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Around Back At Rocky’s Place
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Around Back At Rocky’s Place
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Around Back at Rocky’s Place is one of North Georgia’s largest folk art galleries featuring one of a kind artwork from hundreds of Southern artists. Our gallery boasts thousands of […]
Barbara Jamison Fine Art
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Barbara Jamison Fine Art
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After a 20-year career as a successful senior marketing executive in New York, Rome, and London, Barbara Jamison retired, switching left brain to right. Always fascinated with Art, she joyfully leapt into Sculpture and […]
Cath Connolly Hudson
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Cath Connolly Hudson
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Artist Statement I’m an artist based in the mountain community of Highlands, NC. Every day I’m grateful for the beauty that surrounds me and inspires me to create. I’ve painted […]
Diane McPhail
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Diane McPhail
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Diane C. McPhail is an artist, therapist, minister, and acclaimed author of Follow the Stars Home, The Abolitionist’s Daughter, and The Seamstress of New Orleans, which was a finalist for […]
Full House Gallery
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Full House Gallery
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Art Gallery featuring local and regional artists. High end furniture consignment and new home decor.
Highlands Performing Arts Center
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Highlands Performing Arts Center
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The ML Performing Arts Center Mission Statement To Provide our community with the benefits of a first class, low cost facility for local 501c3 organizations and to promote and encourage the […]
Highlands-Cashiers Community Players
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Highlands-Cashiers Community Players
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The mission of the Highlands Cashiers players is to elevate the cultural environment of Highlands and its environs by offering first rate theatrical productions; to seek out and develop the […]
Jeanie Edwards Fine Art
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Jeanie Edwards Fine Art
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Jeanie Edwards Fine Art, the premier art gallery located in the heart of downtown Highlands, North Carolina. We are pleased to present for your consideration, 20 of the regions top […]
Katherine McClure
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Katherine McClure
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Bio: Born in Savannah, on the coast of Georgia, I’ve spent most of my life in Atlanta, GA and live here now with my husband, children and a menagerie of […]
Leslie Jeffrey
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Leslie Jeffrey
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Contemporary fine artist creating large abstract compositions. Artist Statement I was introduced to art at a young age by my grandmother, an accomplished oil painter. I have painted all my […]
Arts & Culture Articles
Both professional and community theater keep playgoers entertained while music festivals, Chamber music and bluegrass music can also be enjoyed year-round. Highlands NC and Cashiers NC has always attracted visual artists thanks to the luxuriant setting,
and the number of fine art galleries encourage collectors to make frequent forays. There are writers’ groups, lectures and classes of all types. Search below to get your creativity fix.
The Bascom Invites the Community to Help Frame the Future
The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts has entered the public phase of Framing the Future, a campaign to enclose and expand The Terrace as a year-round gathering space and to strengthen the organization’s endowment for generations to come. The Bascom is inviting neighbors to take part as they close in on their overall goal of six million.
Handmade Finds in Sapphire Valley
The Sapphire Valley Arts and Crafts Festival returns October 3–4 with handmade creations, live music, food, and family‑friendly fun.
Festival’s Fall Residency
The Festival’s fall season highlights the Am Meer Quartet’s November 13–16 Residency and a September Porchfest set by the Lawson Ensemble.
A Weekend in Bloom
The Dazzling Dahlia Festival arrives September 10–12 at The Bascom with floral installations, gallery‑inspired designs, studio pottery, and the popular Single Bloom Competition — a free, colorful weekend for the community.
An Afternoon of Music and Meaning
An afternoon of operatic and Broadway favorites highlights Bel Canto’s ongoing support for arts and education across Highlands on September 13.
A Standout September for Film Lovers
The Highlands‑Cashiers Film Festival returns September 16–19 with competition films, special screenings, director Q&As, community events, and the festive Black & White Masquerade, offering a boutique, story‑driven weekend on the Plateau.
Textiles and Landscapes
Michelle Radford, winner of the Dazzling Dahlia Festival poster competition and The Laurel’s September cover artist, celebrates landscapes and dahlias through her multidisciplinary work blending painting, textiles, and family life.
Surface Stories = Clay
The Bascom’s annual Clay Symposium returns September 26, featuring three nationally recognized ceramic artists demonstrating distinct approaches to surface design, alongside a companion exhibition on view through mid‑November.
