Great Art On Screen at the Highlands PAC

Highlands Performing Arts Center and The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts brings back Great Art On Screen today at the PAC. Great Art on Screen is a series of 90-minute documentaries shown at the PAC […]

Want to attend not one, but two epic weekends on the Plateau in 2022? Here’s your chance. Purchase Bear Shadow tickets by Feb. 18, and you’ll be entered to win tickets for Highlands Food & […]

Teens from the Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau (BGCP) recently completed a 10-week woodturning program at The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands. Led by instructor Don Marks, who brings more […]

Highlands Historical Society’s 11th Annual Dazzling Dahlia Festival will be held this weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 11-12 throughout the Town of Highlands. The Bascom will host Highlands Historical Society’s Dazzling […]

The annual Three Potters Symposium brings three of North Carolina’s best ceramics artists together each year for a day of demonstrations, discussion, and exhibition at The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands. […]

The Bascom’s 11th Annual Three Potters Symposium begins today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an all-day session with artists Matt Schiemann, Takuro Shibata, and Hitomi Shibata at The Bascom. The Three Potters Symposium brings three of North Carolina’s […]

Amazing collector cars are coming to Highlands this summer and there is no admission fee for spectators. The first opportunity is “FreeWheeling-the Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art” at The Bascom Center of Visual […]

Three rare automobiles are currently on display at The Bascom as part of FreeWheeling: The Allure of the Automobile in Contemporary Art exhibit. FreeWheeling is special exhibition presented in partnership with Highlands Motoring Festival in […]

The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts is pleased to welcome Dr. Karin Peterson as its new Executive Director starting mid-April. Peterson comes to The Bascom with more than twenty years of service on […]

Open Studio Members are excited about the upcoming Dave Drake Studio 9th Annual Fall Pottery Show at The Bascom and want to welcome everyone to come find a special handmade gift. The show runs from […]

The Bascom is pleased to host the third installment of the Craft to Art Series in the Thompson Gallery. With a focus on fiber, curator Jerry Jackson, Executive Director of John C. Campbell Folk School […]

Nearly one in five people in Jackson and Macon counties fall beneath the poverty line, and one in four children in Western North Carolina face hunger on a regular basis. On October 4, join the […]

The Bascom is connecting with the community even when people can’t be physically together. “When it became clear that we needed to close our doors for the safety of the public, our students, and our […]

The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts is pleased to announce the addition of six new members to its Board of Directors. Volunteers are a valued part of The Bascom family and it is with the most-sincere […]

After serving on The Bascom Board for the past seven years, five of which were as Chair, Mike Campbell is passing the baton to incoming Chair Bill Reeves. “It’s been a privilege to serve The […]