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The Bascom Opens Exhibition of Instruments
- Source: The Highlander
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Highlands, NC (October 13, 2022) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts Art lovers are well versed in the offerings of The Bascom Center for Visual Arts. Music lovers may soon get the same familiarity with the facility. A new exhibition opened on Thursday.
Into the Wood
- Source: The Laurel Magazine
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We encourage you to read the Laurel's article about our upcoming exhibition Into the Wood: Ed, Philip, and Matt Moulthrop.
Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud!
- Source: The Plateau Magazine
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Highlands, NC (October 2022) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts The Bascom’s Frank Vickery looks back at his journey.
See Learn Play
- Source: NC Living Magazine
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Highlands, NC (September 2022) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts encourages you to read NC Living Magazine's fall issue. This issue features a stunning article about The Bascom's exhbition Lasting Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Read-Simms Collection
Escape The Summer Swelter in The Mountains of North Carolina...
- Source: Charleston Magazine
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Highlands, NC (August 2022) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts Explore: The Bascom: Contemporary art, pottery, and a stream-side trail and picnic shelter on the visual arts center’s six-acre campus. 323 Franklin Rd
The Bascom welcomes Sayla Hawk Roman as the 2022 Bascom Education Fellow
- Source: The Laurel
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Highlands, NC (July 22) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts The Bascom’s Resident Artist program invites influential artists from across the country to live, work, and engage with the Plateau communities, creating mutually beneficial relationships for artists and the visual arts center.
Highlands: I Took a Wrong Turn and Came to the Right Place
- Source: Zest & Curiosity
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While I was searching for the waterfall I took a wrong turn. As a fortunate stroke of serendipity would have it – I have landed perfectly in the right place. By a random chance, I found exactly what my heart needed.
The Bascom Names Dr. Karin Peterson its New Executive Director
- Source: The Laurel
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Highlands, NC (March 27, 2021) – 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 the faculty of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Asheville and has recently served as Interim Provost at UNC School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC), and Interim Provost at UNC Asheville.
Our State Knows Best: Cultivating an Eye for Art
- Source: Our State Magazine
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Find out what three experts have to say about becoming an amateur art connoisseur of every artistic medium at museums across North Carolina — plus, how to start building your own mini collection.
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