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The Bascom is working towards creating a more integrated and user-friendly experience for our visitors. Please read the following information to familiarize yourself with the process.

How does it work?

Whenever you register for a class or workshop online, you'll be prompted to create a user account during the registration process. The information you provide there can then be used to log in here.

  1. Register for a Workshop
  2. Create your username and password during the registration process
  3. Check your email (Don't see it in your inbox? Check your junk/spam folder and mark it as not junk/spam)
  4. Click on the activation link in the email and... Voila! You're good to go!

 

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The Bascom's Education Department is committed to providing life-enriching experiences through comprehensive arts education for children and adults. Our classes and workshops are designed to meet the needs of artists of all skill levels in a variety of mediums.

Registration

To register for any of our classes or workshops, simply click the REGISTER button for that class or workshop.

Prefer to resister over the phone?
Call 828.526.4949.

REFUND POLICY (Please Read)

50% of your tuition payment is a non-refundable deposit. In the event that a student requests cancellation prior to 45 days of class/workshop commencement, he/she will be offered a course transfer or refund of 50% of the tuition payment. If a student cancels within 45 days prior to the first day of class, no refund will be made. The Bascom reserves the right to cancel any program that does not meet minimum enrollment, and full refunds will be issued.

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Our youth classes and workshops are designed specifically for younger artists below the age of 18 years old to explore, develop, and get real hands-on instruction in a variety of mediums. Our youth classes and workshops are designed specifically for younger artists below the age of 18 years old to explore, develop, and get real hands-on instruction in a variety of mediums.

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26
Jun
2024

Fiber Fandom!

June 26, 2024 10:00 am - June 28, 2024 1:00 pm
Instructor(s): Autumn White
$225

Fiber Arts

Get ready to explore the amazing world of fiber arts! Spinning yarn, crocheting, embroidering, weaving and sewing by hand or with a sewing machine are all fiber arts. Participants will have the opportunity to create using many of these techniques to create awesome works of art in fiber.

Ages 7 – 12

28
Jun
2024

Inner Secrets

June 28, 2024 9:00 am - June 30, 2024 4:00 pm
Instructor(s): Kelly Odden
$500 Member Price/ $575 Non-Member Price

Kelly Oden Workshop

Our ancestors all had stories and secrets; some are passed down through the generations and others are kept hidden forever. Often, it’s the secrets of the heart that are kept under wraps. Let’s create a sculpture that tells a story of those secrets, either current day or past! All skill levels welcome as we create a bust (male or female) in this three day workshop. 

05
Jul
2024

Awareness of Legacies - Mindful Reflections: Exploring Legacies, Deepening Connections

July 5, 2024 9:30 am -10:30 am
Instructor(s):
Free

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I had an inheritance from my father,
It was the moon and the sun.
And though I roam all over the world,
The spending of it’s never done.
― Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Through mindfulness we become more aware of influences in our lives including those that we have taken in from others. As we become more conscious of these gifts and challenges, we can more effectively choose whether and how to express them. To begin the series, we will engage in mindfulness practices exploring our personal legacies and how these inheritances have contributed to our lives. We will then practice slow art applying awareness-based skills to viewing the works of two generations of glassblowers.

09
Jul
2024

Resident Artist Series: Christmas in July using the Slab Machine

July 9, 2024 10:00 am - July 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Instructor(s): Frank Vickery
$175 for Members; $250 for Non-Members

Christmas in July

Christmas in July using the Slab Machine - All the basics you need to know about using the slab machine to make a Christmas house or two.  Glaze the 2nd week of class.

Class Meets:

July 9th, 11th, 16th, and 18th

10
Jul
2024

Learn to Turn: An Intro to Woodturning

July 10, 2024 9:00 am - July 12, 2024 4:00 pm
Instructor(s): John Tagliarini
$400 for Members; $475 for Non-Members

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Students will make beautiful and useful turnings using the three basic cuts of woodturning with gouges. We will begin in “spindle orientation” by turning a mallet, a tool handle, a goblet, and a twig pot. Then we hope to make at least two bowls, one with a round top and one with a natural edge. We will practice safe technique at the lathe as we also learn to sharpen the gouges using various jigs and tables.
10
Jul
2024

Kid Kollective

July 10, 2024 10:00 am - July 12, 2024 1:00 pm
Instructor(s): Autumn White
$225

Kid Kollective

We are going to put the A (Art) in S.T.E.A.M. this summer during the summer STEAM workshop. Explore how art, science, engineering and more overlap to keep us creative, collaborative, and excellent problem solvers.

Ages 7 – 12

12
Jul
2024

Trays All Kinds of Ways

July 12, 2024 9:00 am - July 14, 2024 4:00 pm
Instructor(s): Josh Copus
$450 Member Price/ $525 Non-Member Price

Josh Copus Workshop

If you want to learn how to make all kinds of different serving trays and unique dishes, then this is the class for you!

We will cover a variety of hand building techniques such as slab construction, coiling, pinching, carving and cutting to give you the skills to make any kind of tray that you can dream up.

This class will include both daily demonstrations and hands-on instruction in a fun and supportive environment that will help you unlock your hand building potential.

12
Jul
2024

Inner Reflections - Mindful Reflections: Exploring Legacies, Deepening Connections

July 12, 2024 9:30 am -10:30 am
Instructor(s):
Free

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
– Carl Jung

Communication skills are, in part, a legacy from our families and transform or strengthen through non-judgmental awareness and self-compassion. Honest communication with others is based upon acceptance, curiosity, and openness. As we strengthen our ability to bring deep listening to our own experiences, we enhance our capacity to be present with and available to others, to nature, and to artistic works. After learning brief, self-listening skills, we will become aware of our sensations, thoughts, and feelings as we view artists’ images.

16
Jul
2024

How to Nail Color Harmonies and Color Pops for Killer Skies and Atmospheric Paintings

July 16, 2024 9:00 am - July 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Instructor(s): Bill Davidson
$675 for Members; $750 for Non-Members

Bill Davidson

"Using my simplified values and design techniques, I will step by step show you how to add harmonious color pops and atmospheric skies that take your paintings to a moody, atmospheric level in a fun and positive way.In addition we will cover new mental tips that automatically enhance your abilities. I have further researched new techniques to help you advance more easily and swiftly .We will continue to cover how to easily establish a great design , strong value base foundation and make great shapes, and use of the illusive but powerful edges tool. We will paint together step by step some great paintings or you can paint what you desire from your own images. Looking forward to working with you."  - Bill Davidson

17
Jul
2024

Press On! Exploring Printmaking

July 17, 2024 10:00 am - July 19, 2024 1:00 pm
Instructor(s): Autumn White
$225

Printmaking

Let your creativity run wild while learning to craft handmade printing paper, carve printing blocks and use a printing press in this fun workshop that is all about printmaking.

Ages 7 – 12

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Exhibitions & Shop:
Tuesday - Saturday; 10 am - 5 pm

Studio Barn Hours:
Monday - Saturday; 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday; Noon - 5 pm

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Visit: 323 Franklin Road
Highlands, NC 28741 (Map It)

Call: 828-526-4949 (Main)
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This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Learn more at http://www.ncarts.org.

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Funded in part by a grant from South Arts
in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.