Zach Claxton - Highlands-Cashiers Art League

The Art League opens its 2026 season on April 27 at The Bascom terrace, with guest speaker Billy Love offering a look at The Bascom’s creative year ahead.

The Art League’s next meeting takes place Monday, September 29 on The Bascom Terrace, with social time at 4:30 P.M. and the meeting at 5:00 P.M. Guest speaker Lila McAlpin—Red Ribbon winner at this summer’s Colors Fine Art Show—will share her plein air process and offer a live painting demo. Free and open to all.

Artist Nancy Race will reveal the secrets behind her vivid abstract paintings at the August 25 meeting of the Art League of Highlands and Cashiers.

For fiber artist Deborah Bryant, a lifetime of learning and passion has led to the Summer Colors Fine Art Show, set for
July 19-20, and a brilliant presentation to the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers, July 28.

The creative talents of Mariya Dunn, nurtured in the Soviet Union, and finding their full flowering here on the Plateau, will be explored and honored at the Art League’s June 30 meeting at The Bascom. For more information, visit artleaguehighlands-cashiers.com.

The artistic journey of Evan Bryson began with a gallery showing at his sixth birthday party and led to the remarkable landscapes of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau. He’ll explain it all at the May 19 meeting of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers.

Margie Bauer shares her lifetime of travel, study, and artistic inspiration with members of the Art League, September 30 at The Bascom.

Friend-of-The-Laurel Leslie Jeffery and her marvelous portfolio will take center stage at The Art League’s August 26 meeting at The Bascom.

The Summer Colors Fine Art Show, set for July 20-21 at the Sapphire Valley Community Center, is a showcase for the region’s outstanding artists.