The Arts at Black Mountain CollegeIt was at Black Mountain College that Merce Cunningham formed his dance company, John Cage staged his first "happening," and Buckminster Fuller built his first dome. Although it lasted only twenty four years (1933 1957) and enrolled fewer than 1,200 students, Black Mountain College launched a remarkable number of the artists who spearheaded the avant garde in America of the 1960s. The faculty included such diverse talents as Anni and Josef Albers,