Press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Asheville, NC – February 29, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS
8th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College
Hosted and Sponsored by BMCM+AC and UNC Asheville
September 23-25, 2016
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2016Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) is issuing a call for papers and proposals for the 8th Annual ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference, hosted and sponsored by BMCM+AC and UNC Asheville on Sept. 23-25, 2016. The call welcomes any theme related to Black Mountain College, with optional special topics: “The Painters of Black Mountain College” and “Democracy and the Liberal Arts”. All disciplines are welcome, including papers, performances, panels and workshops. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2016. For information about submitting a proposal, contact Alice Sebrell at alice@blackmountaincollege.org or 828-350-8484.
The keynote speaker this year will be Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. From 2010 to 2014 she served as Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston, where she organized Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933 – 1957 with Associate Curator, Ruth Erickson.
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College is an annual conference that preserves the legacy of Black Mountain College and explores the work of contemporary scholars who bring new insights into the college’s short life. In previous years presenters have examined special topics such as “The Writers of Black Mountain College”, “Bauhaus + USA”, “Buckminster Fuller’s Legacy”, and “Shaping Craft + Design”. While the ReVIEWING conference welcomes proposals on any themes related to Black Mountain College, this year’s special topics will be “The Painters of Black Mountain College” and “Democracy and the Liberal Arts”. Molesworth will share insights from her research for the exhibition and corresponding publication Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957, on view last fall at the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston and now at the Hammer Museum at UCLA.
Last year, ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 7 featured over 50 cross-disciplinary presenters from around the country as well as Ireland, Switzerland, Lithuania, Germany and Austria. ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 8 invites scholars and artists to build upon the conference’s strong and diverse foundation. The deadline for proposals is June 30, 2016. For information please contact Alice Sebrell at alice@blackmountaincollege.org or (828) 350-8484.
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