Victor Kalos

Victor Kalos was a student from 1948 to 1952.

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Victor in 2001 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 and application process – family background – Josef Albers classes – BMC faculty – Robert Rauschenberg – Albers and Rauschenberg – M.C. Richards – Wesley Huss ’theater productions – general college ambiance – adjustment to freedom – farm – difference between freedom and license – Charles Olson – publication of The Double-Backed Beast – Natasha Goldowski – Sprague, Jones and moonshine runs – application as conscientious objector – Ben Shahn – Robert Motherwell – goodness of BMC people – student study – meal times – post-BMC professional work – Cedar Bar – fight with Tim LaFarge over Katy Litz – significance of BMC