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Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center

COMING UP IN FEBRUARY


Our celebration of the women of Black Mountain College continues this month with a film screening, performances and workshop. Tomorrow night, we'll screen the documentary Don't Know, We'll See: The Work of Karen Karnes followed on Thursday, February 13th with the premiere of Shed, a new composition by Bana Haffar that explores Anni Albers' weavings through sound, performed by Haffar and Third Coast Percussion. Haffar will hold a workshop based on her score on Wednesday, February 12th.

Mark your calendars for Damselfly Trio, performing the works of BMC alumna and composer Ursula Mamlok on Thursday, February 27th and a collage workshop with artist and BMCM+AC Board Member Connie Bostic on Saturday, February 29th (registration required, one spot remaining).

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

FILMS@BMCM+AC
Don't Know, We'll See: The Work of Karen Karnes

Thursday, February 6th, 7pm

 

This documentary by award-winning filmmaker Lucy Massie Phenix is an intimate study of the work and life of master clay artist, Karen Karnes. It takes the viewer into her creative process, into the evolution of a single sculptural piece, and into Karnes’ body of work of over 60 years.


FREE for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID / $8 non-members
 

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PERSPECTIVES: BANA HAFFAR 
Lunchtime Workshop @BMCM+AC

Wednesday, February 12th, 12 - 1pm

 

Join Asheville-based composer/musician Bana Haffar for an interactive experience with her graphic score Shed. In this hands-on workshop, Haffar will explain the process behind the composition and invite participants to actively engage with the score.

FREE


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PERFORMANCE: BANA HAFFAR + THIRD COAST PERCUSSION

Thursday, February 13th, 7pm


Grammy-winning Chicago-based percussion ensemble Third Coast Percussion and composer Bana Haffar debut the newly commissioned Shed for percussion and modular synthesizer. Drawing from the rich legacy of Anni Albers, Haffar engages with the materiality of sound, the essence of cloth, and the symbiosis of the machine and handmade by transposing standard weaving draft notation into musical scores. The concert will also include works by Guggenheim Fellow Augusta Read Thomas, Robert Dillon, and Mark Applebaum.
 

$10 for BMCM+AC members + students w/ID / $15 non-members


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NOTES ON THE SCORE

"Shed is a graphic score where each player repeats a rhythmic cell that is visually derived from basic weave structures. The same rhythms are programmed and played back by an electronic sequencer.

When I was approached by Black Mountain College Museum to compose a piece for Third Coast Percussion, I immediately turned to Anni Albers’ On Weaving, a book that had been waiting patiently on my studio desk for several months. Mystified by the meticulously hand-drawn matrices in her book, I knew I had to attempt to translate these images into sound. And so began the journey into the unknown world of weaving and the quest for the materiality of sound."

- Bana Haffar, composer
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Click the icon above for profiles of artworks, faculty, alumni and everyday life at Black Mountain College, as well as updates and behind the scenes at BMCM+AC. Follow us on Instagram @bmcmuseum and @bmcbooks
Images: Michael Oppenheim, installation of Question Everything! The Women of Black Mountain College at BMCM+AC | Karen Karnes, American Craft Council Archives. | Bana Haffar, courtesy of the artist. | Third Coast Percussion, courtesy of the artists. | Score for "Shed," courtesy of Bana Haffar.

As always, we thank you for your continued support, which sustains the museum in our efforts to preserve the legacy of Black Mountain College through programming and exhibitions. Please consider a tax-deductible donation or membership; however, there are myriad other ways to support us, too: through volunteer efforts, with your likes, re-posts, and comments on social media, and by attending our events, fundraisers, exhibitions, and annual conference. 
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