Lin Sheffield - The Bascom

The new year brings a pair of annual exhibits to The Bascom.  Both in their fifth year, the Winter Resident Artist Program, and the expanding Western Carolina University Student Exhibition […]

Interweaving Southern Baskets is on view in the Loft Gallery at The Bascom from now until December 30.  This beautiful exhibit, curated by Laura Wingfield, incorporates over 70 baskets from […]

Fall ushers in many exciting shopping opportunities in The Bascom Shop.  The month of November will offer Pop Up Shops featuring baskets, paintings, and photography.   New work is always being […]

As Virginia Woolf said, “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Food and water are essential for survival, but mankind’s relationship to food […]

The season is beginning to slow down on The Plateau but we’re still full steam ahead with activity at The Bascom. We offer workshops, art by appointment, tours, and, of […]

The Bascom just got over a busy July and is headed full steam into August!  A community favorite, The Bascom Barn Dance, is back. Experience how the people of Appalachia […]

Highlands is a gardener’s dream and in July the mountains are in full bloom! Once taller than the Alps, North Carolina’s granite and greenstone mountains have had around 200 million […]

The Bascom, Highlands’ Center for the Visual Arts, celebrates the magic of paper. Featured in The Bunzl Gallery is “PaPer View,” now through June 3.   This exhibition explores the use […]

The Bascom will be the place to be seen this 2018 season.  With three great special events on the calendar − Collective Spirits, Mountains in Bloom, and The Bascom Gala […]