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The Bascom Names Niki Kinkade New Executive Director
Highlands, NC (June 12, 2024) – The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts
The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts is pleased to welcome Niki Kinkade as its new Executive Director starting mid-July. Kinkade comes to The Bascom with more than 15 years of experience in the arts nonprofit sector, bringing with her extensive experience as a leader in the arts. Since 2017, Kinkade has served as Executive Director of the Art Center of the Bluegrass (Danville, KY), where she led the rebranding, growth, and reimagining of the organization, doubling its physical space, programming, and staff. Kinkade led a $5 million capital campaign to support the expansion of the center, and established the GLASS National Art Museum featuring the collection of Stephen Rolfe Powell.
The Bascom has a new Soda Kiln!
Just this past week, our organization completed the structure that will house our brand-new, hand-built Soda Kiln, and will soon complete an adjacent patio to receive guests and artists alike, all made possible by generous donations from Bascom supporters. We are pleased that we have opened the Kiln as we enter our busy summer.
Finding Yourself at The Bascom
- Source: NC Living Magazine
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Thank you to NC Living Magazine for this beautiful and informative article about The Bascom. We encourage you to read the full article in NC Living's Spring Issue.
Ceramics Monthly - November 2023
- Source: Ceramics Monthly
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The cover artist for the November issue of Ceramics Monthly is Kyugmin Park, one of the 22 artists in The Bascom’s In.Visible Exhibition. Inside the issue, the In.Visible Exhibition is featured in the Exposure section.
Carolina Art: The top Arts & Culture destinations in North and South Carolina
- Source: QC
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QC (The Quintessential Charlotte Luxury Magazine) recently named The Bascom as a top "Arts & Culture destination in North and South Carolina". Read the article in the September & October issue.
Two shows, one unforgettable sculptor. Kirsten Stingle’s menagerie in “HEY! CERAMIQUE.S” and “In.Visible”.
- Source: Beautiful Bizarre
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We encourage you to read this blog post on Beautiful Bizarre on our upcoming exhibition In.Visible, currated by Kirsten Stingle.
Curating In.Visible has been a self-proclaimed “passion project” for Kirsten, and while the artworks for the show are still arriving, Kirsten can’t hide her glee at the works received so far. She has shown full trust in the artists exhibiting, each creator having been given the freedom to interpret and “reweave” ideas, beliefs or stories, in order to create new works from a personal or larger societal perspective. Kirsten smiles: “Some artists examine specific archetypal themes, while others have literally reinterpreted a well-known narrative. The work I have received so far is incredibly intentional and powerful! I am absolutely thrilled with the narrative range.”
A Guide to Highlands, NC: Events, Attractions, Restaurants, and Shops
- Source: About Asheville
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We encourage you to read this article about events, attractions, restaurants, and shops in the Highlands area. The Bascom is described as "an amazing cultural resource for the Highlands community."
Vision Cashiers and The Bascom Collaborate to Unveil Public Art Installations in Cashiers
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Vision Cashiers and The Bascom Collaborate to Unveil Public Art Installations in Cashiers
May 25, 2023 Cashiers, NC - Vision Cashiers, in collaboration with The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, proudly presents the addition of two new sculptures in the Village core. The sculptures have been sourced through The Bascom's extensive network of emerging artists in the Southeast, in conjunction with their Annual Outdoor Sculpture Program.
Into the Wood
- Source: The Laurel Magazine
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We encourage you to read the Laurel's article about our upcoming exhibition Into the Wood: Ed, Philip, and Matt Moulthrop.
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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 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