The Bascom's Outreach Programs

Community Outreach

“These guys are definitely filling a void that, at this point, unfortunately the school doesn’t provide.”
- Derek Taylor, Father of Nicole Taylor, Highlands School

We believe that all residents of our Highlands-Cashiers plateau and visitors to our community should have the chance to be uplifted by art.

Since moving to our beautiful campus in 2009, The Bascom has strived to expand and enhance our outreach to the community with two goals:

To ensure that our exhibitions and programs are accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and physical/mental abilities
To heighten awareness of The Bascom’s resources in populations that are traditionally underserved in the area of visual arts.

To this end, The Bascom has implemented a series of in-depth programs whose purpose is to provide transformational arts experiences by partnering with agencies that work directly with underserved audiences. The Bascom subsidizes the cost of tuition and offers financial assistance for adults and children on the Plateau and from surrounding communities. Additionally, The Bascom offers free memberships for families who cannot afford the cost. These programs deliver the message that art experiences are essential to developing the whole person and energizing community life by pulling people of all ages and experience levels together.

For information on how your group can participate in these activities, contact Billy Love, Director of Education and Outreach at blove@thebascom.org, 828.787.2881.

Scholarships to 2017 educational programs at The Bascom are sponsored by the Cullasaja Women's Outreach.

Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library	Art League of Highlands-Cashiers	Bascom Book Club
Bascom Community Knitters	Bascom Photography Club	Bascom Resident Artists and Fellows
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Highlands and Cashiers	Blue Ridge School, Cashiers	Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau, Cashiers
Cashiers Senior Center	Cashiers United Methodist Church	Chestnut Hill of Highlands
Children Inspiring Hope, Savannah	Fidelia Eckerd Living Center, Highlands	Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry, Cashiers
Gordon Center for Children, Highlands	Highlands Biological Station	Highlands Community Child Development Center
Highlands Nature Center	Highlands School	Highlands Solar Eclipse Team
Highlands’ Food Pantry	Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust	Homeschool Groups
International Friendship Center, Highlands	Literacy Council of Highlands	Macon County Art Association, Franklin
Macon Middle School, Franklin	The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center, Highlands	Mountain View Intermediate School Exceptional Children, Franklin
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School	Sonshine School, Highlands	Studio Alive
Summit Charter School, Cashiers	Western Carolina University, Cullowhee

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Community Outreach

We believe that all residents of our Highlands-Cashiers plateau and visitors to our community should have the chance to be uplifted by art.

Click the names below to visit the web sites belonging to Bascom Outreach Partners: