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 […]
The Bascom has a lot of new, fun, and exciting things in store for you in 2018. Our Creativity Guide is online and is filled with new classes and […]
