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Through a Different Lens at The Bascom
Written By: Lin Sheffield - The Bascom | Issue: 2017/11 - November
Someone once said he collected art because it depicted moments in time you would never revisit except through the painting.
The arts enable us to imagine the unimaginable, and to connect us to the past, the present, and the future, sometimes simultaneously. The Bascom…A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands provides opportunities every day for you to experience art.
Great literature, films and visual art transport us to different places and cultures; great art even allows us to see ourselves and our own community through a different lens.
Your brain can continue to grow according to how you continue to develop it. Art can help to stimulate that growth through improved motor skills using a paintbrush or scribbling with a crayon; language by discussing color, composition, and feeling; as well as through decision making, problem solving and critical thinking. For children, there are even more benefits as studies show that test scores are higher for those who participate in some form of art!
On any given day, you’ll find people at The Bascom immersed in art. There are amazing exhibits and workshops and classes in painting, ceramics, woodworking and other art mediums for all ages that help develop such skills. You can even have personal classes through Art by Appointments.
During November The Bascom is offering:
Wood-turning Holiday Ornaments, November 3;
Ceramics: Love is the Sound of a Potter’s Wheel for Children, November 1, 8, 15, 29
Fire, Fire, Fire: Learn how to fire using cones, horsehair, raku, pit fire and more; November 7, 9, 14, 16, 28, 30;
Gingerbread Workshop for Children of all Ages, November 24 or 25
For more detailed information and to sign up, please visit thebascom.org. As the premier visual arts center in Western North Carolina, The Bascom serves the entire region. Located in Highlands, The Bascom offers free admission to all exhibitions Monday through Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and Sunday from noon to 5:00 P.M.
