2010 Interactive Art Opportunities

World Wide Knit-In

Terrace at The Bascom, 10 am–4 pm on Saturday, June 12. Free!
Bring your knitting to celebrate this event with other enthusiasts. Instructors will be on hand.

Volunteer with Patrick Dougherty

June, The Bascom campus
Volunteer to help internationally acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty (www.stickwork.net) create a massive, site-specific sapling sculpture. Contact Kaye Gorecki, kgorecki@thebascom.org, or call 828.526.4949.

“Bowers” Public Art Project

Inspired by the amazing art of the bower bird, who builds a bower, then decorates with color-coordinated found objects, man-made and natural.
• Wednesday, May 26, 6 pm, Highlands Nature Center: Slide Lecture: “Bower Birds,” Jim Costa, executive director, Highlands Nature Center and “Community Art and The Bowers Public Art Project Overview,” Norma Hendrix, director of education, The Bascom
• Tuesday and Wednesday, June 8–-9, Bower Building Workshop, The Bascom and on location
• June 12-25; Public invited to decorate the bowers (directions posted at each location)
• June 26, 2 pm, Walk the Bower Trail: begin at The Bascom and walk from The Bascom’s Nature Trail to the Highlands Plateau Greenway, to the Highlands Nature Center

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International Plein Air Paint Out at The Bascom

Saturday, September 11
Join other artists to paint on The Bascom campus all day. The day will conclude with an informal (on the easel) exhibition and wine reception in the Dave Drake Studio Barn at 4 pm.