Resources for our young makers!
We offer regular kids’ classes, summer camps, collaborations with local schools, and field trip reimbursement to make BRAHM’s art education accessible for everyone.
All classes are taught in the Wilson Education Center on our lower level.
2026 Summer Camps
Upcoming programs for kids:
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-10 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
Just for Teens: Studio Saturdays
BRAHM announces a new event just for ages 12-18: Studio Saturdays
Youth aged 12-18 are invited to join us at BRAHM every second Saturday from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm this winter and spring for directed studio time inspired by famous artists. Explore new styles and processes for making art. Meet new friends and express your creative side. Free for the community. Reservations required. Studio Saturdays will resume this fall.
Let’s express ourselves by creating art in the style of American color field artist Frank Stella.
Let’s express ourselves by creating art in the style of the late American artist Keith Haring.
Let’s express ourselves by drawing birds in the style of naturalist and artist J. J. Audubon.
Let’s express ourselves by creating Op art in the style of British artist, Bridget Riley.
Let’s express ourselves by drawing and painting Sunflowers in a vase like Vincent Van Gogh.
Let’s express ourselves by creating a still life drawing in the Cubist style of Juan Gris.
Let’s express ourselves by creating art in the style of Japanese American painter Yayoi Kusama.
Let’s express ourselves by drawing a speckled trout for the 2021 Blowing Rock Trout Derby Art Contest
Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary African-American painter, best known for his realistic images of African-Americans, many posed like historic images of kings or other people of privilege and power. Sometimes his portraits feature famous people such as President Obama, but other times he uses models of strangers he meets on city streets from around the globe.
Learn more about this amazing artist and follow along to create your own collage & painting portrait in the style of Kehinde Wiley.
In honor of Black History Month and upcoming Valentine Holiday, let’s revisit the work of Alma Woodsey Thomas, and create a heart painting in her style.
Let’s express ourselves by creating Pixel art. All of your favorite video game characters and emojis are created with pixels!
Let’s express ourselves by painting a winter landscape inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.”
Let’s express ourselves by creating improvisational art inspired by music in the style of Wassily Kandinsky. This is part two of a two week exploration of Kandinsky’s art.
Let’s express ourselves by creating a color study in the style of Wassily Kandinsky. Next week for part 2 of our Kandinsky artist study, we will focus on music inspired art creation.
Video lessons with Ms. Jennifer:
Lesson Plans
Andrèa Keys Connell: Pattern Mapping
Patrick Dougherty: Pilgrimage
Arlee Mains: A Life in Watauga
Jack Boul: Land, City, Home
Community Outreach
A community outreach program designed to augment the art curriculum for kindergartners through fourth graders at Blowing Rock Elementary School.
BRAHM is proud to offer a Free Field Trip Program for public and home schools in Watauga, Ashe, Avery, and Caldwell counties. A limited number of reimbursements for school bus transportation are available for Watauga County schools that receive Title I funding, thanks to a grant from St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church.
Each year, BRAHM offers several free, family-friendly days of fun, education, and celebration. Including our holiday open house, spooky stories & creepy crafts, and arctic art at BrrrRAHM.
In honor of Henri Rousseau’s birthday on May 21, 1844, let’s make a tropical jungle collage project!