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In this episode, we are joined by Adelita Husni-Bey, the 2023 recipient of the Black Mountain College International Artist Prize. Husni-Bey discusses connections between her work and the history of radical, interdisciplinary pedagogy at Black Mountain College, along with her ongoing practice using collectivist and non-competitive pedagogical models within the framework of contemporary art.

More info: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/2023-bmc-prize-announcement/

Hub New Music performs Dai Wei's "How The Stars Vanish"
November 16, 2022
Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center
Asheville, NC 28801

More info: https://hubnewmusic.org/

Inaugural BMC Prize recipients Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian join us to discuss their interdisciplinary work. The artists trace connections to Black Mountain College from their creative origins in post-revolutionary Iran, to the diffusely collaborative and experimental practice of generating "landscapes". More info: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/inaugural-bmc-prize-announcement/

“The Glyph” – Commissioned in 2015 by ICA/Boston
Directed by Richard Colton
July 30th at 3PM + 7PM
BMCM+AC {120 College Street}
Dancer and choreographer Polly Motley and pianist Yukiko Takagi perform “The Glyph,” a playful work created by dancer Katherine Litz and composer Lou Harrison. The original performance at Black Mountain College was part of a Glyph Exchange with poet Charles Olson and painter Ben Shahn in the Summer of 1951. The program will also feature Lou Harrison’s “Six Sonatas For Cembalo or Pianoforte” performed by Yukiko Takagi.

Laura Steenberge - Devil Works for Idle Hands - Live At BMCM+AC June 9, 2022 by Black Mountain College Radio

Weston Olencki - a vine that grew over the city and no one noticed - Live At BMCM+AC June 9, 2022 by Black Mountain College Radio