Exhibit: Dail Dixon – Modern at Scale

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

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.

Free Entry

Exhibit: Anna Buckner: And other Myths

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

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.

Free Entry

Exhibit: Storyboard to Storybook at BRAHM

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

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.

Free Entry

Exhibit: Ship/Shape at BRAHM

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

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.

Free Entry

Sit & Stitch at BRAHM

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Bring your own supplies and projects to work on and workshop with the group! Bring friends or make new ones.

Ready to start a new project? Sit and Stitch will meet the first Saturday & third Friday of every month. Admission is free for everyone.

Free

Ski Patrol Candidate Recruitment Days at App Ski

Appalachian Ski Mountain 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock, NC

Interested in joining the Appalachian Ski Patrol? Register for one of the Candidate Recruitment Days, where participants can get a close look behind the scenes at what being a Ski Patroller is all about.

Mindfulness Meditation Group at BRAHM

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

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.

Free

First Sunday 1/2 Night Special at App Ski

Appalachian Ski Mountain 940 Ski Mountain Road, Blowing Rock, NC

Dec. 1, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, and Mar. 2, tickets for Sunday’s 1/2 night session are only $12. Tickets must be purchased online by noon the day of the session to receive special rate. See you on the slopes!

$12

Blowing Rock Trout Derby

Broyhill Park 173 Lakeside Drive, Blowing Rock, NC

For over four decades, we've been celebrating the opening of Trout Season with friendly competition and prizes! Prizes for kids and adults, with free entry and participation.

Free

Art in the Park

Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce 132 Park Ave, Blowing Rock NC, NC, United States

Art in the Park hosts some of the best local and regional artists! Craftspeople showcase their handcrafted jewelry, pottery, fiber, glass, photography, painting and more in this juried show.

Free Entry

Concert in the Park: Alair Summer Concert Series

Memorial Park 1036 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC

Mark your calendars for the 2025 Alair Homes High Country Summer Concert Series! Hosted in Downtown Blowing Rock at Memorial Park, this year’s concert series is a food drive for @HungerHealthCoalition’s A Simple Gesture Program.

FREE

Artists in Residence Begins

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Free art shows in Blowing Rock! Daily through Labor Day, new artists every Monday.

Meet different High Country artists each week. Buy original art directly from artists- Art for every interest and budget.

Free Entry