Programs & Events

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

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Monthly Programming 

Programs
TAC Talks

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.

Seasonal & Special Events

Programs
2026 BRAHM Luncheon

Friday, June 26, 2026

Time: 11 am

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

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2025 BRAHM Summer Luncheon

Friday, June 26 or 27, 2025

Time: 3 pm or 6 pm

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

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2025 BRAHM Summer Cocktail Buffet or Tea

Friday, June 27, 2025

Doors Open: 10:15 am

Talk Begins: 11:00 am, followed by lunch

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

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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.

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2025 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival

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.

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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.

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2024 Summer Luncheon

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

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2024 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival

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.

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ARS POETICA II: A Juried Exhibition

Ars Poetica

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2023 BRAHM 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.

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 Hands-On Offerings

Workshops for Adults 

Programs
Cork & Canvas

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

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Studio Workshops

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

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Summer Camps
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.

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Afternoon Art Club
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.

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Doodlebug Club
Doodlebug Club

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

Process-based art activities plus storytime!

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Young at Art
Young at Art

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

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Free Field Trip & School Bus Reimbursement Program
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.

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Community Days
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.

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Travel

Programs
Travel with BRAHM

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.

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Upcoming Member Trips

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BRAHM Member's Trip: Danube Waltz
Oct 6
BRAHM Member's Trip: Danube Waltz

Travel with BRAHM: The Danube Waltz with Viking
October 6–13, 2026

Join BRAHM for our inaugural travel partnership with Viking, offering our members an exclusive opportunity to sail the iconic Danube River from Passau to Budapest along Viking’s acclaimed Danube Waltz itinerary.

Upcoming Events

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Afternoon Art: April 7
Apr 7
Afternoon Art: April 7

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
Apr 8
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.

Willard's Wonderings & Watauga Wanderings: High Country Poet Laureate Hilda Downer discusses ‘Had I A Dove’
Apr 9
Willard's Wonderings & Watauga Wanderings: High Country Poet Laureate Hilda Downer discusses ‘Had I A Dove’

In this program series, BRAHM's programs and outreach director Willard Watson III will be in conversation with interesting and creative people from across the region. We hope you'll join us for a drink, a snack, and quality conversation. Just make sure to come curious. 

If only I Had a Dove: Telling Our Own Stories in the Aftermath of the HeleneFlood
Apr 11
If only I Had a Dove: Telling Our Own Stories in the Aftermath of the HeleneFlood

April is National Poetry Month, so we are working with the High Country Poet Laureate, Hilda Downer for a writing workshop. 

Downer will read some of the poems from the anthology, Had I a Dove: Appalachian Poets
on the Helene Flood, as examples of narrative poetry.

Studio Saturdays - Arab American Heritage Month
Apr 11
Studio Saturdays - Arab American Heritage Month

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. Materials and snacks provided. 

Free for the community. Reservations encouraged.

Afternoon Art: April 14
Apr 14
Afternoon Art: April 14

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
Apr 15
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.

Doodlebug Club - April 16
Apr 16
Doodlebug Club - April 16

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

High Country Visions II Exhibition Reception
Apr 16
High Country Visions II Exhibition Reception

Join us as we celebrate the work of High Country Art Educators.

Patrick Dougherty Makes A Pilgrimage to Appalachian State
Apr 16
Patrick Dougherty Makes A Pilgrimage to Appalachian State

World-renowned artist Patrick Dougherty will present a public talk at Appalachian State University on April 16th in conjunction with his first-of-its-kind exhibition, Patrick Dougherty: Pilgrimage, currently on display at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum (BRAHM) through May 17, 2026. This talk is free and open to the public.