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Digital Exhibitions
Get started with A Brief Introduction to Black Mountain College, then dive in to these exhibitions to view selected works, explore exhibition themes, listen to oral histories, view recorded lectures and performances, and find additional resources.
BMC Videos: Shorts + Lectures
Learn more about Black Mountain College through this collection of educational videos, including short object highlights, lectures from our annual ReVIEWING Conference, conversations, interviews, poetry readings, and oral histories. To see our latest videos, follow us on YouTube or Vimeo.
Short Videos
Lectures + Conversations
Performances
Revisit past performances and watch recordings featuring contemporary musicians and performers presented as part of the BMCM+AC Performance Initiative. You can also listen to works by featured musicians on Spotify.
Faith in Arts
Watch videos from our Faith in Arts initiative, including conversations and interviews, lectures from the 2021 Faith in Arts Institute, and other projects.
Highlights from the Blog
Start exploring our blog by diving into these most-loved posts and the latest news.
BMCM+AC Awarded Grant From The Ruth Foundation for the Arts
BMCM+AC has been awarded $50,000 as a Core Grant recipient from the The Ruth Foundation for the Arts! This month, The Ruth Foundation announced 140 arts organizations have been recognized by two new grants inspired by how artists live, make, and are remembered.
BMCM+AC Awarded Grant From The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
BMCM+AC has been awarded $60,000 from the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the creation and presentation of work centered on social justice and sustained community engagement with artists who are passionate about the history and legacy of Black Mountain College.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RADIO ART
103.3 Asheville FM, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, and Make Noise announce an opportunity for artists living in Western North Carolina (WNC) to create new short works for broadcast on the radio. We invite artists in WNC to propose projects that reflect the experimental and innovative spirit of Black Mountain College. Artists are encouraged to take risks. Projects should be between 3-5 minutes long and no more than 12 months old. New work is strongly encouraged. The work does not have to be music. Projects can include any sound recording, cellphone recording, field recording, meditation, movement score, text score, sound collage, spoken word, audio art, experimental DJ work, etc.. The LOI deadline is July 20, 2022.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE RADIO ART
103.3 Asheville FM, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, and Make Noise announce an opportunity for artists living in Western North Carolina (WNC) to create new short works for broadcast on the radio. We invite artists in WNC to propose projects that reflect the experimental and innovative spirit of Black Mountain College. Artists are encouraged to take risks. Projects should be between 3-5 minutes long and no more than 12 months old. New work is strongly encouraged. The work does not have to be music. Projects can include any sound recording, cellphone recording, field recording, meditation, movement score, text score, sound collage, spoken word, audio art, experimental DJ work, etc.. The LOI deadline is June 21, 2021.
BMCM+AC awarded NEH collections grant
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center has been awarded $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a pilot project creating online access to the museum’s Permanent Collection of over 4,000 artworks and ephemera from the famed liberal arts college and experimental community.
2020: A Year in Review
In a year marked by...
Alma Stone Williams Collection
Within the BMCM+AC...
Myths and Legends of Black Mountain College
We’re clearing up the rumors. In this case, fact is often more fascinating than fiction.
Elaine and Willem de Kooning + The Summer of 1948
When the summer of 1948...
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