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Black Mountain College: Pioneering Experimental Education & Arts Hub

Founded in 1933 by John A. Rice, Black Mountain College combined liberal arts with fine arts and attracted renowned artists like Josef and Anni Albers. Its innovative educational approach influenced major American institutions. The college had impressive programs in photography and ceramics, and its faculty included prominent artists and thinkers of the time. Explore the rich history of Black Mountain College and its impact on arts education.

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Black Mountain College: Pioneering Experimental Education & Arts Hub

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  1. http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htmhttp://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  2. History • Founded in 1933 • John A. Rice • Combined liberal arts with fine arts • Josef and Anni Albers • Fled Nazi Germany after the closing of the Bauhaus • Attracted students http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  3. More History • By the late forties… • Word started to spread though out the country of what was going on in Black Mountain • BMC had a Board of Directors that included William Carlos Williams and Albert Einstein • Had impressive photography and ceramics programs • “…Black Mountain had become the ideal of American experimental education. Its concentration of cross-genre arts education would influence the programs of many major American institutions.” PBS • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/black_mountain_college.html By the forties… The faculty had many of the greatest artists and thinkers of that time

  4. Academic Classes at Black Mountain College http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  5. Art Classes at Black Mountain College http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  6. Studying at Black Mountain College http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  7. Things to do at Black Mountain College http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/bmc_web_page/bmc4.htm

  8. Josef and Anni Albers Anni Albers, Under Way, 1963Cotton, linen, and wool. 74 x 61.2 cm (29-1/8 x 24-1/8 inches) Josef Albers, Park, ca. 1924glass wire, metal, paint, wood. JAF: GL-28.49.5 x 38 cm (19-1/2 x 15 inches) http://www.albersfoundation.org/Albers.php?inc=PhotoAlbum&img=p180

  9. Robert Motherwell www.panix.com/~blackwoo/ artm_motherwell.html Catalonia, 1951 o/c 121.9 x 152.4 cm www.legacy-project.org/arts/ display.html?ID=968

  10. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG nmaa-ryder.si.edu/.../ 16arauchenbergbio.html www.massurrealism.com/ example/rob.htm

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