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Voices Unheard: Celebrating the Piano Works of Underrepresented Composers
Join us for an incredible evening of classical piano music. The program will consist of works by underrepresented composers including women, Latin Americans, and African Americans.
This is an outreach event for the Puerto Rico Center for Collaborative Piano Summer Music Festival. Donations will be accepted for the festival following the performance.
Free for Members and the general public.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
The House that Moses and Bertha Cone Built
Join App State’s Dr. Neva J. Specht for an in-depth look at the iconic Beaux-Arts Cone estate (known originally as Flat Top Manor) near Blowing Rock.
Cork & Canvas: Vincent Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield with Crows”
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield with Crows.” Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Jan Karon’s Mitford Museum
In 2021, #1 NYTimes bestselling author Jan Karon launched a nonprofit museum in her hometown of Hudson, NC, with a mission to advance the common good through literacy, creativity, and community. Join museum director Sarah Thomas to hear Jan's story from her childhood in Caldwell County to her years in Blowing Rock and her vision for having a positive impact on her local and global communities. Thomas will also share details about the museum's Oral History Library as well as outreach programs for educators, students, and creatives.
High Country Jazz Festival presents “Scatting: From Ella Fitzgerald to Jazzmeia Horn”
Todd Wright, Appalachian State University Jazz Area Coordinator, will take us on a musical journey all about Scatting or scat singing. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice solely as an instrument rather than a speaking medium. This is different from vocalese, which uses recognizable lyrics that are sung to pre-existing instrumental solos.
Free for Members; $8 General Admission
Studio Saturdays - Basquiat Mixed-Media Portraits
Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side.
Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Animals in Environments Summer Camp (June 18–20, 2024)
Artists ages 7-12 will explore different animals in their unique environments. A range of 2- and 3-D mediums will be used over the three days to create art inspired by our learning. Guest animal ambassadors from Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation will join us for one day of camp!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Cork & Canvas: Tom Thomson’s "The West Wind"
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Tom Thomson’s “The West Wind.” Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
2024 Summer Luncheon with Susanna Salk
Susanna Salk is the author of many design books. Her first was the unexpected hit, A Privileged Life, Celebrating WASP Style (Assouline) which stemmed from her upbringing on Boston’s North Shore. Her next books, all with Rizzoli, celebrates finding tangible inspiration in design, from the bestselling Be Your Own Decorator to Room for Children: Stylish Spaces for Sleep and Play, which was the first book of its kind to explore design for the junior set and has its sequel, Dream Rooms for Children: Inspiring Spaces for Sleep, Study and Play coming out in March 2021. Salk is also the author of the popular: Dogs and Their Designers and At Home in the English Country Side: Designers and Their Dogs.
Salk hosts the acclaimed video series, “At Home With” via her Quintessence You Tube channel. With now over one hundred episodes, logging over one million monthly views, Salk visits the homes and gardens of top designers and style makers around the globe with Stacey Bewkes, founder of the acclaimed Quintessence blog.
Animals in Environments Summer Camp (June 25–27, 2024)
Artists ages 7-12 will explore different animals in their unique environments. A range of 2- and 3-D mediums will be used over the three days to create art inspired by our learning. Guest animal ambassadors from Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation will join us for one day of camp!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Summer Exhibition Celebration
Museum Members and the general public are invited to join BRAHM on Saturday, June 29th, from 5–7pm for our Summer Exhibition Celebration.
Secret BRAHM Agents Camp (July 2–3, 2024)
Secret agents aged 8-12 will solve mysteries and explore the museum’s galleries in search of clues. If you like secret codes, disguise, and intrigue, this camp is for you!
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play movement games during our mid-day break.
$90 General Public / $70 BRAHM members / $50 per additional sibling
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
3D Art Camp (July 9–11, 2024)
Artists ages 8-12 will explore a variety of three-dimensional art materials and styles during this three-day session. We will visit different objects and exhibits in BRAHM’s galleries. Paper Mache, clay, paper, and wire are some media we may explore.
Students should come to BRAHM prepared in art-friendly clothing, with a packed lunch and filled water bottle. Please wear secure footwear, as we may play tag or other movement games during our mid-day break.
$110 General Public / $90 BRAHM members / $60 per additional sibling
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Movies at the Museum: “Maud Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas”
Join us for a special screening of “Maud Gatewood: Facing the White Canvas.”
Cork & Canvas: Claude Monet "The Sea at Pourville 1882"
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Claude Monet’s “The Sea at Pourville 1882.” Each partEach participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
How Public Art Reclaimed a Town: The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park
The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park and Museum has helped to redefine Wilson, NC. By utilizing Vollis’ incredible, kinetic sculptures the downtown has become vibrant and community connection and economic development have followed.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
2024 BRAHM Gala
BRAHM's Annual Gala is returning! Taking place at Appalachian State University's beautiful Grandview Ballroom, the evening will include cocktails, dinner, live music, dancing, as well as both silent and live auctions to strengthen BRAHM's impactful exhibitions and educational programs.
Plein Air Basics - 3 Days with Katie Dobson Cundiff
Painting outside isn’t just about enjoying the sun and the breeze, although that’s certainly a big part of the fun. It’s also a great way to learn from direct observation, whether that means a landscape, a cityscape, or even something like a portrait. Plein air painting workshops are at the top of my list of favorite things to teach. I’ve traveled far and near painting beaches, cityscapes, and landscapes and found one of the best ways to improve your plein air painting skills is by painting lots of small studies.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Plein Air Painting with Intention with Katie Dobson Cundiff
During this three-day workshop, emphasis will be on painting spontaneously and loosely while pushing the limits of basic principles of composition, design, and color. Light & shadow, values, shapes, design, perspective, edges, and color will be discussed. Emphasis will be on exploring methods for improvement rather than changing individual styles.
Watauga Riverkeeper’s Dam Removal Talk
Hear from MountainTrue’s Watauga Riverkeeper, Andy Hill, about dam removal projects in the High Country and the state of dam removal in the Southeast. We hope you enjoy learning about this conservation topic and it’s connection to improving water quality and habitat for sensitive and rare aquatic species.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Maud Gatewood: A Southern Modernist?
Was North Carolina painter and educator Maud Gatewood a ”modernist”? What in fact does that label mean? If so, to what extent? Martha R. Severens will explore these questions in her lecture August 4 in connection with the exhibition, The Hard Edge & The Soft Line: A Retrospective of Maud Gatewood at BRAHM.
Alma Woodsey Thomas’s "Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze"
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Alma Woodsey Thomas’s “Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze.” Each partEach participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Metal Casting Through the Ages and Today with Joseph Bigley
This lecture will discuss how metal casting has influenced civilization in terms of sculpture production, early spiritual ideation, and modern day conveniences from industrialization.
Free for Members; $8 General Admission
2024 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival
The Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival is a four-day, open enrollment plein air painting event. It takes place in the beautiful mountainous area surrounding the town of Blowing Rock in western North Carolina, from Tuesday, August 20th, to Saturday, August 24th, 2024.
2024 Wet Paint Art Show and Sale
Reverse your ticket now to view and shop the culmination of the 7th annual Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival's Wet Paint Sale. The general public may make free reservations to view the Wet Paint Show & Sale on Saturday, August 24th between 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Timed entry allows for best viewing of the 150-200 pieces of art displayed in the Alexander Community Gallery.
It’s a Maud, Maud World
Maud Gatewood rose to prominence in North Carolina as an aggressively independent voice in the visual arts. She also participated in the evolution of art across America, helping to sustain figurative art and simultaneously adding her unique viewpoint to hard-edged abstraction and, arguably, to pop art. This talk presents Maud Gatewood as a national figure in the arts via comparison with her many peers, including artists as diverse as Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Stella, and Alex Katz.
How Trees Work
Join App State’s Dr. Howard S. Neufeld for an exciting look at how trees move water hundreds of feet up their trunks and how this may be affected by climate change.
Paul Cézanne "Tulips in a Vase"
Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Paul Cezanne’s “Tulips in a Vase.” Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Exhibition Reception for Young at Art
Join us for an exhibition reception as we celebrate the art created by every kindergarten through 4th grader at Blowing Rock School. Free and open to the public. You'll get to meet some of the young artists and see their work. This event is sponsored by the Blowing Rock Community Foundation.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Studio Saturdays - DOTS! Yayoi Kusama
Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side.
Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.
Artist Talks: Lynne Hobaica and Rickie Barnett
Lynne Hobaica and Rickie Barnett are multimedia artists based out of Bakersville, NC. They have been working together for over 5 years both on individual work and collaboratively under the name Two Headed Diver. In these talks, they will each share their personal journeys as artists - how they came to this point and the history and inspiration of their work together. Be prepared to laugh, to cry, and to consider life with new eyes.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Saved: Objects of the Dead - A Discussion on Art, Creativity, and Grief with Jody Servon
Join artist Jody Servon for a discussion about embracing creativity while grieving. Her book and collaborative project, Saved: Objects of the Dead (Artsuite, 2023), with CA-based poet Lorene Delany-Ullman is a visual and poetic narrative of how grief manifests and how material possessions help harbor memories. Their book candidly embraces a topic Americans often avoid talking about, even though it is an experience we share: the death of a loved one.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
The Lost Frescos of Ben Long
Join Jim Walters as he takes you on his journey across NC and discusses the 19 major frescoes in the state. He will cover how fresco painting began as the “poor person’s Bible” and who Ben Long, the artist that has given NC these marvelous paintings, is. Jim will also discuss the art of fresco painting, with props and demonstration.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Exhibition Celebration | Out of the Blue: FLOW
Exhibition Reception: Out of the Blue FLOW
Tuesday, April 23
5:30 - 7PM
Alexander Community Gallery
Please join BRAHM in celebrating its current Alexander Community Gallery installation featuring the work of local artist collective, Out of the Blue (OOTB). OOTB is a cohesive and collaborative group of artists sharing processes, ideas, and exhibiting together since 2015. Members of the group include Beth Andrews, Marion Cloaninger, Marsha Holmes, and Susan Marlowe. Come and meet the artists, look at their work, and enjoy snacks and a cash bar!
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Studio Workshop: Collage Night
Learn to create your own painted paper collages inspired by North Carolina artist and educator, Lee Hall. Students will draw inspiration from Hall’s landscape and architecture collages, and apply these references to their own collages using a variety of materials and techniques. Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including paper, scissors, glue and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Studio Saturdays - Pattern & Geometry: Drawing & Collage inspired by Islamic Art
Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side.
Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.
Art is Life: Frank Lee Craig, the Bauhaus, and I
Dr. Margret Kentgens-Craig will talk about Frank Lee Craig, one of the featured artists in the exhibition Pulp & Bind, who was also an architect, musician, and writer. She will address her late husband’s challenging transition from being a principal in a major architecture firm to a new calling as a visual artist, after a devastating diagnosis with terminal brain cancer. This was facilitated by his education and training at the Bauhaus-inspired NC State University’s School of Design which had provided him with the fundamental and universal principles and skills of art production. Although he had made small pieces on occasion for years, now he dove into art-making with a passion, producing a massive collection of works that ranged from multi-media collages and photography to paintings, drawings, jewelry**,** and found-object sculptures, amazingly ending up with success, both in Germany and NC.
The impact of the Bauhaus in this process will be another aspect of her presentation as well as her unusual dual role as Craig’s wife but also trained academic professional to preserve his legacy.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Spitting Cobras: North Carolina Editorial Cartooning in Seven Controversies
Dr. Craig Fischer of the Appalachian State University English Department will discuss the history of political cartoons in the state.
Doodlebug Club
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Pulp & Bind Artist Roundtable
Join us for a roundtable discussion with three artists featured in our exhibition, Pulp & Bind: Paper and Book in Southern Appalachia.
Lela Arruza, Rosa Dargon-Powers, and Georgia Deal will share their artistic practice with us and explore their approach to the medium of paper.
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
Afternoon Art
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.