An exploration of the exchange of people and ideas between three of the 20th century's most innovative institutions, the German Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Chicago's Institute of Design. Catalog for an exhibition at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville NC, September 4 - December 31st, 2015 / Koehnline Museum of Art in Des Plaines, Il, February 4 - March 25, 2016. Includes an essay by curator Michael Reid, foreword by Alice Sebrell, and a "student crossover list" and list of faculty + lecturers at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and the New Bauhaus/Institute of Design.
Michael Reid is a journalist, writer and commentator on Latin American and Iberian affairs. He has been a staff journalist with The Economist since 1994. His books include "Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul" (2007) and "Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power" (2014).