Angelica "Angie" Bodky

Angelica was a student for the 1945 Summer Music Institute when her parents taught at the college, and returned for the 1947 Summer session, 1948 Summer Session in the Arts, and 1949 Summer Institute. Under the name Angelica Lee, she was a sculptor and taught at the Cambridge School for Adult Education and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA.

Alternative Names: Angelica Lee

Relationships

Parent: BMC faculty, Erwin Bodky

Parent: BMC faculty, Lilli Bodky

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Angelica in 1997 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Immigration – Father Erwin Bodky at Longy School (music) – Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge family, patronsin music – Ray Johnson (artist, student), Eva Heinetz (musician), farm work – Josef Albers classes – father Erwin Bodky and BMC – Hazel Larsen Archer (photographer) – John Cage and Erwin Bodky – Nick Cernovich – Lyonel Feininger – Buckminster Fuller – BMC food – work program – visits to black churches – Robert Rauschenberg at BMC – Carol Brice (vocalist) – Lili Bodky – dress at BMC

Courses Taken

Summer Music Institute 1945: Collegium Musicum (Jalowetz-Bodky), Acapella Chorus (Lowinsky), Polyphony through the ages (Lowinsky, etc.), Chamber Orchestra (Jalowetz), Keyboard music (Bodky), Painting Composition (Hillsmith), Color (Albers)

Summer Quarter 1947: Drawing (Bolotowsky), Painting (Bolotowsky), Bach (Bodky), Romantic to Modern Music (Bodky)

Summer Quarter 1948: Sculpture (Grippe), Design (Albers), 300 Years of Keyboard Music (Bodky), Woodworking (Lischer)

Summer Quarter 1949: Sculpture (E. Woelfer), Verse & Drama (Olson), Chorus (P.Matthen), Ensemble (K. Liepman)