Jennfer Noda
This summer, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts invites visitors to experience its third annual Atrium Series, a seasonal showcase of regional talent in the Greehey Atrium. On view through October, this rotating retail exhibition features works in painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, textiles, and fine craft—offering a chance to collect exceptional pieces not typically available through The Bascom Shop.
Jack Barnes
Organized in four six-week rotations, the Atrium Series celebrates artistic innovation and the distinct creative voices of Western North Carolina. Purchases support the featured artists and benefit The Bascom’s Creative Community Initiative, which provides accessible, high-quality arts programming across the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and beyond.
The August rotation features five artists whose work engages themes of place, memory, material, and meaning:
Megan Hartman
Hannah Beimborn
Beimborn’s luminous gouache landscapes balance realism and reverie. Inspired by time in both the Appalachians and Rockies, her paintings invite quiet reflection on wilderness, solitude, and wonder.
Jack Barnes
Wood Working with reclaimed urban lumber and salvaged furniture, Wood transforms discarded materials into functional and sculptural forms. His sustainable practice is driven by curiosity, resourcefulness, and reverence for material history.
Robert Burch
Jennifer Noda
A former dancer and choreographer, Noda brings the rhythm of movement into her multidisciplinary work with wood, porcelain, and paper—exploring transformation through gesture, form, and stillness.
Megan Hartman
Hartman’s vibrant works in alcohol ink celebrate spontaneity and creative freedom. Her abstract and landscape pieces reflect a spirited interplay between fluidity and control.
Hannah Beimborn
Robert Burch
Burch is a multidisciplinary glass artist whose work explores the tension between fragility and strength through blown glass and unconventional materials. Rooted in analog processes and sustainability, his practice is nomadic, collaborative, and informed by countercultural perspectives. He lives off-grid in Jackson County, NC, sourcing most of his glass from the nearby Energy Park.
Each artist in the Atrium Series contributes to a shared narrative—one that honors craftsmanship, sustainability, and creative expression rooted in place.
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