Programs & Events
Experience Art & Discover History through our unique programming, educational offerings, and special events.
Monthly Programming
Seasonal & Special Events
The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Doors Open: 10:15 am
Talk Begins: 11:00 am, followed by lunch
Location: Blowing Rock Country Club
The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.
A multi-day plein air painting event that concludes with a "Wet Paint" Art Show & Sale where collectors and the public are invited view and purchase the unique works that highlight the incredible beauty of the High Country.
The BRAHM Gala is our most anticipated event of the year and a fundraiser you don’t want to miss. Join us each summer for an elegant evening of dining, live music, live auction, and fun.
Friday, June 21, 2024
Doors Open: 10:15 am
Talk Begins: 11:00 am, followed by lunch
Location: Blowing Rock Country Club
RESERVATION & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED IN THE SPRING
A multi-day plein air painting event that concludes with a "Wet Paint" Art Show & Sale where collectors and the public are invited view and purchase the unique works that highlight the incredible beauty of the High Country.
Hands-On Offerings
Workshops for Adults
Create art in a relaxed atmosphere facilitated by various local artists and art instructors. Each participant goes home with a finished work of art.
Offering a variety of studio workshops for adults with differing skill levels. Learn from guest instructors utilizing a variety of mediums.
BRAHM summer art camps are back! Your budding artist aged 7-12 is invited to join us for these fun filled 3-day, 4-hour camps.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-10 year olds
Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult
Process-based art activities plus storytime!
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.
Travel
Every year BRAHM offers several opportunities for our members and friends to travel with us to various cultural hot-spots on the East Coast. With tours of museums, galleries, and private collections often led by curators and collectors, these trips are not to be missed. Early registration is offered to our Society Level Members first. General registration for all BRAHM patrons is available several months before the trip date.
Upcoming Member Trips
Travel with BRAHM: The Danube Waltz with Viking
October 6–13, 2026
Join BRAHM for our inaugural travel partnership with Viking, offering our members an exclusive opportunity to sail the iconic Danube River from Passau to Budapest along Viking’s acclaimed Danube Waltz itinerary.
Upcoming Events
Join the High Country's favorite Jazz artist, Todd Wright, as he gives us a sneak preview of this year's festival headliners:El Arte del Bolero: Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo, Spyro Gyra, Wycliffe Gordon, and the Emmet Cohen Trio.
Take time for yourself for a special series we are calling Lunch & Learn: A Slow Art Experience.
Join us at the Western Watauga Community Center from 12 PM to 2 PM for a free art class. Registration not required. Open to the public. Materials provided. Classes brought to you by BRAHM and the Watauga County Project on Aging.
Felting, sewing, weaving, paper making and more! Explore fibers in a fun and supportive summer camp for ages 8-14.
Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.
Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric Devrie will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult: Process-based art activities plus storytime.
In 2024, BRAHM was awarded the prestigious IMLS “Inspire! Small Museums” grant. The goal of this project was to build community and promote neural plasticity amongst senior citizens living in Watauga County using their particular love of fiber arts. This grant funded a series of peer-led workshops in a variety of fiber media, all of which were free to the public and took place at the Lois E Harrill Senior Center in Boone, and the Western Watauga Community Center in Sugar Grove, NC. The works in the exhibition were created during these workshops or illustrate techniques taught in the workshops.
BRAHM invites performers to respond to our exhibitions in a series we’re naming Called to Response. This month we welcome singer-songwriter Noan Partly to respond to Field Studies. This program is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Bryant and Nancy Hanley Foundation.