Programs & Events

Experience Art & Discover History through our unique programming, educational offerings, and special events.

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Monthly Programming

Programs

Take a walk through the galleries with the Curator and get a behind-the-scenes look into one of our current exhibitions.

Featuring scholars from around the country, the lectures are selected to provide supplemental information on our current exhibits or to highlight the history and heritage of the mountains.

Movies at the Museum features films by North Carolina filmmakers, films about the arts, and about the history and culture of the Appalachian region.

In an effort to keep our audiences engaged and expand upon our current exhibition offerings BRAHM is starting a book club! The club will meet on the last Thursday of each month at 6 pm over zoom. The club meetings will be led by BRAHM programs & outreach director Willard Watson III and will feature guest speakers from time to time.

BRAHM's new online continuing education series for adults and teens, Create-in-Common will help you shed those quarantine blues. These classes will meet virtually 4 times over the course of a month and provide wonderful introduction in a new medium or inspiration for your favorite methods of making art.

Seasonal & Special Events

Programs

A multi-day plein air painting event that concludes with a "Wet Paint" Art Show & Sale where collectors and the public are invited view and purchase the unique works that highlight the incredible beauty of the High Country.

2024 Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Tartan Gala

The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.

Friday, June 21, 2024

Doors Open: 10:15 am

Talk Begins: 11:00 am, followed by lunch

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

RESERVATION & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED IN THE SPRING

Ars Poetica

The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.

Friday, June 23, 2023

Doors Open: 10:15 am

Talk Begins: 11:00am, followed by lunch

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

RESERVATION & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED IN THE SPRING

The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.

Our concert series brings touring artists for intimate performances in the museum. Programs range from classical to old-time, traditional Appalachian to jazz - with something for all ages.

Workshops for Adults

Programs

Create art in a relaxed atmosphere facilitated by various local artists and art instructors. Each participant goes home with a finished work of art.

Offering a variety of studio workshops for adults with differing skill levels. Learn from guest instructors utilizing a variety of mediums.

A series of hands-on workshops with Southern Highland Craft Guild artists and artisans. Each workshop features a different artist and medium. Pre-registration for workshops is required.

Featured

Summer Camps

BRAHM summer art camps are back! Your budding artist aged 7-12 is invited to join us for these fun filled 3-day, 4-hour camps.

Backpack Art Kits

These kits are a great way to create with your visiting grandchildren or help keep the kids out of working parents’ hair for a week of daily activities. Each kit includes all art materials needed, detailed instructions and visuals. Order online for contactless pickup at BRAHM.

Afternoon Art Club

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-10 year olds

Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.

Doodlebug Club

Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult

Process-based art activities plus storytime!

Young at Art

A community outreach program designed to augment the art curriculum for kindergartners through fourth graders at Blowing Rock Elementary School.

Free Field Trip & School Bus Reimbursement Program

BRAHM is proud to offer a Free Field Trip Program for public and home schools in Watauga, Ashe, Avery, and Caldwell counties. A limited number of reimbursements for school bus transportation are available for Watauga County schools that receive Title I funding, thanks to a grant from St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church.

Community Days

Each year, BRAHM offers several free, family-friendly days of fun, education, and celebration. Including our holiday open house, spooky stories & creepy crafts, and arctic art at BrrrRAHM.

Travel

Programs

Every year BRAHM offers several opportunities for our members and friends to travel with us to various cultural hot-spots on the East Coast. With tours of museums, galleries, and private collections often led by curators and collectors, these trips are not to be missed. Early registration is offered to our Society Level Members first. General registration for all BRAHM patrons is available several months before the trip date.

Upcoming Events

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Jan 2

Jan 2, 2025

Doodlebug Club

Jan 2, 2025

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

Jan 2, 2025

Sit and Stitch - High Country Fiber Meet Up

Jan 4

Jan 4, 2025

Sit and Stitch - High Country Fiber Meet Up

Jan 4, 2025

Bring your own supplies and projects to work on and workshop with the group! Bring friends or make new ones.

Ready to start a new project? Why not try some winter weather items for folks heavily affected by the storm?

Jan 4, 2025

Community Expressive Arts - Zine Making Workshop

Jan 4

Jan 4, 2025

Community Expressive Arts - Zine Making Workshop

Jan 4, 2025

Ideal for anyone over 18: Creative art-making activities with an emphasis on expressing emotion through making a mixed media “zine.'“

Jan 4, 2025

Jan 7

Jan 7, 2025

Afternoon Art: The art of ramen!

Jan 7, 2025

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

Jan 7, 2025

Jan 8

Jan 8, 2025

Mindfulness Meditation Group

Jan 8, 2025

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.

Jan 8, 2025

Surface Design on Fabric: Stamping, Stenciling, Screen printing

Jan 11

Jan 11, 2025

Surface Design on Fabric: Stamping, Stenciling, Screen printing

Jan 11, 2025

This event is in partnership with the Watauga County Project on Aging.

Surface Design on Fabric: Stamping, stenciling, screeprinting, monoprinting, and painting are all ways to create original designs on fabric. Students can select fabric from an assortment of cotton, rayon or silk, or provide their own fabric. We'll be using water- based, nontoxic inks and paints.

Jan 11, 2025

Jan 11

Jan 11, 2025

Studio Saturdays -January 11 Comics

Jan 11, 2025

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.

Jan 11, 2025