Mountain COLL(A)GE
Friday, May 29, 2026 – 5:30–8pm
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street}
Free and Open to All
From Josef Albers’ matière exercises to the 1951 “Glyph Exchange,” cutting up and rearranging found material was a way of life at Black Mountain College. Techniques of accumulation, selection, and reinterpretation—broadly interpreted here as collage—can encompass two-dimensional visual works, three-dimensional assemblages, poems, performances, and more. This exhibition traces the presence of collage through the history and legacy of the renowned liberal arts college. Some of the 20th century’s most influential collage practitioners, including Robert Rauschenberg and Ray Johnson, studied at BMC. Many other students took up collage as a life-long medium, including Irwin Kremen, William Douglas McGee, Jo Sandman, John Urbain, Mary Parks Washington, and Susan Weil. Still others continued to experiment with cut-ups while working in other realms of creative production, such as the writer and critic Suzi Gablik. Finally, collage continues to exert a powerful influence on today’s art ecosystem. Selected works from contemporary collagists will contextualize the medium’s trajectory and provide a window into the future. This exhibition pieces together a wide array of ever-shifting stories, rearranging the moving parts to assemble a visual and sonic exploration of Black Mountain COLL(A)GE.
Learn more about the exhibition and it’s related programming on our website at www.blackmountaincollege.org/black-mountain-collage/
Check out this segment of Stan VanDerBeek’s silent film, Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version) from 1967! This work is on view at Magenta Plains in New York City as part of “Micro Kosmos,” an exhibition organized around Stan VanDerBeek’s interrelated filmmaking and printmaking practices. Here’s what Magenta Plains writes about the exhibition, which is on view from May 7–June 20, 2026:
“This select group of works focuses on VanDerBeek’s involvement with early computers as a new means of generating imagery. In his engagements with the computer VanDerBeek saw a “future” developing and changing at a rate so fast that he posited human intelligence may struggle to fully grasp its consequences. Through collaborations with Bell Labs engineer Ken Knowlton and others, he made a series of films entitled POEMFIELDS (1962-1971) that explored the increasing potential of such a complex machine during its nascent development.
Poemfield No. 1 (Blue version) (1967), is a 16mm silent film where powerful sequences of words emerge from mosaics of geometric forms, move around the frame, and eventually disperse. The graphics were produced through a pioneering computer animation language called BEFLIX (short for Bell Labs Flicks) that manipulated a pixel grid with eight shades of gray on an IBM 7090 computer. The combination of text, image, movement, and color exemplifies the multilayered, moving image experience for which VanDerBeek is best known.”
Stan VanDerBeek is a Black Mountain College alumnus known for his innovation in expanded cinema. The interplay of art, nature, and technology was prevalent throughout the explorations of BMC and its faculty, such as Anni Albers' embrace of synthetic materials like mylar and John Cage’s use of media player technologies in his chance-driven compositions. VanDerBeek’s experiments with film and early computers continue this spirit of technological innovation and continue to resonate today.
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Stan VanDerBeek, Poemfield No. 1 (Blue Version), 1967. 16mm film transferred to video, color, silent. 4:41 min. Realized with Ken Knowlton. Copyright of the Estate of Stan VanDerBeek. All rights reserved.
Check out this sneak peek of an artwork that will be on view in our upcoming exhibition, Black Mountain COLL(A)GE! This lively collage is an early work by Suzi Gablik, made after she returned to New York following an extended stay in Belgium, where she lived with René Magritte while writing a biography of the influential surrealist artist.
Come see this work in person when the exhibition opens on May 29th, 2026! You can learn more about Black Mountain COLL(A)GE and scheduled exhibition programming on our website – link in bio.
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Suzi Gablik, Victorian Still Life, 1961. Mixed media collage on canvas. Gift of private donor.
Check out this sneak peek of an artwork that will be on view in our upcoming exhibition, Black Mountain COLL(A)GE! This lively collage is an early work by Suzi Gablik, made after she returned to New York following an extended stay in Belgium, where she lived with René Magritte while writing a biography of the influential surrealist artist.
Come see this work in person when the exhibition opens on May 29th, 2026! You can learn more about Black Mountain COLL(A)GE and scheduled exhibition programming on our website – link in bio.
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Suzi Gablik, Victorian Still Life, 1961. Mixed media collage on canvas. Gift of private donor.
Check out this sneak peek of an artwork that will be on view in our upcoming exhibition, Black Mountain COLL(A)GE! This lively collage is an early work by Suzi Gablik, made after she returned to New York following an extended stay in Belgium, where she lived with René Magritte while writing a biography of the influential surrealist artist.
Come see this work in person when the exhibition opens on May 29th, 2026! You can learn more about Black Mountain COLL(A)GE and scheduled exhibition programming on our website – link in bio.
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Suzi Gablik, Victorian Still Life, 1961. Mixed media collage on canvas. Gift of private donor.
Installation for our next exhibition, Black Mountain COLL(A)GE is well underway! We picked up some exciting exhibition loans earlier this week: we're up to our ears in Ray Johnson! Just how we like it. These fabulous Ray Johnson collages, and many more artworks, will be on view this summer as we explore the pervasive presence of collage across BMC history and follow its thread of influence to exciting works by contemporary artists. Learn more about the exhibition on our website at https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/black-mountain-collage/
We'd like to extend a huge thank you to the Ray Johnson Estate for loaning these works! Another shoutout to Ellen Levy, author of "A Book About Ray" (pictured in the first slide), which is an invaluable resource.
Black Mountain COLL(A)GE opens on May 29th, 2026! We invite you to the opening reception from 5:30-8 pm on the day of. This event is free and open to all, and will take place at the museum at 120 College St.
Installation for our next exhibition, Black Mountain COLL(A)GE is well underway! We picked up some exciting exhibition loans earlier this week: we're up to our ears in Ray Johnson! Just how we like it. These fabulous Ray Johnson collages, and many more artworks, will be on view this summer as we explore the pervasive presence of collage across BMC history and follow its thread of influence to exciting works by contemporary artists. Learn more about the exhibition on our website at https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/black-mountain-collage/
We'd like to extend a huge thank you to the Ray Johnson Estate for loaning these works! Another shoutout to Ellen Levy, author of "A Book About Ray" (pictured in the first slide), which is an invaluable resource.
Black Mountain COLL(A)GE opens on May 29th, 2026! We invite you to the opening reception from 5:30-8 pm on the day of. This event is free and open to all, and will take place at the museum at 120 College St.
We recently had a fabulous in-person gathering with some of our Board members! We headed out to Lake Eden for a walking tour of the historic Black Mountain College campus – we've sure been spending a lot of time out there recently between the annual {Re}HAPPENING, BMC Active Archive Residency, and our on-site archival analysis adventure with the Rauschenberg Foundation Catalogue Raisonné team! Jeff and Alice, our Executive Director and Director of Preservation respectively, tailored the walking tour to the specific BMC interests of our Board members, who all bring their own interests and expertise to the team.
It's always great when our board members, who dedicate so much time to our organization, can go to the source and learn more about the rich history they help preserve and continue. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and to those who were unable to join! We are deeply appreciative of the amazing folks who make up our Board of Directors.
Pictured from left to right: Jeff Arnal, Hedy Fischer, Ralph Burns, Alice Sebrell, Grant Henegan, Cherry Lentz Saenger, Brooke Dorsch, Nan Zander, and Tyler Householder.
Happy Birthday to American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments, Lou Harrison (b.1917-d.2003)! Harrison was at BMC as faculty during the Summer of 1951 and in 1952.
Before coming to Black Mountain College, Harrison was struggling mentally after moving to New York from the west coat. Harrison was openly gay at the time, and homophobic social stigmas combined with a hostile work environment took a toll on him. John Cage came to Harrison’s aid, helping him get psychiatric help and later personally inviting Harrison to come to Black Mountain College, thinking it would help his nerves.
While at Black Mountain College, Harrison continued to paint and compose, despite the stresses plaguing him. He is remembered for his significant contribution to American experimental music, pushing the boundaries of what was possible, and refusing to hide his sexuality in an era of prejudice and violence.
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Jonathan Williams, Lou Harrison, Music Hut, Black Mountain College, 1951. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Gift of the Artist.
Our research library contains a wide array of books, even extending beyond BMC history into a wider network of artists and writers. In addition to collected works by a great number of Black Mountain poets, our Janssen Collection features poets who were greatly influential to this school. H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), an essential modernist poet, served as a large influence and mentor to several poets of the Black Mountain School, such as Hilda Morley (who took her name from H.D.) and Robert Duncan. Duncan, who briefly attended the college in 1938 and was a faculty member in 1956, was notable for his devotion to the works of H.D., and even published a work titled “The H.D. Book,” a grand-sweeping account of 20th-century poetry. Our Janssen Collection features a large portion of H.D.’s output, as well as a wonderful book of correspondence between H.D. and Robert Duncan, titled “A Great Admiration.”
From the book:
“I think I have most of your books. Your imagist poems were a beginning point, given, in High School. Then years later, as The Walls Do Not Fall began to appear in Life and Letters ToDay, I read and gradually found for my own use whatever of yours I could. The War Trilogy made it possible, gave a link in a tradition, for me to follow lines of my inheritance within the main body of a given poetics.” - Robert Duncan, in a letter to H.D., dated July 20th, 1959
Our research library contains a wide array of books, even extending beyond BMC history into a wider network of artists and writers. In addition to collected works by a great number of Black Mountain poets, our Janssen Collection features poets who were greatly influential to this school. H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), an essential modernist poet, served as a large influence and mentor to several poets of the Black Mountain School, such as Hilda Morley (who took her name from H.D.) and Robert Duncan. Duncan, who briefly attended the college in 1938 and was a faculty member in 1956, was notable for his devotion to the works of H.D., and even published a work titled “The H.D. Book,” a grand-sweeping account of 20th-century poetry. Our Janssen Collection features a large portion of H.D.’s output, as well as a wonderful book of correspondence between H.D. and Robert Duncan, titled “A Great Admiration.”
From the book:
“I think I have most of your books. Your imagist poems were a beginning point, given, in High School. Then years later, as The Walls Do Not Fall began to appear in Life and Letters ToDay, I read and gradually found for my own use whatever of yours I could. The War Trilogy made it possible, gave a link in a tradition, for me to follow lines of my inheritance within the main body of a given poetics.” - Robert Duncan, in a letter to H.D., dated July 20th, 1959
This is your reminder to submit your papers and proposals for this year’s International Black Mountain College Conference, ReVIEWING BMC 📝 All disciplines invited! The 16th annual ReVIEWING is coming up October 2 through 4, 2026 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Co-hosted by BMCM+AC and UNC Asheville, this year’s conference explores the theme: Architecture and design at Black Mountain College — inspired by our upcoming exhibition, Imaginary Landscapes: Black Mountain College Architecture + Design.
We’re seeking proposals from scholars, artists, performers, and educators working across disciplines. Share your work in the form of papers, panels, performances, multimedia projects, or workshops — anything that honors the experimental spirit of BMC as well as the theme of performance. Proposals on any theme related to Black Mountain College and its legacy are encouraged and will be considered
🗓 Deadline to submit: June 22, 2026
📬 Notifications by: July 6, 20256
🔗 Submit + learn more: blackmountaincollege.org/reviewing/ – link in bio!
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Slide 1 photo credit: Paris Jewell
This is your reminder to submit your papers and proposals for this year’s International Black Mountain College Conference, ReVIEWING BMC 📝 All disciplines invited! The 16th annual ReVIEWING is coming up October 2 through 4, 2026 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Co-hosted by BMCM+AC and UNC Asheville, this year’s conference explores the theme: Architecture and design at Black Mountain College — inspired by our upcoming exhibition, Imaginary Landscapes: Black Mountain College Architecture + Design.
We’re seeking proposals from scholars, artists, performers, and educators working across disciplines. Share your work in the form of papers, panels, performances, multimedia projects, or workshops — anything that honors the experimental spirit of BMC as well as the theme of performance. Proposals on any theme related to Black Mountain College and its legacy are encouraged and will be considered
🗓 Deadline to submit: June 22, 2026
📬 Notifications by: July 6, 20256
🔗 Submit + learn more: blackmountaincollege.org/reviewing/ – link in bio!
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Slide 1 photo credit: Paris Jewell
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