{"product_id":"leap-before-you-look-black-mountain-college-1933-1957","title":"Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"bold\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"pb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"_r_h3_\" class=\"AccordionText-sc-870321c6-0 hJhNLP relative\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"space-y-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"f_t_base f_t_color whitespace-pre-wrap f_t_paragraphSansRegular\"\u003eLeap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957 by Helen Molesworth A dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury America In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making artistic experience central to learning. Though it operated for only 24 years, this pioneering school played a significant role in fostering avant-garde art, music, dance, and poetry, and an astonishing number of important artists taught or studied there. Among the instructors were Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Karen Karnes, M. C. Richards, and Willem de Kooning, and students included Ruth Asawa, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"border-fs-border-muted border-t\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"nopadding col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49140596179199,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/5053\/files\/LeapBeforeYouLook_BlackMountainCollege1933_1957.jpg?v=1788377506","url":"https:\/\/www.upstatemn.com\/products\/leap-before-you-look-black-mountain-college-1933-1957","provider":"Upstate MN ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}