This summer is the Sixth Biennial Cashiers Plein Air Festival, a festival to celebrate the outdoor lifestyle of the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, July 15-19. Plein air is French for “open […]
To say that 2020 has been a strange year so far hardly seems worth the effort. Like most Plateau dwellers, we at the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers looked forward […]
The large stainless steel and concrete sculpture in The Village Green is named Utlunta, a figure in Cherokee legend. The name translates to “the one with the pointed spear,” and […]
The Bel Canto Committee and our Artistic Director, Stella Zambalis, and our Musical Director, Dr. Stephen Dubberly, are hard at work coming up with yet another quartet of wonderful performers […]
The Bascom has remained mission-focused throughout the challenges and limitations of recent events, adapting to create visual art experiences that inspire and empower individuals and communities through seeing, thinking, and […]
Jess Moschouris is a Western Carolina University Bachelor of Arts graduate with a concentration in oil painting, ceramics, and art history. Add to that a minor in philosophy with honors. […]
What do architecture, banjo-pickin’, and fine-tunin’ a vintage car have in common? Plenty. Just ask Knight Martorell. If you don’t know Knight, chances are you’ve seen him in a variety […]
Throughout 2019, The Bascom’s staff and leadership spent hours in meetings and discussions as they worked with The DeVos Institute of Arts Management to create a new strategic plan, services […]
In the folk art world, Kentucky is the home of the world’s most renowned folk woodcarvers, Minnie Adkins, Lonnie and Twyla Money, Harry Jennings, the Skaggs family, and others. Jim […]
EVENT CANCELLED. Before I was an antiques dealer (Mirror Lake Antiques), I taught chemistry. As a scientist I always hated it when people used superlatives, especially in advertising. Calling something […]
