Studio Alive at The Bascom
2026-04-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-27 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-11 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-18 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-05-25 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-06-01 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Studio Alive is a group of dedicated artists that share a passion for drawing from live models.
The group meets in The Bascom’s Adult Studio on select Mondays, year-round.

Fiber Club at The Bascom
2026-04-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-23 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-06 10:00 - 12:00 | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
The Bascom’s Fiber Club is made up of an enthusiastic community of fiber artists who come together weekly to share patterns and stories at The Bascom. Meetings take place on the Terrace.
In inclement weather, the group moves inside to the Library, but their enthusiasm is never dampened.

Paint (By Numbers) and Sip at Trailborn Highlands
2026-04-18 12:00, 2026-04-25 12:00, 2026-05-02 12:00, 2026-05-09 12:00, 2026-05-16 12:00, 2026-05-23 12:00, 2026-05-30 12:00 | Trailborn Highlands, 96 Log Cabin Ln, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Come enjoy a fun relaxing time painting!

You’re never too old for a little arts & crafts, and they’re even more fun with a bottle of wine. Spend your evening hanging out in our lobby lounge and expressing your creativity with our Paint and Sip experience.
This activity features a guided paint-by-numbers session, with various nature designs to choose from. We provide all the necessary materials, including hanging dowel frames to proudly display your finished artwork. Two glasses of wine per person are included, and you are welcome to purchase more at our market.

Artist Talk with Dean Kessmann at The Bascom
2026-04-18 15:00 - 16:00 | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
In conjunction with the opening of his Photography Resident Exhibition, Dean Kessmann will speak about the practice behind the work, the walking, the looking, and the attention to everyday landscapes that shape each image. His photographs, produced primarily in and around Washington, DC, move along the threshold between representation and abstraction, asking whether the camera records the world as it appears or transforms it into something newly perceived.
Kessmann will reflect on the role of deliberate observation in his process, how sequencing and editing extend photography beyond the moment of capture, and what it means to honor the quiet complexity of places that might otherwise go unnoticed. The conversation will draw from his decades-long engagement with landscape and place, now deepened by his residency at The Bascom.
Free and open to all.

The Bascom | Meet the Artist: Louise Pond at Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty
2026-05-01 16:30 - 18:00 | Highlands-Cashiers Sotheby’s International Realty, 114 N 4th St, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Amberly Calloway with Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty, in collaboration the Bascom, a Center for Visual Arts, invites you to meet pastel artist Louise Pond at a special reception, Friday, May 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the downtown Highlands Sotheby’s office, located at 114 N 4th St.
Pastel artist Louise Pond will be present to discuss her work, and a selection of Pond’s work will be available to view and purchase at the office and

A longtime plein air painter Pond’s, pastels record a world in motion — swallows darting from the eaves of a long-abandoned farm, the deep shadows a racing sun casts across a once-inhabited porch. In her work, art becomes a visual record of what once was, and Pond, with quiet conviction, counts herself among its keepers.
Wine will be provided by Guy Davis, of High Country Provisions, featuring selections from Davis Family Vineyards, a lifelong endeavor to bring people together and create community with delicious wines.
The Bascom, a Center for the Visual Arts, creates visual art experiences that inspire and empower individuals and communities through seeing, thinking, and doing. For 40 years, it has served as a vital cultural resource for Western North Carolina, and continues to build on that legacy through its work and advocacy for the arts. For more information please visit https://www.thebascom.org/
Highlands-Cashiers Sotheby’s International Realty, a proud supporter of the arts for more than 25 years, is the Plateau’s No. 1 luxury real estate brokerage. With more than $400 million in local sales for 2025, its agents are Artfully uniting extraordinary homes with extraordinary lives®.

For more information, please contact Amberly Calloway, broker, at 828.273.8553 or amberly.calloway@sothebysrealty.com.

Laurel Magazine | Meet Our May Cover Artist Trish Foor at High Country Wine and Provisions
2026-05-05 17:30 - 20:00 | High Country Wine & Provisions, 621 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Let’s toast to art, community, and a gorgeous May cover!
Join us for a wine reception at High Country Wine & Provisions celebrating artist Trish Foor!

All Ages Pottery: Empty Bowls at The Bascom
2026-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Come help us make bowls for the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, which supports the International Friendship Center and the Highlands Food Pantry. You will make a bowl to donate and one to keep for yourself. Student work will be available for pickup or shipping two to three weeks after class.
Suitable for ages 6 and up.

Bark to Basket Workshop with The Primitive Arts' Andrew Lee
2026-05-23 10:00 - 16:00 | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Bark-To-Basket Workshop is exclusive to May through July, when bark can be easily removed while sap is moving nutrients from the roots to the upper parts of trees like poplar, sweet gum and cedar.
In this class, actual poplar logs will be brought in and students will be instructed in how to remove, fold and begin to dry a piece of bark. They will take this unfinished basket and other supplies home to complete on their own.
Next, students will be provided a pre-removed, folded and dried poplar bark basket. They will use the preform to construct a basket (attach handle, rim supports, etc.), and have the opportunity to add various embellishments.
Each student will take home their completed basket.
Ages 18+. No prior knowledge of or experience with basketry is necessary. All Matierals and equipment provided.

Introduction to Modern Batik with Lana Hall at The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio
2026-06-03 17:00 - 19:30 | The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio, 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, 28712, United States
Introduction to Modern Batik (2.5 hours)
A beginner-friendly introduction to batik, focusing on how resist works and how pigments flow on fabric. Participants create a mosaic-style textile piece using simple techniques and leave with a finished work in a 12-inch embroidery hoop frame.

Gallery Walk with Original Oil Artist Nan Davis at The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio
2026-06-05 17:00 - 19:00 | The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio, 51 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, 28712, United States
(FREE) The Gallery Walk in June will feature original oil artist Nan Davis.
Nan’s desire is to create beautiful paintings. With a degree in Art, but a need for a steady income, she worked in the corporate world for 25 years, only painting on nights and weekends as time allowed. But for the past six years, she has been able to paint full time, gloriously spreading paint across blank canvases in awe of turning a feeling into a vision on a flat surface. Every day, she returns to the canvas to play in color and light. She sees the light coming through foliage, or the mountain vistas and she is called to create. Nan searches for a way to interpret something beautiful in a way that allows others to respond from their own experiences.
