Black Mountain College
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| Type | Private liberal arts college |
|---|---|
| Active | 1933–1957 |
| Director | John Andrew Rice (until 1940) |
Administrative staff | about 30 |
| Students | about 1,200 total |
| Location | , , |
| Website | blackmountaincollege |
Black Mountain College Historic District | |
| Nearest city | Black Mountain, North Carolina |
| Area | 586.9 acres (237.5 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architectural style | Bungalow, craftsman, International Style |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001281 |
| Added to NRHP | October 5, 1982 |
Black Mountain College was a private liberal arts college in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and several others. The college was ideologically organized around John Dewey's educational philosophy, which emphasized holistic learning and the study of art as central to a liberal arts education.
Many of the college's faculty and students were or would go on to become highly influential in the arts, including Josef and Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, John Cage, Robert Creeley, Merce Cunningham, Max Dehn, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Ray Johnson, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Charles Olson, Robert Rauschenberg, M. C. Richards, Dorothea Rockburne, Michael Rumaker, Aaron Siskind, Cy Twombly, and Stefan Wolpe.
Although it was quite notable during its lifetime, the school closed in 1957 after 24 years due to funding issues; Camp Rockmont for Boys now sits on the campus' site.
The history and legacy of Black Mountain College are preserved and extended by the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.