Black Mountain College: Avant-Garde Art from the Experimental School, 1933-1957
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Black Mountain College existed for just twenty-four years, yet its influence on American art, music, dance, and poetry remains unparalleled. Gallery C is proud to present Black Mountain College: Avant-Garde Art from the Experimental School, 1933–1957, a sweeping survey featuring works by visionary faculty and students including Josef and Anni Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, Cy Twombly, and Willem de Kooning, whose ideas reshaped the cultural landscape of postwar America. Spanning painting, printmaking, and mixed media, this exhibition is an invitation to experience the electric spirit of a community that dared to imagine education and art as inseparable from life itself.
Date & Time
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
May 16, 2026 through Jul 31, 2026
11:00AM - 5:00PM
More Info
919-828-3165
Free
Art & Galleries Raleigh, Downtown Raleigh, Midtown Wake Forest, Greater Area Raleigh, South Raleigh, West Durham, Downtown Chapel Hill, Downtown Wake Forest, Downtown Clayton, Downtown Apex, Downtown Raleigh, North Apex, Greater Area Chapel Hill, Greater Area Clayon, Greater Area Durham, Greater Area Raleigh, East Cary, Downtown Cary, Greater Area Garner, Downtown Garner, Greater Area Knightdale, Downtown Knightdale, Greater Area Wendell, Downtown Wendell, Greater Area Carrboro, Downtown Carrboro, Greater Area Holly Springs, Downtown Holly Springs, Greater Area Fuquay-Varina, Downtown Fuquay-Varina, Greater Area
Participating Businesses
Gallery C