{"id":4395,"date":"2018-12-13T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/?page_id=4395"},"modified":"2025-07-27T13:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:10:29","slug":"past-symposia-2015-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/events-programs\/mhc-symposium\/past-symposia-2015-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Symposia: 2015-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4395_974697-eb\"]{font-style:normal;color:#79bde8;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4395_974697-eb\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4395_974697-eb\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading4395_974697-eb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading4395_974697-eb\"><strong>2015-2016 Symposium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_6142f4-a8 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_6142f4-a8 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-4395_6142f4-a8\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Black Mountain College<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_9a6a35-19 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_9a6a35-19 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-4395_9a6a35-19\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-300x111.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-105x39.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-317x117.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-423x157.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2-634x235.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2018\/12\/bmcsymposium_orono_fb-cover_v2.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_acb903-fa .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_acb903-fa .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-4395_acb903-fa\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/english.umaine.edu\/people\/steven-r-evans\/\">Professor Steve Evans.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u>Thursday-Saturday, October 22-24, 2015<br><\/u>Black Mountain College Symposium.&nbsp;This major public conference brings together 91¸£Àû and national scholars to discuss the impact of Black Mountain College (BMC) upon the visual arts, poetry, educational reform, and democratic theory. It will be followed by a bus trip to a BMC exhibit at the ICA in Boston on Nov. 7 and coincides with related undergraduate courses taught in Fall 2015 by Steve Evans (English and National Poetry Foundation) and Justin Wolff (Art History).&nbsp; For more information see article: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/news\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/symposium-to-focus-on-black-mountain-colleges-influence-on-art-humanities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Symposium to focus on Black Mountain College\u2019s influence on art, humanities<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_f6a1c2-ef .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-4395_f6a1c2-ef .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-4395_f6a1c2-ef\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015-2016 Symposium Black Mountain College Organized by&nbsp;Professor Steve Evans. Thursday-Saturday, October 22-24, 2015Black Mountain College Symposium.&nbsp;This major public conference brings together 91¸£Àû and national scholars to discuss the impact of Black Mountain College (BMC) upon the visual arts, poetry, educational reform, and democratic theory. 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