In which state is this college located where Fielding Dawson was a student?
Black Mountain College Black Mountain College, a school founded in 1933 in Black Mountain, North Carolina (near Asheville, North Carolina), emphasized the study of art as central to a liberal arts education. It was organized around John Dewey's principles of education. Many of the school's faculty were influential in the arts or other fields, or went on to become influential, as did their students. Although notable during its short life, the school closed in 1957 after 24 years. The history and legacy of Black Mountain College are preserved and extended through Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, in downtown Asheville, NC.
Robert Dawson (photographer) Robert Dawson (born 1950 in Sacramento) is an American photographer and instructor of photography at San Jose State University and Stanford University. He received a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. Much of his photography has focused on California and its natural landscapes. In 2014, he published "The Public Library", a book of photographs of public libraries across the United States taken over an eighteen-year period. He earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited or held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Library of Congress.