The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is an exhibition space and resource center dedicated to exploring the history and legacy of the world's most acclaimed experimental educational community. We offer changing exhibitions, a video archive, research materials, and a selection of books and other materials for sale.

Location
56 Broadway
Asheville, NC
28801
828-350-8484

bmcmac@bellsouth.net

Hours
Wednesday through Saturday 12:00 - 4:00 pm.

History and Goals of BMCM+AC
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center was founded in 1993 by Mary Holden to honor and pay tribute to the spirit and history of Black Mountain College and to acknowledge the College's role as a forerunner in progressive, interdisciplinary education with a focus on the arts.

Through exhibitions, publications, lectures, films, seminars, and oral history interviews BMCM+AC is committed to spreading awareness of Black Mountain College and its important legacy. In 1995 we organized a Black Mountain College reunion attended by former faculty and students. Other ongoing projects include the development of a permanent collection and archive to provide safe storage for artwork and historical materials related to the College and a series of publications about the college and the people associated with it.

The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center aspires to provide a place where multifaceted programming can take place in an energetic environment. Our goal is to provide a forum for people from a variety of backgrounds in both the arts and sciences to interact so that art, ideas, and discourse are integrated with an emphasis on process rather than product.

The home of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center provides a forum to perpetuate the energy, vision, and accomplishments that made Black Mountain College one of the most creative educational forces of the 20th century. At the same time, BMCM+AC sponsors new programs to promote an innovative and experimental approach to today's issues and concerns. Thus the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center preserves and perpetuates the guiding spirit of historic Black Mountain College as an inspiration for contemporary society.

BMCM+AC Mission Statement
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center preserves and continues the unique legacy of educational and artistic innovation of Black Mountain College for public study and enjoyment. We achieve our mission through collection, conservation, and educational activities including exhibition, publication and public programs.

Board of Directors

Officers:

Connie Bostic, Chair - Artist
Kelly Gold, Secretary/Treasurer - Realtor, Collector

Other Members:
Helga Beam - Community Volunteer
Brian Butler - Head of Philosophy Dept., UNCA
Don Carson - Gen. Manager, RFA Management Co, LLC, Singer, Musician
John Cram - Owner of Blue Spiral 1, New Morning Gallery, Fine Arts Theatre, Bellagio
Pat Horrocks - Co-Owner of Blackbird Frame and Art
Mary Lynn Kotz - Writer, Author of a comprehensive book about Robert Rauschenberg
Jane Ann Tager - Human Resources Director
Mary Holden Thompson - Founder
Andrea Clarke - Photographer, Community Volunteer
Jolene Mechanic - Director, The Flood Gallery and Fine Art Center
Brenda Coates - Artist, Community Volunteer
Linda Larsen - Artist, Co-Owner of Centering on Children, Inc.
Katie A. Lee - Ass't. Director, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Curator
Dave Peifer - Professor of Mathematics, UNCA
Phyllis G. Sultan - Community Volunteer

Advisory Board:

Patricia Bailey - Assoc. Professor of Art at Western Carolina University
Emoke B'Racz - Owner of Malaprop's Bookstore
Jean B. Franklin - Co-owner of Black Mountain Books
Bobby Gold - Art Dealer
Bunny Halton Subkis - Director of UNC-Asheville Cultural & Special Events
David McConville - Founder/Board member of the Media Arts Project and co-founder of the elumenati
Susan Rhew - Graphic Designer / Susan Rhew Design
Alma Stone Williams - BMC Alumna, 1944 Summer Session
Curtis Canty - Gen. Manager, Asheville ABC Board
John Wright, Chair - Retired Project Director, Henry Ford Museum
Carol Pennell - Real Estate Broker
Jeff Davis - Poet, Computer Network Specialist
Micah Pulleyn - Artist, Teacher

BMCM+AC Staff: