Dail Dixon, FAIA, is an architect, craftsman, and a modernist at heart. This installation, featuring works from his woodworking studio, explores how this celebrated North Carolina architect, known for his innovative design sensibilities, translates modernist principles into playful, functional artworks.
Anna Buckner is a painter in the most expanded sense. An interdisciplinary artist and maker, she creates compositions at the intersection of textile patterning, graphic design, and painting. And other Myths is a body of work that leverages the storytelling potential of quilting within the context of painterly composition and design precision.
This exhibition celebrates the artists behind beloved children’s books of the mid-20th century, offering a glimpse into the creative process of illustration and storytelling.
SHIP/SHAPE is a dynamic exhibition featuring more than 20 paintings and sculptures, from painter Page Laughlin and sculptor David Finn, that explore and delight in the various manifestations of ships as image, symbol and metaphor.
Sarah Vaughn’s Considerations invites visitors to step into a landscape of thousands of carefully crafted glass river rocks. Made using techniques like blowing, flame-working, casting, and laminating, these fragile stones are stacked and arranged to create an immersive installation that explores how we experience and remember the world around us.
This March take some time for yourself by joining BRAHM for Write to be Fully Alive.
Nancy Dorrier will lead freewriting workshops every Saturday in March, from 11:30 am to 1 pm. You’re welcome to attend one, some, or all.
Join The Embers Restaurant this Friday and Saturday night for fun, piano bar entertainment from local performer, Blake Pace! 5-8pm, no cover. In restaurants and piano bars and private events, from coast to coast and on the occasional cruise ship in between, Blake Pace has brought joy to generations of folks who come to listen and leave as part of the family. Spontaneous sing-alongs are often part of the fun, and one of Blake’s favorite things is to accompany other singers and musicians. At one Washington, DC area restaurant, most nights turned into impromptu cabaret shows, to the enjoyment of participants and listeners alike. On nights when the crowd desires a warm musical backdrop to their convivial conversation, Blake stays in step, delivering whatever fits the mood, moment by moment. Don't miss the fun! Come see for yourself; join in or sit back as it suits you. Blake is waiting to welcome you and offer an enjoyable and memorable experience. More info on Embers Hotel & Restaurant
Participants need to have some basic knowledge of weaving and be able to warp their looms prior to this workshop. Weavers will explore a variety of boundweave techniques while weaving a sampler of different designs and color combinations.
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 DeVere will be guiding the weekly meditation group.
This presentation and performance traces the history behind ballads from the Blue Ridge Mountains. While strongly associated with European and British Isles traditions, balladry in the Blue Ridge mountains of western North Carolina and southwestern Virginia reflects a broad range of cultural influences, including roots in and stories connected to African and Native American experiences.
Head over to The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop to get your tunes fix and hear some live music! Thursdays from 6-8pm.
The familiar "Tweet, tweet!" of Tweetsie Railroad's historic narrow-gauge steam locomotives will be heard throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains once again when Tweetsie opens its doors for the 2024 season. Featuring a family-friendly Wild West Adventure for children of all ages.
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