Name: Summer Concert Series: Music in the Park 2025
Start: 2025-08-14T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-14T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Broyhill Park

August 2025
Exhibition: Daingerfield & The Tonalist Instinct

August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - October 19, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

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

Daingerfield & The Tonalist Instinct explores the development of Tonalism, a distinctly American artistic movement responding to early modernist impulses in painting. Emerging in the latter half of the 19th century, Tonalism was characterized by subtle color harmonies, soft atmospheric effects, and contemplative, mood-driven scenes. Often emphasizing twilight or dawn landscapes, tonalist works evoke introspective, serene, or even ominous atmospheres, prioritizing mood and emotional resonance over detailed realism.

Free Entry
Exhibition: The Shape of Color – Understanding Color Theory in BRAHM’s Collection

August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - December 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

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

This exhibition explores key milestones in the history of color theory through seven case studies, each centered on a single work of art from BRAHM’s Permanent Collection. Alongside these works, diagrams and historical models illustrate how color has been classified, studied, and understood over time. By examining these varied approaches, The Shape of Color invites us to consider the ways in which color influences our perception, emotions, and the visual world around us.

Free Entry
Exhibition: Mary Lou Higgins – Sibylline Faces

August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

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

This exhibiton presents a selection of ceramic works and drawings by MaryLou Higgins (1926–2012), an artist active in North Carolina throughout her prolific career. Best known for her illustrative approach to ceramics, Higgins worked across multiple media, creating a body of work defined by intricate draftsmanship and a focus on the female figure.

Free Entry
Exhibition: Arlee Mains – A Life in Watauga

August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 29, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

This intimate installation of ten “memory paintings” by Arlee Mains (1935–2019) offers a vivid and affectionate portrait of early 20th-century life in the mountains of western North Carolina. A lifelong resident of Watauga County and a self-taught artist, Mains drew upon family stories, personal recollections, and regional traditions to create painted scenes of everyday Appalachian life.

Free Entry
Called to Response: Exploring Mary Lou Higgins with Akal Dev Sharonne

August 7, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

BRAHM invites performers to respond to our exhibitions in a new program series we’re naming Called to Response. Join Akal Dev Sharonne as she responds to the ceramic works of Mary Lou Higgins’ exhibition Mary Lou Higgins: Sibylline Faces.

Free
Helping Hands Concert Series presents: Gary Morris & Presley Barker

August 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Hayes Auditorium 191 Main St. W, Banner Elk, NC, United States

All artists are donating their time to raise money for Hurricane Helene victims in the greater Banner Elk area. The concerts are organized by the non-profit Elk River Helping Hands, with proceeds distributed directly to hurricane victims in Avery and Watauga counties.
Full Moon Paddle on Price Lake

August 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Full Moon Paddle on Price Lake

Price Lake Boat Rentals 3636 Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Price Lake Boat Rentals will be offering canoes, double kayaks, and single kayaks for rent to enjoy paddling around Price Lake under the full moon! See Price Lake and the Blue Ridge Parkway in a whole new light. Registration is required ahead of time.

$35 – $45
Junior Naturalist Day

August 9, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

Junior Naturalist Program activities throughout the day will be provided specifically for children ages 5-12, but all ages are welcome!

Included with Admission
2025 BRAHM Gala

August 9, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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

The 2025 BRAHM Gala is currently at full capacity. If you would like to be placed on a waitlist to be contacted if there are further opportunities to purchase sponsorships or individual tickets please contact Hannah Chaney
Carl Ratliff Jazz Quartet

August 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, United States

Carl Ratliff, saxophones; Lovell Bradford, Sr., Piano/Keyboard., Lovell Bradford, Jr., Bass; Malcom Charles, Drums.

$25
Artists in Residence: Claire Earwood & Skip Sickler

August 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - August 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

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

This free art show allows people to browse art from local artists, meet the artist, and purchase art directly from the artisan. Artists are often glad to talk about their process and answer questions. Different artists will be featured each week from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends.

Free Entry
Summer Concert Series: Music in the Park 2025

August 14, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Broyhill Park 173 Lakeside Drive, Blowing Rock, NC

Head over to Broyhill Park (173 Lakeside Dr.) for a free concert! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the sounds of local artists in a serene setting. 5-7 pm

Free

August 2025