New Campus

Welcome to The Bascom's new Highlands, North Carolina home: a six-acre campus with three buildings: an 87-foot-5-inch long covered bridge entrance, a 2,500 sq. ft barn rebuilt for use as a pottery and three-dimensional studio, and a central 27,500-square-foot building by DeWolf Architecture and Lord Aeck Sargent Architecture. The team included Ross Landscape Architecture, Ferry, Hayes & Allen Designers (interiors), and Trehel Corporation (construction). Wayne Yonce was a consultant for the reconstruction of historic buildings. Guests enter the site through a historic covered bridge (the Will Henry Stevens Bridge) off of Highway 64 on Highland’s west end. Visitors enjoy a walking trail with native flora, a pristine brook with cascading waterfall, and scenic views. The campus is like no other art space in Western North Carolina.

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Photos by Alecia Lauren, July 2009

Photos by Reuben Cox, late June 2009

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