Barbara Rice

Barbara Rice was a student at the college from fall 1948 to summer 1949, and again from 1952 to 1953.

Relationships

Husband: BMC staff, Jack Edward Rice, 1948

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Barbara in 1998 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Hearing about BMC from husband – weaving classes – dance with Betty Jennerjahn – Charles Olson’s attitude toward women – intensity of community – returnto BMC as faculty wife and degeneration of college – Jack Rice resignation – being a mother and homemaker in Topanga Canyon – reading of her poetry – influence of Black Mountain

Courses Taken

Fall 1948-1949: Textile Design, Weaving Construction, Dance

Spring 1948-1949: Textile Construction II, Color, Dance

Summer 1949: Weaving Advanced, Dance, Photography