Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

"The end of the year wears its face in the moon against the disguises one would otherwise put upon it. It is the mild temper of midnight that embarrasses us and oh! we turn away into reassuring daylight but backwards." -Excerpt from "New Year's," a poem by Robert Creeley

Happy Birthday, Charles Olson (b. 1910)! Portrait taken by Jonathan Williams of Charles Olson at Black Mountain College. Charles Olson taught Writing and Literature at Black Mountain College and in 1953 was appointed the college’s Rector. Courtesy Western Regional Archives.

Leo Amino: Work with Material is on view until January 7th! Do come and see this spectacular show before it closes. BMCM+AC will be: ❆ Open from 11am on Tuesday, Dec. 27 until 2pm Friday, Dec. 30⁠ ❅ Closed from 2pm Friday, Dec. 30 until Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 11am⁠

Wishing you cozy times--as cozy as this gathering around the fire at BMC! ___ Students around the Studies Building fireplace, Black Mountain College, after 1941. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina.⁠⠀

Happy Holidays! This photograph shows BMC students making the most of a cold, snowy winter day at Lake Eden. Image credit: John Campbell, Snowball fight, Lake Eden campus, Black Mountain College, ca. early 1940s. North Carolina State Archives, Western Regional Archives.

BMCM+AC Holiday hours: ❅ Closed from 2pm on Friday, Dec. 23 until Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 11am ❆ Open from 11am on Tuesday, Dec. 27 until 2pm Friday, Dec. 30 ❅ Closed from 2pm Friday, Dec. 30 until Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 11am ❆ Resuming normal museum hours (11-5) on Tuesday, Jan. 3

Give the gift of museum membership this holiday season! Purchase a BMCM+AC membership for your loved one through our website here: bmcbooks.com/membership

Celebrating the Museum publications of 2022! ➡️ Have you considered giving the gift of BMC books this holiday season? Picking up a copy of our museum publications is a great way to support BMCM+AC & hold some gorgeous BMC material in your hands!

The exhibition Leo Amino: Work With Material, curated by Genji Amino, is on view at BMCM+AC through January 7th. Be sure to stop by and see these exceptional pieces, such as Refractional #88! #BlackMountainCollege #BMCMuseum #LeoAmino #AshevilleEvents #AshevilleArt

Two BMC Campus Tour dates left in 2022! December 9th and 23rd. Come tour the Black Mountain College Lake Eden Campus! We will be taking a short break during the colder winter month and tours will resume in Spring of 2023. Get your tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/5238805

Today we'd like to recognize our incredible network of dedicated, knowledgable, invaluable volunteers. Happy International Volunteer Day! Thank you to everyone who has volunteered with BMCM+AC and helped to keep alive the legacy of BMC! #BlackMountainCollege #VolunteerDay

Today is the Birthday of BMC teacher and composer Heinrich Jalowetz. Born to jewish parents in 1882, Jalowetz became one of the first students of Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna. After fleeing WWII Europe in 1938, he taught Music at BMC from 1939 until his death in 1946.

Today we say farewell to our Outreach Manager, Kimberly English. And congratulations on becoming The Bascom’s Winter Resident Artist! Thank you, Kimberly, for your incredible work here at the Museum. We will miss you and wish you the best in all of your new endeavors!

Join us this weekend, Dec. 2nd + 3rd, at Static Age Records for Catalytic Sound Festival. The 2022 festival will include performances curated by Tashi Dorji with support from BMCM+AC. Tickets will be $12 at the door on both nights. Doors open at 6PM. Show starts at 7PM.

Emil Willimetz in the BMC print shop is here to tell you: Submissions to Volume 14 of the Journal are due tomorrow, November 30! ___ Image: Emil Willimetz in the print shop at Lee Hall. Courtesy Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina.

“I think a picture is more like the real world when it is made out of the real world.” -Robert Rauschenberg Quote: Chris Jenks, ed, Visual Culture (New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017), 107. Image: Hazel Larsen Archer, Rauschenberg, Estate of Hazel Larsen Archer and BMCM+AC.

BMCM+AC is happy to announce our Winter Membership Raffle sponsored by East Fork Pottery! Purchase a membership $120 or above between now and December 18th and be entered to win an East Fork Five Piece “Black Mountain” Dinner Set! @eastforkpottery Enter: blackmountaincollege.org/east-fork-memb…

"Listening to Silence" by Blanca Bercial is featured in Vol. 13 of the Journal of Black Mountain College Studies. Submissions for Volume 14, Queer Life at Black Mountain College, are open through 11/30. Go submit your abstracts! Learn more: blackmountaincollege.org/blog-cfp-jbmcs…

Join the small but mighty Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center team! We're looking for someone passionate about Black Mountain College to assist with museum outreach. More info: blackmountaincollege.org/outreach-coord…

Beyond Words: The Legacy of Suzi Gablik, an exhibition of Gablik's work, is at the Perspective Gallery at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA through December 14th, 2022. This piece, among others, is on loan from BMCM+AC for the show. Do check it out! vtx.vt.edu/notices/2022/1…