Iconic Covered Bridge Reopened
Back in business, The Bascom’s Will Henry Stevens Covered Bridge is a callback to a glorious past and a gateway to a beautiful experience.
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Posts
Engaging in Art’s Cultural Value
The collection on display at Art Highlands Gallery, 521 N 4th Street, deserves a careful browse and an eye for discernment.
Embrace the Beauty of Plein Air
The beauty and glory of the Plateau takes center stage with the return of the Cashiers Plein Air Festival July 14-20.
Multifaceted Creativity
“The work comes to you from somewhere else and asks you to give it birth.” – Diane McPhail
Pools of Pigment
Our Cover Artist James P. Kerr pursues his art with passion and unbridled creativity.
Sparking Imagination
A nationally-recognized fantasy author and his family have reconnected with the landscape that captured his imagination.
Lowbrow Highbrow
For Cover Artist Evan Jones, the process, the technique, the work is ever-evolving.
Crafting Possibility
The Bascom’s Billy Love illuminates the journey of a dazzling year ahead.
Making Arts Accessible
She’s back! The Bascom welcomes the return of Art Educator Autumn White, who dazzled and enlightened at her last visit.
A Turning Journey
A lifetime of learning has led to Hamp Stevens’ endlessly beguiling woodturned artworks. He’s ready to share the wisdom and the vision.
Events
Photography Club at The Bascom
March 15th Guest Presenter: April McNiff
The Bascom Photography Club is a creative community that rides on the passions of professionals, amateurs, teachers, and students of the photographic medium.
Downstairs in Studio B (park in the staff parking lot)
Casey Engel “Surface Play” Workshop at The Bascom
Lines, color, pattern, and resist! This four day playful workshop will be loaded with instructional demos focusing on surface design – line, sgraffito, underglaze decals, wax resist techniques, sanding, and color mixing. In this course, students will work with a rich red clay body that provides a lot of potential with the use of drawing and layering colorful underglaze, slips, and decals.
This class is designed for seasoned beginner, intermediate, and advanced students who have prior experience working with clay. Students will make forms independently however they feel the most comfortable either wheel throwing or handbuilding.
Casey Engel “Surface Play” Workshop at The Bascom
Lines, color, pattern, and resist! This four day playful workshop will be loaded with instructional demos focusing on surface design – line, sgraffito, underglaze decals, wax resist techniques, sanding, and color mixing. In this course, students will work with a rich red clay body that provides a lot of potential with the use of drawing and layering colorful underglaze, slips, and decals.
This class is designed for seasoned beginner, intermediate, and advanced students who have prior experience working with clay. Students will make forms independently however they feel the most comfortable either wheel throwing or handbuilding.
Casey Engel “Surface Play” Workshop at The Bascom
Lines, color, pattern, and resist! This four day playful workshop will be loaded with instructional demos focusing on surface design – line, sgraffito, underglaze decals, wax resist techniques, sanding, and color mixing. In this course, students will work with a rich red clay body that provides a lot of potential with the use of drawing and layering colorful underglaze, slips, and decals.
This class is designed for seasoned beginner, intermediate, and advanced students who have prior experience working with clay. Students will make forms independently however they feel the most comfortable either wheel throwing or handbuilding.
Casey Engel “Surface Play” Workshop at The Bascom
Lines, color, pattern, and resist! This four day playful workshop will be loaded with instructional demos focusing on surface design – line, sgraffito, underglaze decals, wax resist techniques, sanding, and color mixing. In this course, students will work with a rich red clay body that provides a lot of potential with the use of drawing and layering colorful underglaze, slips, and decals.
This class is designed for seasoned beginner, intermediate, and advanced students who have prior experience working with clay. Students will make forms independently however they feel the most comfortable either wheel throwing or handbuilding.
April Visiting Artist, Marga McBride “Creating a Lifelike Bust” at The Bascom
Learn to form realistic features and facial expressions that add depth and soul to your work. This ongoing class will teach you how to make a simple clay bust, model realistic faces, and demonstrate surface design and textures.
We will use a basic slab technique, cutting and assembling the pieces to form the bust, neck and head. Additional clay is attached to form the features, clothing and hair. Underglazes may then be applied to begin the process of painting the work with patterns and stencils, to give your piece a unique surface of coloration and design.
April Visiting Artist, Marga McBride “Creating a Lifelike Bust” at The Bascom
Learn to form realistic features and facial expressions that add depth and soul to your work. This ongoing class will teach you how to make a simple clay bust, model realistic faces, and demonstrate surface design and textures.
We will use a basic slab technique, cutting and assembling the pieces to form the bust, neck and head. Additional clay is attached to form the features, clothing and hair. Underglazes may then be applied to begin the process of painting the work with patterns and stencils, to give your piece a unique surface of coloration and design.
April Visiting Artist, Marga McBride “Creating a Lifelike Bust” at The Bascom
Learn to form realistic features and facial expressions that add depth and soul to your work. This ongoing class will teach you how to make a simple clay bust, model realistic faces, and demonstrate surface design and textures.
We will use a basic slab technique, cutting and assembling the pieces to form the bust, neck and head. Additional clay is attached to form the features, clothing and hair. Underglazes may then be applied to begin the process of painting the work with patterns and stencils, to give your piece a unique surface of coloration and design.
April Visiting Artist, Marga McBride “Creating a Lifelike Bust” at The Bascom
Learn to form realistic features and facial expressions that add depth and soul to your work. This ongoing class will teach you how to make a simple clay bust, model realistic faces, and demonstrate surface design and textures.
We will use a basic slab technique, cutting and assembling the pieces to form the bust, neck and head. Additional clay is attached to form the features, clothing and hair. Underglazes may then be applied to begin the process of painting the work with patterns and stencils, to give your piece a unique surface of coloration and design.
Process, Techniques, and Design at Jugtown Pottery with Travis Owens at The Bascom
During this workshop, Travis will demonstrate making several Jugtown forms, as well as shapes made in NC for generations.
Attendants can use these forms as inspiration, and Travis will give help and suggestions as everyone creates the shapes as they interpret them. Travis will demonstrate pitchers, a few Jugtown vase forms, and a larger jar.
Over the course of three days, Travis will finish up each of the shapes, adding handles and embellishments, and in turn, everyone can see his techniques. His demonstrations and images that will be shown, along with hands on instruction, will help everyone find their approach to these forms.
