Daniel "Dan" Rice
Robert Creeley and Dan Rice, Black Mountain College ca. 1955. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives.
FOCUS
General Studies
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1946 - 1956
Dan Rice was a student at the college from 1946 to 1956. He collaborated with Robert Creeley on “All That Is Lovely in Jazz,” and more about Creeley and Rice can be seen here in Joseph Pizza's publication.
Relationships
Wife: Fellow BMC student, June Rice
Black Mountain College Project
Mary Emma Harris interviewed Dan 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: Hearingabout BMC – years in San Francisco with BMC students – return trip to BMC – art study at BMC – meeting Kline in New York and Kline’s influence – art study with Joseph Fiore – Peek’s Tavern – BMC general curriculum – living with Paul and Vera Williams in Hyde Park – work on A-frame house on Cape Cod – Charles Olson – meetings with Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeth’s – Ken Noland at BMC – printing Jargon publication at BMC – BMC painting students – chauvinism at BMC in ‘50s – Robert Creeley at BMC – concept of life style of artist in poverty – BMC professional career – relationship to other BMC artists – John Cage, Amiri Baraka and other literary and artist friends and acquaintances – Ken Snelson – Robert Rauschenberg at BMC – discussion of paintings
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.
