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| Title | Black Mountain College Bulletin/ Bulletin-Newsletter, Vol. III, [No. 6]. May 1945 |
| Other Title | Art Institute, Summer 1945 |
| Creator | Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) |
| Date | 1945-05 |
| Subjects |
College publications--North Carolina Arts--Study and teaching Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Black Mountain College teachers--North Carolina--Black Mountain Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Curricula |
| Place |
Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period | (1929-1945) Depression and World War Two |
| Abstract | College bulletin providing information about the upcoming 1945 Summer Art Institute. |
| Description | Original college bulletin that announces the 1945 Summer Art Institute. Discusses the plans for and purpose of the Art Institute; lists faculty members, art courses and other activities planned for the summer. Also includes general information about the college, admission information, fees, a schedule, and an application form. 2 copies, released by Nell Goldsmith Heyns and Emily R. Wood. |
| Physical Characteristics | 11 pages |
| Format |
Periodicals Catalogs Informational pamphlets |
| Rights | Courtesy of Western Regional Archives. Prior permission from the State Archives of NC is required for any commercial use.; |
| Requirements for Use | Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files. |
| Language |
English |
| Collection |
Black Mountain College Research Project. North Carolina Museum of Art. Western Regional Archives |
| Local call no. | BMCRP, Series VI, Box 75, Folder 20 |
| MARS ID | 61.12.6 (Sub Series) |
| Digital Collection | Black Mountain College |
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| Full Text | BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BULLETIN ART INSTITUTE SUMMER 1945 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA SECOND ART INSTITUTE JULY 2 - SEPTEMBER 8 SUMMER 1945 for the study of practice and theory of art and art appreciation with recognized artists, scholars, teachers in courses, illustrated lectures, discussions, exhibitions with the purpose of presenting various viewpoints, approaches, techniques of working and teaching in contact with the Second Music Institute and the College Summer Session in beautiful Southern mountains with cool climate Black Mountain College Bulletin Newsletter Special Issue for May, 1945. Issued seven times a year, in August, September, November, December, January, February and April. Entered as secondclass matter November 4, 1942, at the Postoffice at Black Mountain, North Carolina, under the Act of August 24, 1912. The public interest in art is spreading steadily. Art books have become best sellers. Art museums have gained an attendance not dreamed of before. Neither war nor transportation difficulties have affected the increasing number of gallery visitors. The Saturday art workshops for children at the museums are overcrowded and the waiting lists are expanding. Few schools and colleges offered art courses ten years ago. Today, art in education is advancing from the status of extra-curricular activity to that of an accepted field of study, even to a central part of the curriculum. Today, students major in art, do graduate work and achieve doctor's degrees in the practice of art and in theory. It is easy to recognize that such a broad educational interest in art can not be satisfied by art history and art appreciation. Thus practicing studio- classes are increasing. The growing number of artists- in- residence shows that a direct contact with the artist and his personal influence are demanded. We are on the way, therefore, toward correcting mistakes of the past still prevailing in both art conservation and education. In education it has become evident that a one- sided emphasis on intellectual development is as wrong as it is undemocratic. It neglects the visual, accoustical, and manual type of student, thereby losing technical and artistic abilities and talents. For a long time, we have left the care and publication of works of art, as well as judgment and criticism, mainly to the historian. This is one reason why old art stands in the foreground of interest, why we lose relationship with contemporary art and living artists. More and more, however, the artist is recognized as competent to represent his own field. Today, he is permitted, even urged, to write and to speak on art and art theory, on his own work and himself. Once more he is considered the natural and able judge and interpreter of art. He may tend to subjective evaluations, but any objective estimate has become questionable, since we realize a continual change of taste and appreciation. All these changes are significant for our cultural development. They reveal an awareness of cultural needs and obligations. They demonstrate also that the producer of art deserves our concern as much as his product. And, he who influences artistic development will inevitably influence art education and, through this, general education. FACULTY LYONEL FEINIGER Painter / Studied: School of Applied Arts, Hamburg; Art Academy, Berlin; Pa& is / Member of the Blue Rider group and the Blue Four / Exhibited widely here and abroad; represented in principal museums and collections of Europe and America. Numerous publications on his work / Taught painting and graphic arts at the Bauhaus, Weimar, Dessau; Mills College, summer 1936, 37. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 16 - September 8, will give INDIVIDUAL CRITICISM ON PAITING. (See Page 6) FANNIE HILLSMITH Painter / Studied: Museums School, Boston; Art Students League, New York / Member: American Abstract Artists / Exhibited in group and one- man shows at New York Galleries / Taught at private studio. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 2 - August 4, will conduct class in PAINTING and COMPOSITION. ( See Page 6) ROBERT MOTHERWELL Painter, author / Studied: Stanford, Columbia, Harvard Universities / Exhibited in groups and one-man shows in New York galleries / Published articles in New Republic, Partisan Review, Dyn, Triple V; editor of Documents of Modern Art ( Apolinaire, Mondrian) / Lectured on art history, aesthetics; taught life painting. At BMC Second Art Institute, August 13 - September 8, will give a class in PAINTING and lectures on CONTEMPORARY ART. ( See Pages 6 and 8) OSSIP ZADKINE Sculptor / Studied: Art School of Polytechnic, London; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; later independently / Member: Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independents, Salon des Tuilleries / Awards: Legion of Honor; Order of Leopold; Grand Prix 1931 / Works in stone, marble, bronze, wood, plaster, terra-cotta. Represented in principal museums and collections in the United States and abroad / Monographs on Zadkine's. work in French, English, Dutch, Japanese / Teaching at Art Students League and private studio, New York. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 2 - 28, will direct class in SCULPTURE. ( See Page 7) MARY CALLERY Sculptor / Studied in United States and in Paris under the influence of Loutchansky, Picasso, Zervos / Represented at Museum of Modern Art, New York. At BMC Second Art Institute, August 6 - 25, will give a course in SCULPTURE. ( See Page 7) ALVIN LUSTIG Graphic designer / Art education primarily self- obtained; studied at Art Center School, Los Angeles, with. Frank Lloyd Wright / Designed posters, magazines, booklets, exhibits, furniture for NBC, Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed, North American Aviation, Screen Actors' Guild, Los Angeles Housing Authority, California. Arts and Architecture; Visual Research Director Qf Look magazine; at present e. diting and designing yearbook Visual Communication. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 30 - August 18, will give a course in GRAPHIC DESIGN. ( See Page 7) 4 PAUL RAND Designer, typographer, painter / Studied: Pratt Institute; Parson's; Art Students League / Director of Industrial Design Studio George Switzer; art director of EsquireCornet, New York; designed class and trade publications, advertisements, packaging, brochures, posters / Awards of Art Directors Club, New York: Honorable Mention 1943, 1944, medal for best advertising 1945 / Taught artist and designer groups since 1938. At BMC Second Art Institute, August 20 . September 8, will give a course in ADVERTISING DESIGN. ( See Page 7) WALTER GROPIUS Founder and director of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, 1919- 28. Dr. ing honoris causa / Architectural offices in Germany, England, USA / Senior Professor, Chairman of Dept. of Architecture, Harvard University / Lectured widely in Europe and America / Published books and articles on modern architecture, prefabrication of buildings, city planning, art education. At BMC Art Institute July 30 - August 11, will lecture on MODERN ARCHITECTURE. ( See Page 7) PAUL BEIDLER Architect / Studied: University of Pennsylvania; with Frank Lloyd Wright / Staff architect for archreological expeditions of University of Pennsylvania in Egypt, Iraq, Italy; of British Museum in Palestine; practiced with architectural firms in United States; Amsterdam, Holland, with Jan Duiker; Honolulu, Hawaii; private practice including planning and construction of factories, housing, dwellings. At Black Mountain College since 1945. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 2 . September 8, will give a course in ARCHITECTURE. ( See Page 7) ALEXANDER A DORNER Art historian, author / Studied: Universities of Koenigsberg; Berlin; Dr. phil / Museum director and University professor, Hannover, Germany; president of several art societies; supervisor of 16 museums; editor and co-editor of art periodicals; Director of the Museum of Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; 1941 lecturer, Brown University, Providence / Published books, articles, catalogs on medieval and modern art: architecture, modern problems of space, resthetics, art education; Monographs on Romanesque Architecture, Winkelmann, Wilhelm Busch, Meister Bertram. At BMC Art Institute, July 2 - 21, will give lectures on ART HISTORY AND THEORY. ( See Page 8) KARL WITH Art historian, author / Studied: Universities of Freiburg, Munich, Berlin, Vienna; Dr. phil / Director of Museums in Hagen, Amsterdam, Cologne; Art School Cologne / Consultant of cities of Cologne, Hagen, Mannheim / Art critic, Frankfurter Zeitung / Lectures in Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, Switzerland / Published books and articles on art of Buddists, Java, Bali, Japan, China; on sculpture, architecture, textiles, applied art, folk art, theater, movie / Taught at Graduate School of Design, Pasadena; State College, San Francisco; Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; 1941- professor of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 23 • August 18, will give lectures on ART HISTORY. ( See Page 8) 5 JOSEF ALBERS Taught at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, 1923-33. Assistant Director of the Bauhaus, 1928- 31. Black Mountain College since 1933. Seminars, lectures, semester course, summer school at Harvard University, 1936-41. Courses at Museum of Modern Art, NY; Lowthrope School, Groton / Work exhibited, collected, published in European and American countries. At BMC Art Institute July 2 - September 8, will teach GENERAL DESIG and COLOR. ( See Page 7) ANNI ALBERS Collaborator of Textile Workshop of the Bauhaus. Teaching at Black Mountain College since 1933 / Work exhibited, collected and published in Europe and America / Published articles on design, weaving, education. At BMC Art Institute July 2 - September 8, will teach TEXTILE DESIGN. ( See Pages 7- 8) MARY GREGORY Designer / Studied: Bennington College, AB; Black Mountain College, apprentice teacher, 1941 / Taught at Cambridge School, Kendall Green, Massachusetts; Black Mountain College, since 1942 / Designed and constructed furniture. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 2 - September 8, will give a course in WOODWORKING. ( See Page 8) BERTA RUDOFSKY Designer / Studied: University of Vienna / At present assistant to her architect- designer husband, Bernhard Rudofsky. Taught at BMC Art Institute 1944. At BMC Second Art Institute, July 2 - 28, will give a course in LEATHER WORK. ( See Page 8) F. W. GORO Photographer / Studied at the Bauhaus, Weimar / Art director of illustrated magazines; picture editor; science photographer, Life magazine; now Life staff editor, Science Department / Picture publications in many fields of science: medicine - chemistry, physics, biology. Worked at research institutions of leading universities and industries / Taught photography in Paris. ( See Page 8) Most of the artist-teachers have agreed to exhibit a collection of their work during the time of their teaching at BMC Art Institute. COURSES LECTURES PAINTING COMPOSITION LYONEL FEININGER Individual criticism and experimental advice related to personality and gifts shown in students' work. - Instruction by appointment- FANNIE HILLSMITH Class in painting, composition. Motives derived from nature developed into imaginative compositions. Any medium. Emphasis on personal creative expression. - 2 mornings weekly- ROBERT MOTHERWELL Painting class. Individual work on relation of means to ends, on what constitutes fruitful and modern ends. - 2 mornings weekly- 6 SCULPTURE OSSIP ZADKINE Creative sculpture with modelinl!; and carving as its means of expression. - 2 mornings weekly- MARY CALLERY Introducton: Highlights in sculpture of the past. Class Problems: Combination and unification of basic forms. Opposing plans. Volume and line in space. - 2 mornings weekly- ADVERTISING ART GRAPHIC DESIGN ALVIN LUSTIG Basic principles in visual presentation. Graphic design sources, format and typography. Engraving and printing processes, possibilities and limitations, their effect on design. Problems and criticism starting with simple spatial organization and developing into complex arrangements, involving type, message, psychological intent. - 2 mornings weekly- PAUL RAND Advertising and the creative process. Conception and idea in relation to technique. The importance of free association in advertising art. - 2 mornings weekly- ARCHITECTURE WALTER GROPIUS Informal talks, with slides, following discussion, on Problems of Architecture and Planning; for students interested in these fields. PAUL BEIDLER Studies in use of structure and materials in creating a congenial environment. - 3 mornings weekly- BASIC DESIGN JOSEF ALBERS Study of fundamental problems underlying all art: Exercises in material leading through producing form to reading of the meaning of form. Form depends basically on construction and combination, that is on capacity and appearance of material: A study of activity related to quantity and intensity ( proportion), to movement (dynamic - static), to three- and two- dimensionality (volume - space and shape), to tension (contrast - affinity, exception and parallelism), to placement (figure - background problem). Color problems of design are studied in a special course. ( See Color). - 1 morning weekly- COLOR JOSEF ALBERS Color and how it works. Color is the most relative medium in art. Its application is primarily a psychological problem. Experimental studies will demonstrate how color changes color in its various properties. The main color activities, such as color- intensity and light-intensity, depend, e. g., on quantity, shape, placement. Space in color, and color in space. Color opaque, translucent, transparent. Color mixture, subtractive and additive. The Weber-Fechner Law. Color systems, their purpose and use. - 1 morning weekly- TEXTILE DESIGN ANNI ALBERS Construction of fabrics, theoretical and practical, in classes and weaving workshop. Analysis of fabrics. 7 Designing on the loom, for industrial production and weaving of individual pieces. Work with primitive looms (for the teaching of weaving in schools with limited equipment and for students interested in the study of some ancient techniques). For advanced students mainly. Beginners are accepted for attendance of not less than 8 weeks. - 3 mornings weekly- WOODWORKING MARY GREGORY Designing and construction in wood related to the use of machine and hand tools. -- Instruction by appointment- LEATHERWORK BERTA RUDOFSKY Workshop course. Instruction in working technique of hard and soft leather, except surface treatment and ornamentation. Limited equipment. - Instruction by appointment- PHOTOGRAPHY F. w. GORO Lectures on: Photography in Science: Photography as Tool of Visual Education; How to Photograph a Cockroach; How to Design a Photograph. ART HISTORY THEORY ALEXANDER DORNER Lectures on Where Do We Come From, Where Are We Going: The Magical Evolution; The Growth of the Three Dimensional Worid; The Dissolution of the Three Dimensional World; The Rising Supra- Spatial World. KARL WITH Lectures on The Timeless Tradition of Functionalism: The Inherent Abstract; The Hierarchy of Function; The Pattern of Art and Life. ROBERT MOTHERWELL Lectures on Contemporary Art: Mondrian; Henry Moore Abstract, Surrealist Art. OTHER SUMMER ACTIVITIES The Black Mountain College Summer Music Institute, dedicated to the memory of Thomas Whitney Surette, will be held simultaneously with the Summer Art Institute. The guest faculty for the Music Institute will include: Erwin Bodky, piano and harpsichord; Carol Brice, concert contralto; Frances Snow Drinker, flute; Dr. Alfred Einstein, music history; Roland Hayes, con · cert tenor; Eva Heinitz, viola da gamba and cello; Hugo Kaudel', composer; Josef Marx, oboe and English horn; , William Valkenier, horn; Emanuel Zedin, violin; and 1 the Gordon String Quartet. The Institute will be spon- I sored by the Music Faculty of Black Mountain College that includes Dr. Heinrich J alowetz, Dr. Edward E. Lo-winsky, Gretel Lowinsky, and Gertrude Straus. The Music Institute will feature music lectures, tutorials, open rehearsals, concerts, and courses on the rise and development of vocal and instrumental polyphony with special emphasis on the small ensembles of chamber music. For further information on the Music Institute and on the Black Mountain College Summer Quarter, write to:Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. 8 Students of the Art Institute may visit classes or lectures of the Music Institute and the College Summer Quarter, attend concerts and performances, and participate in the College Work Program. GENERAL INFORMATION Black Mountain College is situated in the heart of the Great Cragyy Mountains of Western North Carolina, a section noted for its climate and scenery. Because of the altitude - 2,400 feet - the summers are usually cool, particularly at night. The College campus with its farm and a little lake is just off US Highway 70, three miles from the town of Black Mountain. The railroad station Black Mountain in on the scenic Southern Railroad Line from Salisbury to Abheville. Direct Pullman cars from New York to Black Mountain. The City of Asheville is fifteen miles from the College. The lake is bordered on the south by the dinin/!; hall, with a dining porch; on the north, by the new studies building erected with student and faculty labor. The living quarters of the College students include two dormitory buildings with bedrooms for two, three and more persons. Members of the Black Mountain College community take care of their own rooms. At Black Mountain College teachers and students live on the campus. They have their meals together in the dining hall. Thus there is a constant personal contact among students and teachers. The College farm supplies milk, meat, and vegetables to the College kitchen. The College community life in summer offers opportunities for dancing, picnics, light farm work, hiking, and swimming. Clothing appropriate for walking in the mountains and for working outdoors should be provided, as well as ordinary city clothes suitable for this climate. Evening dresses are worn at dances and concerts. Students are asked to bring with them the art materials and stools which they wish to use. Only a few materials are obtainable at the College co-operative store; paints, canvas, special papers, etc., only in limited choice and quantities at Asheville stores. Light easels are provided by the College. ADMISSION Admission to the Art Institute rests with a College committee. Its decisions depend upon active interest, ability, artistic training. There are no regulations as to educational background and age. The filled-out application blank (attached) should be accompanied by an application fee of $5.00. This fee, non- 10 refundable, will be credited to the inclusive fee upon admission. The Committee will write directly to the references given. For application for a scholarship, an additional special form to be filled out will be sent upon request. Because of limited accommodations, applications for admission should be mailed as early as possible. FEE The fee for attendance at the Art Institute, summer 1945, during the full period of ten weeks is four hundred dollars. This amount includes all charges for tuition, lectures, use of College libraries, record collection and equipment, visiting of classes and lectures of the regular College summer session, the Music Institute, and room and board. Although participants for the full period will receive first consideration, participants for shorter periods will be accommodated if space remains available. The charge for shorter periods will be: fifty dollars per week for a period of three to six weeks; forty- five dollars per week for a period of more than six weeks. Normally no one will be admitted for less than three weeks. The fee is payable as follows: twenty- five percent upon notice of admission, to insure reservation of accommodation; the balance on arrival. A limited number of scholarships is available to talented students, artists and teachers to help them defray part of tuition costs for the Art Institute. Scholarships will be available only to those who can show that they are in need of financial support. For further information write to the Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. SCHEDULE As the time-table on Page 11 shows, class and lecture courses are so arranged in time that the various fields and the teachers are distributed as equally as possible over the whole session of ten weeks. The schedule will be arranged in such a way that directed class work will take place in the mornings ( Painting, Sculpture, Advertising, Basic Design, Textile Design, Color). The afternoons will be reserved for rest, private work, outdoor activities, workshop, voluntary participation in the College Work Program, also for individual advice and criticism. Lectures and discussions will usually be held in the evenings. At the end of a course there will be an exhibition of work done in the course. Students are advised not to take more than three courses at a time (not counting lectures) in order to insure intensified study. 10 TIMETABLE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER TEXTILE DESIGN BASIC DESIGN COLOR ARCHITECTURE WOODWORKING PAINTING SCULPTURE LEATHER WORK ART HISTORY PAINTING ART HISTORY GRAPHIC DESIGN ARCHITECTURE SCULPTURE PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY ADVERTISING - ART 2--- 9 9-- 14 16-- 21 23- 28 30-- 4 6-- 11 13-- 18 20- 25 27-- 1 3--- 8 ALBERS, A. ALBERS, J ALBERS, J BEIDLER GREGORY HILLSMITH ZADKINE RUDOFSKY DORNER FEININGER WITH LUSTIG GROPIUS CALLERY MOTHERWELL GORO RAND SECOND ART INSTITUTE 1945 BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION Name ( last) ( first) ( middle) Present address Permanent address Date Date of birth Place Schools attended ( location, years, certificates, an, d degrees) : High school College Art school( s), name of teacher( s) Art courses taken in any of the above schocls ( specify) Other art studies Present art activities Present occupation For art teachers: present position former positions Preferred medium of your work Who is responsihle for payment of fees? Give name and address: In which of the announced courses and lectures are you particularly interested? Address Give dates: Name Have you exhihited in museums or art galleries? When and where? Names and addresses of personal and professional references: Do you plan to attend the whole session? If not, how many weeks? Married couples must fill in separate application forms. This form must be accompanied by the registration fee of $ 5.00 ( non-refundable). Preference will be given to students enrolling for the full term. Normally etudents will not be accepted for less than three weeks. Since the enrollment will be limited, this form must be mailed at once to: The Registrar Black Mountain College Black Mountain North Carolina Black Mountain College will be glad to send information on the Art Institute to your friends. Please write names and addresses below and mail them to The Registrar, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina. In case there is interest also in the Music Institute or the regular College Summer Session, please indicate which, and bulletins will be sent. Name Address |
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