OPENING RECEPTION: viewshed

OPENING RECEPTION for viewshed Friday, April 4, 2025 – 5:30–8pm | Free and Open to All @ Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center {120 College Street, Asheville, NC} Join us for the opening reception for the spring/summer exhibition viewshed, hosted at BMCM+AC. Refreshments will be provided by Curious Elixirs, creators of sophisticated alcohol-free craft beverages. viewshed (April 4 – August 16, 2025) illuminates the enduring impact of Black Mountain College as a crucible of artistic experimentation and exchange, tracing the transmission of ideas across generations and exploring how BMC’s radical pedagogical approaches continue to shape contemporary artistic practice. The exhibition stages a dynamic dialogue between past and present, featuring contemporary artists Richard Garet, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Deanna Sirlin, and Susie Taylor alongside seminal BMC figures such as Dorothea Rockburne, Sewell (Si) Sillman, and Jacob Lawrence. By engaging with transparency, structure, color, collaboration, and expanded forms, viewshed brings into focus the porous boundaries between disciplines, unfolding as a sensorial and conceptual investigation into the shifting terrain of artistic influence. The exhibition highlights works that span painting, textile, sound, and performance, inviting viewers to consider the ways in which artistic methodologies evolve and reverberate across time. At its core, viewshed underscores the ways in which BMC’s experimental ethos continues to inspire artists to challenge, reinterpret, and expand the possibilities of creative expression. Curated by Alice Sebrell and Jeff Arnal