Black Mountain College:
Shaping Craft + Design
September 25, 2014 - February 28, 2015
Featuring a selection of works by Black Mountain College (BMC) faculty and students, Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design explores the role and influence of the college on the fields of studio craft and design from the middle of the 20th century through today. Black Mountain College (1933 - 1957) was an experimental liberal arts college located in the rural mountains of North Carolina. The College was not designated as an "art school" as we understand them today, but from the beginning, the centrality of the arts at BMC offered students and faculty an array of opportunities to collaborate and explore various disciplines. This traveling exhibition was originally organized by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and is adapted to incorporate works from the NEHMA permanent collection, demonstrating the national influence of the College. This exhibition is made possible by support from the Windgate Charitable Foundation, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University.
Robert Bliss
Lady Murasaki’s Fan Chair
1993
Teak, Suede
Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design Exhibition. September 25, 2014 - February 28, 2015. Installation view 1, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah. Photograph by Andrew McAllister, September 2014.
Ruth Asawa, Untitled Wire Copper Oxidized (S. 390/60, ca. 1960 Tied copper wire, 20 x 20 x 20 inches, Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Bernard Leach, Jar, Date unknown, Stoneware, 4.25 x 3.875 inches, Gift of Richard A. Harrison
Virginia Cartwright, Teapot, 1986, Stoneware, 4.5 x 17.5 inches, Gift of Nora Eccles Harrison
Virginia Cartwright, Jar, 1986, Stoneware, 7 x 6 inches, Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
Oli Sihvonen, Block Print #2, 1947, Ink on paper, 10 x 7 inches, Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Robert Turner, Form VI, 1991, Stoneware, 12.5 inches Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design Exhibition. September 25, 2014 - February 28, 2015. Installation view 2, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah. Photograph by Andrew McAllister, September 2014.
Josef Albers, Desk for BMC Students, ca. 1939, Chestnut, other woods, and plywood, 29 x 44 x 26 inches, Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
James Melchert, Teapot, ca. 1961, Stoneware, 12.75 x 10 inches, Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation
Leo Amino, Dream of a Cocoon, 1950, Maplewood, 31.5 x 2.5 inches Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
Black Mountain College: Shaping Craft + Design Exhibition. September 25, 2014 - February 28, 2015. Installation view 3, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah. Photograph by Andrew McAllister, September 2014.
David Weinrib, Bottle, ca. 1950, Stoneware, 14 x 4.25 x 2.75 inches, Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Peter Voulkos, Large Vase, 1953, Stoneware, 16 x 10 x 10 inches, Loan courtesy of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
William Watson, Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach, Soetsu Yanagi and Marguerite Wildenhain, 1952, Archival inkjet print from a digital scan, 26 x 26 inches, Loan courtesy of The North Carolina State Archives
