On view April 4th through August 16th 2025, this exhibition explores the enduring legacy of Black Mountain College and its lasting influence on contemporary art. The exhibition traces the flow of artistic ideas across generations, highlighting how creativity is exchanged and reimagined. Featuring contemporary artists who engage with sound, color, and light, alongside renowned BMC artists, viewshed sparks a dynamic conversation between the past and present. Themes of transparency, structure, color, collaboration, and expanded forms resonate throughout the exhibition. Curated by Alice Sebrell and Jeff Arnal, viewshed celebrates BMC’s role as a catalyst for creative exchange and its continued impact across disciplines and time.

The exhibition will highlight contemporary artists Richard Garet, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Deanna Sirlin, and Susie Taylor alongside BMC artists including Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Hazel Larsen Archer, Ruth Asawa, Roberta Blair, Ilya Bolotowsky, Harry Callahan, Margaret Balzer Cantieni, Jorge Fick, Andy Gambrell, Frank Hursh, W.P. Jennerjahn, Betty Schmitt Jennerjahn, Leo Krikorian, Jacob Lawrence, Matt Magee, Robert Rauschenberg, M.C. Richards, Dorothea Rockburne, Jo Sandman, Xanti Schawinsky, Si Sillman, Aaron Siskind, Kenneth Snelson, Will Henry Stevens, Sara Vanderbeek, Cora Kelley Ward, and Emerson Woelffer.

Opening Reception Friday, April 4, 2025 5:30 to 8 pm

Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center

120 College Street, Asheville, North Carolina