Bernardo Sandals was founded in 1946 by architect Bernard Rudofsky and Berta Rudofsky, the core ideas of the designs were those Bertha taught at which 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?
Black Mountain College
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.
Bernardo Sandals
Bernardo Sandals was founded in 1946 by architect Bernard Rudofsky and Berta Rudofsky.
 The Rudofskys went into sandal design following the 1944 exhibition, "Are Clothes Modern?"
 that Mr. Rudofsky curated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
 The core ideas of the designs were those Bertha taught at Black Mountain College.
 Monika Platzer writes, in the book "Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky", "In contrast to closed footwear, which he condemned as "foot-deformers," Rudofsky preached the virtues of sandals as "non-concealing footwear; they represented a suitable type of shoe, one that transcended conventionality and ever-changing fashions."
John Andrew Rice
John Andrew Rice Jr. (1888 – 1968) was the founder and first rector of Black Mountain College, located near Asheville, North Carolina.
 During his time there, he introduced many unique methods of education which had not been implemented in any other experimental institution, attracting many important artists as contributing lecturers and mentors, including John Cage, Robert Creeley, Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, and Franz Kline.
 During World War II, he made it a haven for refugee European artists, including Josef Albers and Anni Albers, who arrived from the Bauhaus in Germany.
 Later, Black Mountain College became the platform for the work of Buckminster Fuller, who made the college the site of the first geodesic dome.
 Because of his strong ideas and unusual educational philosophy, Rice became involved in many debates in the socially conservative 1930s, '40s and '50s, becoming known as a very outspoken critic of the standard model of higher education in the United States. Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District
Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District is a national historic district located near Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
 The district encompasses 29 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object associated with the Blue Ridge Assembly, conference center of the Young Men's Christian Association.
 The main building is Eureka Hall (originally named Robert E. Lee Hall, but renamed in 2015) designed by Louis E. Jallade.
 It was built in 1911-1912, and is a three-story, seven bay, frame building with a full-height octastyle portico.
 Also located on the large central courtyard are the Gymnasium (c. 1915), Asheville Hall (1926), Abbott Hall (1927), and College Hall (c. 1928).
 Other notable buildings include the Martha Washington Residence (c. 1914), Craft and Child Care Center (c. 1925), and 19 frame cottages (1913-1927).
 Black Mountain College was founded here in 1933 and operated on the site until 1941. University of Mount Olive
The University of Mount Olive is a private liberal arts institution located in Mount Olive, North Carolina.
 Chartered in 1951, the University is sponsored by the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists.
 The University's roots and educational philosophy can be traced as early as 1897 when Free Will Baptists in Pitt County, North Carolina, citing a growing need for education in the community, led a discourse on education within the church.
 These efforts ultimately resulted in the founding of the FWB Theological Seminary and its successor institution, Eureka College, both in Ayden, North Carolina, to educate ministers and provide a liberal arts education to the local constituency.
 After a catastrophic fire destroyed the administration building in 1931, Eureka College ceased operations, and the Free Will Baptist church’s efforts to fulfill its educational vision were reinvested in the founding of Mount Olive Junior College.
 The name was changed to Mount Olive College in 1970 and later developed into a senior college granting its first baccalaureate degrees in 1986.
 In January 2014 the name was changed to the University of Mount Olive, and the university began offering its first master-level graduate degrees. North Carolina Wesleyan College
North Carolina Wesleyan College is a private four-year coeducational, liberal arts college, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
 Founded in 1956, the school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and offers a number of degree programs in the arts and sciences and selected professional disciplines.
 The Rocky Mount Campus is a one-hour drive east of Raleigh, North Carolina, a two-hour drive south of Richmond, Virginia, and a four-hour drive north from Columbia, South Carolina.
 North Carolina Wesleyan also offers evening courses at its main Rocky Mount campus, as well as satellite locations in Morrisville, Goldsboro, Greenville, North Carolina, Whiteville, North Carolina, Washington, North Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina.
 Dr. Dewey G. Clark joined North Carolina Wesleyan College as its seventh president on May 4, 2014. University of North Carolina at Asheville
The University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA) is a co-educational, four year, public liberal arts university.
 The university is also known as UNC Asheville.
 Located in Asheville, Buncombe County, in the U.S. state of North Carolina, UNC Asheville is the only designated liberal arts institution in the University of North Carolina system.
 UNC Asheville is member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
 In 2016, The Princeton Review ranked the university number one in its listing of "Best Schools for Making an Impact". Biltmore Forest School
The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America.
 The school of "practical forestry" was founded by Carl A. Schenck in 1898 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina.
 The school grounds are now part of Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Black Mountain Downtown Historic District
Black Mountain Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
 The district encompasses 56 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Black Mountain.
 The district includes a variety of late-19th and early-20th century commercial and institutional buildings in the Commercial Style, American Craftsman, Classical Revival, Art Deco and Art Moderne.
 Notable buildings include the George Stepp House (1907), Black Mountain Depot (1909), firehouse (1921) designed by Richard Sharp Smith, town hall (1927), Kaltman Building (1928), and Pure Oil Service Station (c. 1945). List of liberal arts colleges
Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges or universities with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts.
 The "Encyclopædia Britannica Concise" offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum."
 Although the genesis for what is known today as the liberal arts college began in Europe, the term is commonly associated with the United States.
 Liberal arts colleges are found in countries all over the world as well.
 See the list (link) of international members of the Association of American Colleges and Universities for other institutions offering liberal arts education programs.