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AAM Reaccreditation
The Asheville Art Museum has again achieved Accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)—the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. AAM Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public.
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Minds, Bodies, and Spirits
We are pleased to present the Digital Exhibition Minds, Bodies, and Spirits: Black Mountain College and the Beats of the North Beach Scene 1953–1960 organized by Jordan Wolfe, spring 2022 Curatorial Intern. This exhibition follows select artists from their time at Black Mountain College through their early years in the Beat scene of 1950s San Francisco.
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Too Much Is Just Right
On view through May 29—Too Much Is Just Right: The Legacy of Pattern and Decoration features more than 70 artworks in an array of media from both the original time frame of the Pattern and Decoration movement, as well as contemporary artworks created between 1985 and the present.
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Pulp Potential
On view through July 24—the works in this exhibition reveal the breadth of possibilities and unique qualities that exist when artists choose to employ and even create handmade paper. From the colored paper of Sol Lewitt’s Eight Pointed Stars to the work of artists like Paul Wong and Nancy Cohen made in collaboration with the preeminent handmade paper studio Dieu Donné, paper is transformed from support to conceptual center.
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Luzene Hill
On view through May 15—an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Luzene Hill advocates for Indigenous sovereignty—linguistically, culturally, and individually. This exhibition combines Hill’s use of mylar safety blankets alongside recent drawings. Capes constructed of mylar burst with energy and rustle with subtle sound, the shining material a signifier of care, awareness, displacement, and presence.
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People world-wide can now explore the Museum’s diverse Collection of 20th- and 21st-century American art online from the comfort of their homes.
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Studies Building at Black Mountain College by Ronald Robertson
May 21, 2023

The Studies Building at Black Mountain College was designed by architect A. Lawrence Kocher and built by the students and faculty of Black Mountain College

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Luzene Hill

January 27, 2023–June 26, 2023
An enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Luzene Hill advocates for Indigenous sovereignty—linguistically, culturally, and individually. Revelate builds upon Hill’s investigation of pre-contact cultures. This has led Hill to incorporate the idea of Olin—the Nahuatl word for the natural rhythms of the universe—in Aztec cosmology in her work. Before Europeans arrived in North America, Indigenous societies were predominantly matrilineal. Women were considered sacred, involved in the decision-making process, and thrived within communities holding a worldview based on equilibrium. Olin emphasizes that we are in constant state of motion and discovery. Adopted as an educational framework, particularly in social justice and ethnic studies, Olin guides individuals through a process of reflection, action, reconciliation, and transformation.