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Red June Announces Upcoming Tour to Support Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project Red June is made up of three talented, veteran musicians, singers and songwriters: Will Straughan (formerly of the Emma Gibbs Band), John Cloyd Miller (formerly of Lo-Fi Breakdown) and Natalya Weinstein (of Polecat Creek and Lo-Fi Breakdown). The Red June sound is as versatile as the musicians themselves; they touch on bluegrass, roots rock, old-time and traditional country music. Recently invited to the International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis TN where they will perform in mid-February, Red June will then return home for an intimate show at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, located at 225 W. State Street, on Saturday, February 26th. Show at 7:30 with no ticket reservations, admission is a suggested donation at the door of $10. For more information about the band or to purchase/listen to Remember Me Well, please visit www.redjunemusic.com. read more >> |
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Want a Creative Way to Celebrate Valentine's This Year? The scene from the movie, “Ghost,” with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze playing in the mud at her wheel is full of passion and sensuality. It has been voted the most romantic film moment of all time. With that scene in mind, consider a couple of playful, ingenious evenings spent making a memory with your significant other this February. Instead of an evening of dinner and a movie, register for the “Falling in Love with Clay” sweetheart’s class at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio. The class will provide a duo of date nights on consecutive Fridays, February 11 and 18 from 6-8 pm at the Clay Studio located behind the Center at 225 W. State Street. read more >> |
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6th Annual Auction for the Arts Set for Black Mountain's Center for the Arts The 6th Annual Auction for the Arts will be held at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, at 225 W. State Street in the original City Hall in downtown Black Mountain, on Saturday, March 5, at 6 pm. The evening will begin with a silent auction, along with heavy hors d’oeuvres and a dessert and beverage bar, followed by a live auction with auctioneer John Hill of Weaverville, who generously donates his time for this event. For more information visit BlackMountainArts.org and/or to purchase tickets, call 828/669- 0930. The number of seats for the auction is limited to 100, so advance reservations are highly recommended. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. read more >> |
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BMCA Offers Winter Classes for a Variety of Ages and Interests
To beat the “winter blah’s” the Black Mountain Center for the Arts is offering a variety of classes from visual arts to music to movement. While some classes are ongoing throughout the year, others will begin as new classes or for the second term within the next two weeks. For more information and to register, call the Center, which is located in the original City Hall at 225 W. State Street, at 828/669-0930. read more >> |
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BMCA Clay Studio Annual Show Continues in New Year The Third Annual Pottery Show at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts will continue in the Upper Gallery at the Center through February 26. Including works by teachers Judi Ashe, Geoff Bird, Maureen Joyce, Gwen Ottinger, Annie Singletary and Studio Manager Sarah Meyer, it also is showing works of students from the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio. read more >> |
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Black Mountain Center for the Arts Celebrates 10/15 In October 2000 the Black Mountain Center for the Arts opened its doors in the renovated original City Hall at 225 W. State Street as a stand-alone non-profit arts organization whose mission is to “bring arts to the people and people to the arts.” The organization began in 1995, working out of temporary quarters until the stately brick building, schedule to be razed, could be funded and renovated. In October 2010, BMCA will celebrate “10/15,” a time to remember the past accomplishments of the ten years in the building and the fifteen years of existence, and to look forward to the next decades as a beacon for the arts in the Swannanoa Valley and eastern Buncombe County. In addition, the Center celebrates the tenth year under the leadership of Executive Director, Gale Jackson. read more >> |
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Black Mountain Offers 2nd Annual Sculpture Stroll Art and artists abound here in Black Mountain, our town of less than 10,000 folks. There are painters, potters, wood turners, sculptors, fabric artists, photographers and more for whom art is either a vocation or avocation. Local artist groups are open to membership or participation for artists, and shows of their work are often available at local galleries, the library, the Arts Center, restaurants and more. But for sculptors, whose work is usually larger than a gallery can accommodate, an opportunity to participate in a group show is not as often available. For the second year the Recreation and Parks Department, the Town Beautification Committee and the Black Mountain Center for the Arts are co-sponsoring an outdoor sculpture stroll of 3-dimensional work by local artists. The pieces are installed at four separate locations in town, enticing visitors and locals alike to seek them out to enjoy. read more >> |
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Kindermusik Classes to Start Second Term at BMCA The Black Mountain Center for the Arts will offer the second semester of classes in Kindermusik™ with teacher Maria Wood. Kindermusik is a nationally certified program to teach music, rhythm and more to infants and pre-schoolers accompanied by an adult parent or guardian. Three classes with limited spaces will be offered: VILLAGE - Newborn-18 months, 10-10:45 am and OUR TIME -18 months through 3 years, 11:15 am - noon will both be on Tuesdays for 15 weeks from January 25 – May 10 and costs $250. All Kindermusik tuition includes the required materials from Kindermusik™ that cost from $46 - $64 and include story books, home activity books/guides, CDs, instruments or toys, art banners, DVDs, flashcards, and a carrier. SIGN and SING is newly offered this term for children 6 months through 2 years. A 10 weeks class, it will meet on Mondays, Time TBA from January 24 – April 11 (no class March 28) and has a tuition of $195. A $35 non-refundable deposit required at registration. However, Wood is offering a $25 discount to those enrolled by the first class who refer someone who also enrolls. Wood, who has worked 15 years in the field of children’ s music with David Grover, is the Acting President of the National Children’ s Music Project. For more information call 828/669-0930 or visit www.kindermusikinthemountains.typepad.com. read more >> |
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4th ART IN BLOOM in Black Mountain to Honor
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How Our Town Recycled An Old Building Into A Work Of Art Black Mountain is justifiably proud of its newly renovated City Hall on Midland Street. The building on Montreat Road that housed City Hall from the early 1990’s until this year is now defunct. But a previous City Hall still stands, and this community can also be justifiably proud of the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, which inhabits the original City Hall at 225 W. State Street, at the west end of town. read more >> |
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The Suzuki Method or "mother tongue approach", also called Talent Education or Ability Development, is an educational philosophy used in teaching instrumental music (originally violin) to young children. It was developed by Shinichi Suzuki, a traditional violinist who was searching for ways to enrich the lives of Japanese children so devastated by World War 2. Observing that children as young as two or three years of age speak their native tongue fluently, Dr. Suzuki used the principles of language development to teach the violin. Initially, learning is by hearing or rote, with many repetitions. Reading comes later. Suzuki students listen daily to recordings of music to be performed, beginning with simple folksongs. A parent must attend weekly private lessons with the student, acting as the "home teacher" and supervising daily practice. Skills are mastered in small steps, always with the support and encouragement of the parents and teacher. For additional group lessons, included for reinforcement and the joy of playing together, students are grouped according to their performance levels. |
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Suzuki Violin Lessons Offered at BMCA