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Perfect festive gift ideas: ideal presents for children
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Perfect festive gift ideas: stocking fillers for under £10
Visit the Modern Art Oxford Shop for perfect gifts. Read this blog to see our selection of the best stockings fillers for under £10
How to make a giant pink teddy, with artist Liz Davies
Liz Davies is one of three Platform Graduate Award artists showing their work at Modern Art Oxford this year, and a recent fine art graduate from The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford. In this post she shares the process of making one of her artworks: the giant inflatable pink teddy in her exhibition… Continue reading How to make a giant pink teddy, with artist Liz Davies
Women of Black Mountain College | Anni Albers
Anni Albers (1899-1994) led the weaving and textiles workshop at Black Mountain College from 1933-1949. She and her husband Josef were invited to the college in 1933 after the closure of the Bauhaus, where Josef was a professor and Anni a student, by the Nazis. Well into the 1940s, Black Mountain provided a welcoming refuge… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Anni Albers
Women of Black Mountain College | Mary Parks Washington
“I didn’t think it would affect me, but it has. That’s what makes it Black Mountain. It’s still living.” – Mary Parks Washington Mary Parks Washington (1924-2019) attended Black Mountain College’s 1946 summer institute, where she met with Ruth Asawa and Gwendolyn Knight, among others. whom she remained friends with. She arrived from the very… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Mary Parks Washington
Women of Black Mountain College | Karen Karnes and MC Richards
“Are you gonna be an earthy person, practical, bound to earth, or are you going to be a dreamer, a visionary? I don’t have to choose. I am both, and I live in the crossing point.” – MC Richards The words of poet and potter MC Richards (1916-1999) go to the heart of the ethos… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Karen Karnes and MC Richards
Women of Black Mountain College | Vera Williams
“You could just put your imagination into practice.” – Vera Baker Williams Vera Williams (1927- 2015) was one of few to formally graduate from Black Mountain College, with a graphic design project creating signage for the college. Author, illustrator, activist and educator, her life was endlessly creative. From the 1970s she produced children’s books, often… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Vera Williams
Women of Black Mountain College | Gwendolyn Knight
Artist Gwendolyn Knight (1913-2005) came to Black Mountain College in 1946 with her husband Jacob Lawrence. Not officially a teacher, she spent lots of time engaging with students, even teaching informal dance lessons. In the 50s she would study dance in New York with Martha Graham’s company. An expressionist painter with a strong interest in… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Gwendolyn Knight
Women of Black Mountain College | Carol Brice
Contralto singer Carol Brice (1918-1985) came to Black Mountain College as a guest teacher in 1945, a year after Alma Stone Williams had been invited as a student, paving the way for integration at the college. Other guests had been artist Willem de Kooning, composer John Cage and dancer Merce Cunningham. Brice arrived with her… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Carol Brice