Arthur Boericke
Photograph included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1949 - 1949
BIRTH
1927-08-27
San Francisco, CA
DEATH
2006-03-29
Arthur Boericke was a student at the college for the summer of 1949. During that time, he took Elementary Weaving with Marli Ehrmann.
Arthur attended Stanford from 1947 to the time of his application, January of 1949 and studied architecture. He was interested in attending for the summer session to work with Josef Albers. He was interested in studying at the Institute of Design and wanted a better art background to accompany his application. He ended up taking weaving with Ehrman and Ceramics with Walley.
Upon leaving the college, he asked that his transcripts be sent to the Unviersity of California at Berkeley.
Courses Taken
Summer 1949: Weaving (Ehrmann), Ceramics (Walley), Painting (Woelfer), Architecture(Fuller)
Audits: (Philosophy, Psychology(Pait), Technology ofLearning, Modern Physics, HinduPhilosophy
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.