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The Bascom’s Family Day
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2016/05 - May
Throughout the year, The Bascom presents exhibitions, classes, and events for adults or children, but Family Day, set for 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 25, is designed with the entire family in mind. There is something for everyone to see, savor, touch, and experience. And it’s absolutely free!
This event jam-packed with creative fun will include outdoor activities, music, and food. The Highlands-Cashiers community will benefit as well as present. Local homeschool families, the Moores and the McKibbens will be on the scene, offering face-painting and jewelry making.
The potters of the Dave Drake Studio Barn will lead children and adults in clay “Empty Bowls,” to be donated to Cashiers’ Fishes & Loaves and Highlands’ Food Pantry. In celebration of The Bascom’s new woodworking facility, the Western Carolina Woodturners will oversee basic projects, including pens and bud vases produced on the lathe.
Creative projects will also incorporate the native traditions of the Cherokee, which will tie into The Bascom’s blockbuster summer exhibition, “Of Land and Spirit: Cherokee Art Today.” Downstairs, the annual “Young Artists Unite!” exhibition will highlight the talents of The Bascom’s community partners, young and old.
On the main terrace, local music legend Zorky and his talented son Zori will give their first public performance as a duo. After participants work up an appetite, they can get in line for endless popcorn, try the taste-tempting Mexican food generously donated by El Azteca Restaurant, or chow down on donation-supported pesto harvested and made at The Bascom by youth participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters community mentor program.
All of this and much more will ensure that Family Day 2016 at The Bascom is a blast for all. The Bascom welcomes donations for community outreach and young artists. Your donation might launch the next Picasso. Go online to thebascom.org and look under “Donate Supplies” for a wish list of materials. Make someone happy with a brush, markers, and more.
Call (828) 787-2897 for more information. All in-kind donations are 100
percent tax-deductible.
