Asheville Art Museum will host a July 25 conversation on photographer Hazel Larsen Archer and her connection to Black Mountain College. The program, In Conversation | Learning to See: Photographer Hazel Larsen Archer at Black Mountain College, is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m.
Sophie Weiser will lead the discussion, which will examine Archer’s work and her role as Black Mountain College’s first full-time photography teacher. The program will also address Archer’s experience with disability.
Archer’s teaching career links the museum program to a significant part of the region’s arts history. Black Mountain College brought together artists, educators and students in nearby Black Mountain, and the conversation will focus on Archer’s place within that legacy…