ELEMENTS of BMC: Build Your Quiet House

Join poet and writer Elaine Bleakney for an experimental writing experience. Together we will explore the history of the Quiet House, a structure built on BMC’s Lake Eden campus, intended for contemplation and resistance to destructive forces in the world. Photographs and documents related to the Quiet House are featured in BMCM+AC’s current exhibition, Imaginary Landscapes. Attendees will then participate in writing exercises, breath and syllable/sound work, and creating their own quiet house in language. Expect experiment, mutual encouragement, sentence adoration, and activity meant to offset any version of holiday chaos. Registration is limited to 15 writers.

This workshop is presented in conjunction with Imaginary Landscapes: Black Mountain College Architecture and Design (May 29 – September 5, 2026), an exhibition exploring how creative ideas take root in specific places.