Description: Founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Driver, et al. and located in a lakeside retreat fifteen miles east of Asheville, Black Mountain College was one of the most innovative and influential learning communities in the United States and an important incubator of the American avant-garde. Its faculty and lecturers included many of America's leading visual artists, composers, poets, and designers. Free from conventional academic apparatus, its students were trained to creatively participate in society. The school was the signifiant precursor to and prototype for many of today's alternative colleges. Regrettably, funding issues forced its closing in 1957. For sale, Mervin Lane, ed., Black Mountain College, Sprouted Seeds; An Anthology of Personal Accounts (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1990). Mervin Lane, the compiler. is a former student of the school. Comprised of ninety essays, poems, and plays--as well as reproductions of artwork by former students--this collection of essays through the eyes of its students and faculty shows the effects of the Black Mountain experience over the past fifty years on the contributors' evolving conceptions of creativity.learning, and living. Hardcover with dust jacket, 1st ed., 346 pp, b/w and color ills., minor age related wear; very good. NOTE: The page illustration discoloration is a camera issue. The pages are unblemished white. Don't be shy; give it a try. Doc deals!
Price: 99.95 USD
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-10-01T20:59:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.87 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Topic: Education
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Author: Mervin Lane
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Education, Art
