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Staff Highlight: Courtney Baines, Marketing & Communications Director
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Staff Highlight: Courtney Baines, Marketing & Communications Director

Courtney came to BRAHM in November of 2019. As marketing director, she keeps the community informed of all that BRAHM has to offer. In a matter of months, she has designed and launched a new website, helped transition the team to new organizational & communications platforms, and led the virtual engagement effort during the pandemic.

Learn more about Courtney in this week’s staff highlight.

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Curator’s Corner: “Branching Out” featuring Jim Oleson
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Curator’s Corner: “Branching Out” featuring Jim Oleson

Jim Oleson is our featured artist this week from our current exhibition, "Branching Out: Works in Wood from North Carolina." Oleson is a sculptor who resides in Chapel Hill, NC. Like several of our other artists, Oleson has a diverse career background outside of being an artist. Learn more about this Medical Doctor, Physicist, and Sculptor in this week’s Curator Corner.

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Staff Highlight: Jasmin McFayden, Executive Assistant
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Staff Highlight: Jasmin McFayden, Executive Assistant

Jasmin joined the BRAHM team in February of 2018. Her role as Executive Assistant stretches far and wide. In addition to clerical tasks and supporting BRAHM’s director and Board of Trustees, she oversees membership development and BRAHM’s special fundraising events, like the Annual Gala. She works alongside volunteer committees whose members lend support, ideas, and leadership in event planning and membership engagement. “Though BRAHM has a small staff, it rolls out programs, exhibitions, and events on a grand scale. We couldn’t do it without the support of our Board and volunteers who care deeply for the museum and Blowing Rock.”

Learn more about this dynamic and positive team member that keeps us all straight at BRAHM!

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Staff Highlight: Willard Watson III, Programs & Outreach Director
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Staff Highlight: Willard Watson III, Programs & Outreach Director

His museum work has nourished Willard’s passion for community building and cultural preservation through the creative arts, using BRAHM as a platform to bring people together and inspire positive change in the community. “How do our exhibits and programs bring in people from all walks of life and unite them around the culture, heritage, and creativity that exists in our community?” This question guides his work at BRAHM. Get to know him more through this excellent interview conducted by Jasmin McFayden.

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Throwback Thursday - Stories: YES!
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Throwback Thursday - Stories: YES!

In 2017, BRAHM was awarded the Stories: YES! grant. Seventeen eighth-grade students from Bethel School created four documentaries that highlighted important stories from their community. The four films produced look at the Stone Mountain General Store in Bethel, Deal Cornette Christmas Tree Farm, livestock farming in Bethel, and an interview with Dorcus Hodges, Bethel native, and school custodian.

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