{"id":240,"date":"2012-03-05T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmdc.wcu.edu\/?p=240"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:20:53","slug":"black-mountain-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.wcu.edu\/index.php\/2012\/03\/05\/black-mountain-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Mountain College"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1933, Black Mountain College opened near Black Mountain, North Carolina.\u00a0 Dedicated to the arts, it marked a radical departure from most colleges of the time.\u00a0 It was an experiment in progressive education and communal work.\u00a0 It pursued democratic governance, requirement everyone to perform daily chores, demanded no course requirements, and only awarded grades to help its students gain acceptance into graduate school.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Josef Albers teaching at Black Mountain College.\u00a0 Photograph by John Campbell. Courtesy of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center<\/p><\/div>\n

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The college attracted famous artists who pushed the boundaries of their art.\u00a0 Some of its students achieved fame and influence of their own.\u00a0 Buckminster Fuller worked on his first geodesic dome there, and the college staged the first multimedia happening.\u00a0 But charges that the school was Communist, combined with financial stress and faculty conflicts, led to its closing in 1956.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center<\/a> in Asheville, NC is dedicated to spreading awareness of the college through exhibits, publications, lectures, films, and other events.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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