Category: Ruth Asawa

Women of Black Mountain College | Introduction to the college

Lunch run on the path between the Studies Building and Dining Hall. L to R: Patsy Lynch, Vesta Martin, and Fanny Hobart. c.1946. Photograph by Stuart Atkinson. North Carolina Museum of Art, Black Mountain College Research Project, Visual Materials, Box 88. Courtesy Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina.

“At Black Mountain College, art was people.” – Alma Stone Williams Black Mountain College was an experimental liberal arts college in North Carolina from 1933-1957. Ruth Asawa was a student there from 1946-49, taught by international artists and progressive tutors who she said: “profoundly influenced my outlook on the value of life and the true… Continue reading Women of Black Mountain College | Introduction to the college

Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe | short film

Imogen Cunningham, Ruth Asawa, Sculptor, 1957. © 2022 Imogen Cunningham Trust. Artwork © 2021 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner.

In this new short documentary, discover the exhibition Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe through the words of the visionary artist herself. “When I was in the (internment) camp in Arkansas, we had our fortunes told. So I was told that I probably should be an artist.” – Ruth Asawa  The exhibition Ruth Asawa: Citizen… Continue reading Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe | short film