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highlighting some of the modern and contemporary artists who dared to defy this hierarchy and who

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Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students - Michael Beggs jeans making Thousands of natural materials canA detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College. In the mid twentieth century, Black Mountain College attracted a remarkable roster of artists, architects, and musicians. Yet the weaving classes taught by Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and six other faculty members are rarely mentioned or are often treated as mere craft lessons. This was far from the case: the weaving program was the schools most