![]() ![]() They lived at Gate Hill Cooperative with other graduates of Black Mountain College from 1953 to 1970. She also graduated with a degree in graphic arts and married a fellow student, Paul Williams. Vera learned to plant corn, make butter, work a printing press, and build her own house. ![]() Looking for a peaceful way to learn and live together, students and faculty studied the arts and practical crafts needed to be self-sufficient. Black Mountain was a very unusual college, begun by teachers who had fled the Nazis in the 1930s. She attended Black Mountain College, opens a new window in North Carolina. This, Vera recalled, made her quite a big shot in the neighborhood! ![]() The Movietone film reel ran before the regular features at the movies. She was filmed there explaining to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt the meaning behind her work. When she was nine years old, one of her paintings, called " Yentas, opens a new window," was put on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. Luckily for Vera, they lived near a studio space called Bronx House, opens a new window where she learned painting, writing, acting, and dance. She and her family moved to New York City when she was quite young. Vera Baker was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 28, 1927. Williams, opens a new window by Beowulf Sheehan/PEN American Center, opens a new window ![]()
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