Angelica "Angie" Bodky
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
FOCUS
Music
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1945 - 1949
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)
Author
Amanda Hartman
Amanda Hartman is the creator of BMC Yearbook, serving as the lead director, engineer, and researcher. She holds a MLIS in archive/ collections management, MA in art/ museum education, and BA in design. After working in museums and archives for a decade, she made the transition to tech and is now a software developer specializing in applications for museums, archives, and higher education.
Her interest in Black Mountain College began while working as a digital archivist with the Asheville Art Museum's BMC archive collection. She transcribed and digitized over 1500 documents created by the college. While working closely with these archives, she began independent research on the interracial program and Negro Week activities BMC, writing biographies of lesser known students and staff members. That research transformed into this BMC Yearbook project.
