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Article: Legacy of NC's Black Mountain College continues
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- September 24, 2008
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Starting in the 1930s, a small, experimental college on the dense wood slopes of North Carolina's western mountains left an outsized mark on American art and culture. Black Mountain College's model of holistic learning and communal work was ahead of its time _ it helped train a generation of artists and artisans, from poets to painters.
Maybe too far ahead of its time, as the college closed more than 50 years ago in dire financial straits, after multiple faculty conflicts. But the school is still celebrated for its attempt to reform higher education in the United States, and will be remembered this weekend in Hickory during "The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75th ...