Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.

Learn to paint in a relaxed atmosphere, inspired by Barn Above Pond by Wolf Kahn. Each participant goes home with a finished work of art. All materials, including canvases, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step-by-step.
Wine, beer, and light snacks are complimentary.

Roots and Ridges: A Blowing Rock Story is the new introductory film for the museum. The film will ground visitors in the history of Blowing Rock, the story of Elliott Daingerfeild, and the role BRAHM plays in the community. 

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.

1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.

This installment of Willard's Wonderings will focus on the Watauga Humane Society, Willard will be joined by Ashlee Yepez, Director of Shelter Operations, and Courtney Taylor, Director of Development. Their conversation will focus on the Watauga Humane Society’s no-kill mission, their work of caring for more than 1,700 animals each year, and the role the community plays in sustaining the organization. 

In early-nineteenth century America, citizens of the young country began to seek out
accurate depictions of places. They had a real sense of the specialness of their new
country—its wide expanse and its seemingly limitless natural resources. As the century progressed, members of the Hudson River School, a loosely affiliated art movement based in New York City, began producing expressive, Romantic interpretations of the landscape. 

This program is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Bryant and Nancy Hanley Foundation.