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Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Announces 2018 Fall Season Exhibitions and Events Celebrating the Grand Opening of New Permanent Home For Immediate Release Press Contact:Jeff Arnal, Executive Director ​ 828.350.8484 | [email protected] ​ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center Announces 2018 Fall Season Exhibitions and Events Celebrating the Grand Opening of New Permanent Home Featuring Landmark Exhibition, Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence ​ and Black Mountain College featuring Lawrence’s work and new commissions by Tyondai ​ Braxton, Grace Villamil, Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture), and Martha Colburn; Concerts by Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder, Brooklyn Rider, and DJ Rupture; Conversations with Curators; Workshops; Films; and More Press Photos: https://bit.ly/2OGllfG ​ Asheville, NC (August 20, 2018) – Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) is pleased ​ ​ ​ to announce its fall 2018 season of exhibitions and cultural events in Asheville. On September 28, 2018, BMCM+AC will have a permanent place to call home for the first time in their 25-year ​ ​ history. This new home at 120 College Street will be a relocation and expansion to a newly renovated building ​ ​ on Pack Square Park in the heart of downtown Asheville, NC. The new 6,000sf space will include: ● 2,500sf of flexible exhibition/event space with a 200+ seating capacity ● a permanent Black Mountain College history and research center ● an expanded library and education center with over 1,500 BMC-related texts ● on-site storage for BMCM+AC’s permanent collection and research center ​ ​ This project helps solidify the museum as the preeminent Black Mountain College resource and a vital international art center, preserving the history of Black Mountain College and continuing its far reaching legacy. By providing a space for incubation and cross pollination at a pivotal point in world history, Black Mountain College became a globally recognized center of innovative ideas in education and the arts. Notable alumni and faculty include R. Buckminster Fuller, Josef and Anni Albers, Charles Olson, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Ruth Asawa and Ray Johnson. 120 College Street is a historic site built in 1925, when it was the home of The Asheville Times newspaper. ​ ​ The renovation preserves the historic qualities of the building, including Prohibition-era tin ceilings and brick flooring on the lower level, while creating a comfortable and inviting space for exhibitions, performances, research and programming. Not only does move extend the possibilities for the space, it is transformative because it includes a path to ownership within five years, making it the museum’s first permanent home in its 25 year history. Construction at 120 College Street was completed in early August 2018, with generous support from a $200,000 grant from the Buncombe County TDA and $200,000 raised by the BMCM+AC board covering construction costs. Architect Patti Glazer and contractor Beverly-Grant are leading the project, and Randy Shull, the artist who led the renovation of the original BMCM+AC location at 56 Broadway, is designing key aspects of the project, particularly the library, the museum shop, and the front desk area. 120 College Street opens on September 28, 2018 with the landmark exhibition Between Form and Content: ​ ​ ​ Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College. This exhibition contextualizes the work of ​ ​ influential African American artist Jacob Lawrence through not only historic artworks but contemporary th commissions in response to Lawrence’s legacy. The opening coincides with BMCM+AC’s 10 ​ annual ​ ​ ​ ReVIEWING Black Mountain College Conference at UNC Asheville. ​ Executive Director Jeff Arnal says, "Central to our mission is to preserve, celebrate and advance the legacy of ​ ​ BMC and the story of Jacob Lawrence’s BMC experience is one that needs to be told. Both the historical art and new commission portions of this project will look at art, culture, and race and examine issues of equality that are vital to our national conversation. The summer of 1946 was one of Lawrence’s first, direct experiences with the Jim Crow south, and although there was a welcoming atmosphere at BMC, the artist and his wife never left the campus for the entire eight weeks of their stay. In addition to the significance of Lawrence's work and the 1946 BMC Summer Institute, this project represents an ambitious new direction for BMCM+AC, both programmatically and artistically. While we have included contemporary work in our past programs, this will be the first time we are commissioning a series of new work on this scale. The scope of the project is designed to look past creative silos, we are interested in how contemporary art and performance can exist in dialogue with historical art." Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College September 28, 2018 – January 2019 Curated by Julie Levin Caro and Jeff Arnal BMAC+AC | 120 College Street | Asheville, NC Link: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/funding-secured-jacob-lawrence-exhibition/ ​ One of the most widely regarded American artists of the 20th century, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) is known ​ ​ for his paintings, drawings, and prints that hover between abstraction and socially inspired narrative realism, chronicling African-American history and experience during his lifetime. Between Form and Content will be the ​ ​ very first exhibition to focus on Lawrence’s experiences during the summer of 1946, when Josef Albers invited Lawrence to teach painting at Black Mountain College. In addition to Lawrence’s paintings, the exhibition will feature artworks by Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, Josef and Anni Albers, Leo Amino, Jean Varda, Ruth ​ Asawa, Ray Johnson, and Beaumont and Nancy Newhall. It will also examine Lawrence’s paintings, ​ ​ ​ pedagogy, and legacy in a contemporary context, through the lens of four multimedia artists: Animator/filmmaker Martha Colburn, composer/performer Tyondai Braxton, installation artist Grace Villamil, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and writer and interdisciplinary artist Jace Clayton (DJ Rupture). ​ Programs for this exhibition will include installations by animator Martha Coburn, composer/performers ​ ​ Tyondai Braxton and Grace Villamil; installation / performances by Jace Clayton aka DJ Rupture, ​ ​ ​ ​ Brooklyn Rider, Theo Bleckman and Ben Monder; workshops and lectures with former Lawrence student ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Barbara Earl Thomas and Fritz Horstman of the Albers Foundation; a lunchtime Perspectives Series, film ​ ​ ​ screening, as well as community events with local artists and arts organizations including Cleaster Cotton, ​ Easel Rider and DeWayne Barton. ​ ​ Related Programs: 120 College Street Opening Celebration Featuring Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 8PM BMCM+AC | 120 College Street | Asheville, NC Tickets: Free and Open to the Public ​ Link: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/performance-theo-bleckman-ben-monder/ ​ Take a first look at BMCM+AC’s new home at 120 College Street with an inaugural concert by Grammy Award-nominated singer and composer Theo Bleckmann and jazz guitarist Ben Monder. For over 15 years, ​ ​ ​ ​ the Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder Duo has been touring the U.S., Europe and Asia creating a unique approach to what might be called “jazz art song,” blurring the boundaries between jazz, classical, ambient and rock. ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 10 September 28-30, 2018 UNC Asheville Reuter Center | 1 Campus View Rd. | Asheville, NC Tickets: Conference: $75 Non-members / $40 BMCM+AC Members ​ Keynote: $25 Non-members / $10 BMCM+AC Members Keynote Panel: $25 Non-members / $10 BMCM+AC Members Daily Admission: $50 Non-members / $20 BMCM+AC Members Tour of BMC Campus: $15. Link: www.blackmountaincollege.org/reviewing ​ ​ ​ The annual ReVIEWING conference explores the history and legacy of Black Mountain College through ​ ​ presentations, workshops, and performances. This year’s keynote speaker is art historian Dr. Leslie King ​ Hammond leading a keynote panel to include Tyondai Braxton, Martha Colburn, and Jace Clayton (DJ ​ ​ ​ ​ Rupture). Highlights of this year’s conference will include never before seen films of Black Mountain College ​ by instructor of photography Hazel Larsen Archer and presentations and performances on Black Mountain College’s Summer Art Institutes. Open to the public. Say It Loud Saturday, September 29, 2018 from 6:00pm-10:00pm 22 London Road | Asheville, NC Tickets: Free ​ Link: https://bit.ly/2M0htcx ​ BMAC+AC celebrates the opening of Say It Loud, an exhibition of contemporary art from the collection of Hedy ​ ​ ​ Fischer and Randy Shull. Say It Loud includes work from eighteen prominent African American artists including ​ ​ ​ Kehinde Wiley, chosen for the official portrait of President Barack Obama and ninety-two year old Betye Saar, a founding member of the Black Arts Movement in the 1970’s. PERSPECTIVES Lunchtime Conversations @ BMCM+AC Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at 12:00pm Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 12:00pm ​ ​ Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 12:00pm ​ Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at 12:00pm ​ ​ BMAC+AC | 120 College Street | Asheville, NC Tickets: Free ​ Links Cleaster Cotton: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/perspectives-cleaster-cotton/ ​ Barbara Earl Thomas: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/perspectives-barbara-earl-thomas/ ​ Clarissa Sligh: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/perspectives-clarissa-sligh/ ​ Darin Waters: http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/perspectives-darin-waters/ ​ Explore BMAC+AC’s exhibition Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob
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