Programs & Events

Experience Art & Discover History through our unique programming, educational offerings, and special events.

Click here for our calendar of upcoming events

Monthly Programming 

Programs
TAC Talks
TAC Talks

Featuring scholars from around the country, the lectures are selected to provide supplemental information on our current exhibits or to highlight the history and heritage of the mountains.

Read more →

Seasonal & Special Events

Programs
2026 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival
2026 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival

A multi-day plein air painting event that concludes with a Show & Sale where collectors and the public are invited view and purchase the unique works that highlight the incredible beauty of the High Country.

Read more →
An Evening with Darren Poupore
An Evening with Darren Poupore

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Time: 6:30 pm

Location: The Blowing Rock Art & History Museum

Read more →
2026 BRAHM Gala
2026 BRAHM Gala

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.

Read more →
2026 BRAHM Luncheon
2026 BRAHM Luncheon

Friday, June 26, 2026

Time: 11 am

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

Read more →
2025 BRAHM Summer Luncheon
2025 BRAHM Summer Luncheon

Friday, June 26 or 27, 2025

Time: 3 pm or 6 pm

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

Read more →
2025 BRAHM Summer Cocktail Buffet or Tea
2025 BRAHM Summer Cocktail Buffet or Tea

Friday, June 27, 2025

Doors Open: 10:15 am

Talk Begins: 11:00 am, followed by lunch

Location: Blowing Rock Country Club

Read more →
2025 Gala Aspect.png

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.

Read more →
2025 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival
2025 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival

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.

Read more →
2024 Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Tartan Gala
2024 Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Tartan Gala

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.

Read more →
2024 Summer Luncheon
2024 Summer Luncheon

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

Read more →

 Hands-On Offerings

Workshops for Adults 

Programs
Cork & Canvas
Cork & Canvas

Create art in a relaxed atmosphere facilitated by various local artists and art instructors. Each participant goes home with a finished work of art.

Read more →
Studio Workshops
Studio Workshops

Offering a variety of studio workshops for adults with differing skill levels. Learn from guest instructors utilizing a variety of mediums.

Read more →

 
BRAHM for kids logo blue.png
 
Featured
Summer Camps
Summer Camps

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.

Read more →
Afternoon Art Club
Afternoon Art Club

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-10 year olds

Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.

Read more →
Doodlebug Club
Doodlebug Club

Thursdays, 9:30 - 10:30 am | Ideal for preschool-aged children & an adult

Process-based art activities plus storytime!

Read more →
Young at Art
Young at Art

A community outreach program designed to augment the art curriculum for kindergartners through fourth graders at Blowing Rock Elementary School.

Read more →
Free Field Trip & School Bus Reimbursement Program
Free Field Trip & School Bus Reimbursement Program

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.

Read more →
Community Days
Community Days

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.

Read more →

Travel

Programs
Travel with BRAHM
Travel with BRAHM

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.

Read more →

Upcoming Member Trips

Summary Block
This block has no content yet. Items you add to the page connected to this block will display here.
Featured

Upcoming Events

Featured
Afternoon Art: October 27
Oct 27
Afternoon Art: October 27

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm | Ideal for 6-12 year olds: Creative art-making activities highlighting a variety of artists and methods.

Read more →
Lois E. Harrill Senior Center: Jose T. Joya inspired Rice Paper Collage// Filipino Heritage Month
Oct 28
Lois E. Harrill Senior Center: Jose T. Joya inspired Rice Paper Collage// Filipino Heritage Month

Join us at the Lois E. Harrill Senior Center from 10 AM to 12 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. 

Read more →
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Oct 28
Mindfulness Meditation Group

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.

Read more →
Honoring Nature: A BRAHM & Speckled Trout Collaboration
Oct 29
Honoring Nature: A BRAHM & Speckled Trout Collaboration

Honoring Nature Collab Test

Read more →
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Nov 4
Mindfulness Meditation Group

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.

Read more →
Breaking Ground
Nov 5
Breaking Ground

Join us for an evening with photographer Joshua White. Selection from White's tintype photography series, Breaking Ground, is featured in the exhibition Field Studies: Ways of Knowing Place in Southern Appalachia. For the past seven years Joshua White has spent time with families living and working on small-scale farms in western Watauga County. The resulting series, Breaking Ground, documents people, fields, tools, structures, animals, and the rhythms of labor that shape life close to the land. 

Read more →
ARS POETICA IV Reception
Nov 12
ARS POETICA IV Reception

Come celebrate the artists and poets of ARS POETICA IV exhibition!

Read more →
Studio Saturday: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month
Nov 14
Studio Saturday: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month

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. Materials and snacks provided. 

Read more →
Western Watauga Community Center: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month
Nov 16
Western Watauga Community Center: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month

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. 

Read more →
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Nov 18
Mindfulness Meditation Group

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.

Read more →
Lois E. Harrill Senior Center: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month
Nov 25
Lois E. Harrill Senior Center: Cherokee Beadwork Inspired Paintings/ Native American Heritage Month

Join us at the Lois E. Harrill Senior Center from 10 AM to 12 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. 

Read more →
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Dec 2
Mindfulness Meditation Group

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.

Read more →
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Dec 16
Mindfulness Meditation Group

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.

Read more →