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At the Art Museum where I worked as a curator for over 13 years, I was in charge of many

different projects, big and small. I curated blockbuster exhibitions about Diego Rivera and

Frida Kahlo. I co-wrote exhibition catalogs for artists having their first solo exhibitions

in the U.S. I visited the studios of countless local artists. I answered a ton of emails.

But one of my favorite projects was a rather small one. A tiny one-room gallery

dedicated to Black Mountain College, a little enclave in Western North Carolina that was one of

the most exciting and experimental places in mid-century America, a place responsible for

transforming the lives and careers of many artists,

and not just the students who attended the college,

but the professors who were involved there too,

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