MAP and Black Mountain College Museum Team Up to Show Off Artists, Raise Cash

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by Jason Sandford
on Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Sounds like a stimulating evening. Press release here:

FEBRUARY 11, 2010 - ASHEVILLE, NC – The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) and the Media Arts Project (MAP) invite the WNC community to participate in an evening of art, performance, music and dinner on Saturday, March 20th in the original dining hall of the former Black Mountain College (now Camp Rockmont). The remarkable creative community that existed at BMC from 1933 to 1957 inspires this unique fundraising event. Their Saturday night festivities usually included art, music, dance and performance, creating the foundation that we hope to build upon. In partnership with the MAP and its community of innovative artists, this BMCM+AC event pays tribute to Black Mountain College by bringing its dynamic energy into the present day.

Members of the Media Arts Project and the greater arts community are lining up to participate. New media work from Scott Furr, Mark Koven, Megan McKissack, Gene Felice, Mark Hanf, Marnie Muller, Lorraine Walsh, Lei Han and Wray Bowling will be on display. Dancers Claire Elizabeth Barrett, Julie Becton Gillum and Sara Baird will perform. Sculpture and ceramics will be shown from Jinx "aka Sean Pace" and Mellissa Terreza. Performance artists such as Graham Hackett, Queen Mae and the Bells, and puppeteer Madison J. Cripps will be part of the evening. Sound installation and performance will be created by Wayne Kirby, Dave Hamilton, Salvatore D'Angio, Ross Gentry and Chris Ballard. Guest chef Mark Rosenstein will represent the culinary arts. With over twenty artists in attendance, it promises to be a unique evening of collaboration and invention.

{Re}HAPPENING: a feast for the senses launches a new event series that will draw from the wide range of artistic talents that make WNC an extraordinary community. At the March 20 event, the evening will consist of two halves. The first half begins at 6 p.m. with a cocktail social, leading into a seated "family style" dinner served at 7 p.m. Various forms of art and performance will be take place throughout the cocktail hour and dinner. The second half begins at 9 p.m. and includes drinks (beer, wine and non-alchoholic), light appetizers and an extended evening of art, performance and dancing. Tickets for the entire evening including dinner are $40 ($35 for BMCM+AC and MAP members). For the second half (art, drinks and snacks only), the ticket price is $15 ($10 for members). The LaZoom Bus will be running a shuttle service throughout the evening from downtown Asheville to the BMC campus and back.

Contact us or stop by for more info or to purchase tickets for the event:

Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center

56 Broadway

Asheville, NC 28801

828-350-8484

bmcmac@bellsouth.net

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