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.
- Register for a Workshop
- Create your username and password during the registration process
- Check your email (Don't see it in your inbox? Check your junk/spam folder and mark it as not junk/spam)
- Click on the activation link in the email and... Voila! You're good to go!
Saturday Sojourn with Paint - Big Bloom Energy
Celebrate Dahlias with a playful, beginner-friendly painting workshop inspired by the color and energy of dahlias. Using abstraction and expressive mark-making, participants will create a vibrant floral-inspired painting—no experience required. A fun, creative way to engage with the festival and explore painting in a relaxed, supportive setting.
This class is for anyone passionate about Dahlias and wants to capture this passion in a painting!
All materials are provided. You will go home with a painting!
All Ages Pottery: Pinch Pot Pottery Pumpkins
Make a clay pinch pot pumpkin to keep and some tiny ones to share for our Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt. Work will be available for pickup or shipping two to three weeks after class.
Suitable for ages 6 and up.
Learn to Turn II: Woodturning Skill Building with John Tagliarini
Take your woodturning skills to the next level in this intermediate-level workshop. Participants will expand their repertoire by learning pull and shear cuts while focusing on projects such as bowls, Christmas ornaments, and small vases. The class will also explore surface enhancements to add depth and character to turned pieces. Additional projects and diagnostic turning may include making a mallet or a tool handle.
This workshop is designed for students with prior turning experience who are ready to refine their technique and broaden their creative possibilities.
Youth Afterschool Pottery: Spooky Season
Celebrate ghosts, monsters and more with some spooky pottery projects.
Class Meets: October 1, 15, and 22
Suitable for ages 6-18
Youth Beaded Wire Suncatcher!
Create handmade beaded wire suncatcher with instructor Caryn Raming!
Ages 7-12
All Ages Pottery: Ghosts
Get ready for spooky season by creating ghosts using slabs and texture tools. Work will be available for pickup or shipping two to three weeks after class.
Suitable for ages 6 and up.
Beaded Wire Suncatcher
Create handmade beaded wire suncatcher with instructor Caryn Raming!
Youth Homeschool Pottery: Spooky Season
Celebrate ghosts, monsters and more with some spooky pottery projects.
Class Meets: October 7, 14, and 21
Suitable for ages 6-18
iPhone Artistry : Mastering Photography Through Your Lens with Gwen Greenglass
Your iPhone camera is your window to the world. Learn how to unlock its full potential, including the addition of various photography apps. We will focus on Photography skills such as impact, composition, lighting, storytelling, artistry and more that will take your images to the next level. The course includes both classroom time and taking photographs on-location in Highlands, NC.
Your instructor, Professional Fine Art Nature and Portrait Photographer Gwen Greenglass, will guide you in applying these skills to your favorite style of photography.
All Ages Pottery: Wizard Hat Luminary
Make a wizard hat luminary using clay slabs. Work will be available for pickup or shipping two to three weeks after class.
Suitable for ages 6-18
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Visit: 323 Franklin Road
Highlands, NC 28741 (Map It)
Call: 828-526-4949 (Main)
828-787-2892 (Ceramics Studio)
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Learn more at NCArts.org
Funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at SouthArts.org.
Funding is due in part to a Tourism Grant with Visit Highlands, NC. Learn more HighlandsChamber.org