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The Bascom’s Family Day
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2016/06 - June
One of The Bascom’s most anticipated events of the year is The Bascom Family Day, a jam-packed, fun-filled outdoor/indoor frolic on the Bascom campus.
Save the date, June 25, 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. for a day of art, craft, music, food, and hands-on enjoyment, rain or shine. And it’s absolutely free!
The potters of the Dave Drake Studio Barn will lead children and adults in making 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 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.
The Moores and McKibbens, two local home school families, will be on the scene contributing jewelry making and fabulous face-painting.
On the main terrace, local music legend Zorki 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 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 this and more will ensure that Family Day 2016 at The Bascom is a blast for all. And remember the acreage is a pet-friendly campus for critters on a leash.
The Bascom welcomes donations for community outreach and young artists. Your donation might launch the next Monet. 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.
