Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Exhibit: Elizabeth Bradford: Time + Terrain

Image Credit: Elizabeth Bradford. Bone Trees, Reflections, 2015. 
Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 60 inches. Courtesy the artist.

BRAHM (The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum) has announced the opening of “Elizabeth Bradford: Time + Terrain”, curated by Carla Hanzal. The exhibition will be on view from August 13 to November 19, 2016, with an opening reception on Thursday, September 1st from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Museum. The event is free and open to the public. Guests are invited to enjoy hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and live music as they experience the works on display. 

Elizabeth Bradford. Stream Near Harper's Creek, 2014

Elizabeth Bradford gleans images from the rural landscape surrounding her family’s ancestral farm in northern Mecklenburg County, where she lives. The expanded scope of her artwork also includes impressions of countries she explores, as well as the wilderness where she kayaks, hikes, and camps. “Slowly, over time, my attention turned to wild places,” explains Bradford. “I found myself breathing deep sighs of relief when I stepped out of civilization and into the forest … I have come to believe that I am now painting the permanent—that wildness will never be fully controlled.”

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum is located at 159 Chestnut Street in Blowing Rock NC. 

Expressive Arts Roundtable at BRAHM

March 10 at The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum - Expressive Arts Roundtable  "Coffee and Conversation" in conjunction with The Painted Song exhibition. BRAHM (Blowing Rock Art and History Museum) is hosting this roundtable 10 AM - 12 PM in the Community Meeting Room in conjunction with the current exhibition, The Painted Song: Art of Wiili Armstrong.

The discussion will be facilitated by Katrina Plato, Jimmy Poplin, Kelly Baruth, Joey Dickson, and Deborah Tallarico through Appalachian State University's Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling. Free and open to the public.

February at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum

This is the Last Week to see the the Watercolor Society of North Carolina exhibit Traveling show on display at The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum. This popular exhibit, the Watercolor Society of North Carolina's 2012 traveling preview show, will be at BRAHM through February 9. Don't miss your opportunity to see these paintings by talented artists from across the state.

The main gallery will be closed from February 11-16 for the deinstallation of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina exhibit and painting in preparation for the installation of the Margaret Morley photography exhibit.

This month's Cork & Canvas is February 21 from 5 until 7PM. It will be led by artist Jill Huffman. Call 828-295-9099 ext. 3006 or email virginia@blowingrockmuseum.org to register. $35 for members; $40 for nonmembers. Includes all supplies, even the wine!

Book Club's next meeting is February 28, 5 -7 PM, in the Community Meeting Room, discussing A Dark and Bloody Ground by Richard D. Blackmon. Come join this interesting group!

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum is located at 159 Chestnut Street (corner of Chestnut and Main) in Blowing Rock, NC

Blowing Rock Art and History Museum Features Photography Exhibit

The next two months at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum (BRAHM) are "picture perfect!" They will be unveiling two new photography exhibits as well as a photography workshop with Lonnie Webster.

On February 21, "The Carolina Mountains: Photography of Margaret Morley" will debut in Blowing Rock. Morley traveled through western North Carolina in the 1890s, photographing the people and landscapes of the High Country. The images are traveling to BRAHM from the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, made possible in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Museum is  also partnering with local collector Bill Spooner and the Catawba County Historical Association to augment the images with three-dimensional historic artifacts.

Continuing the photography theme upstairs in the Historic Objects Gallery, "W.R. Trivett: Imaging the Mountains" opens in early March. Trivett, a self-taught photographer and Watauga County native, photographed scenes and residents of Appalachia during the first half of the twentieth century. The exhibit will feature images from Trivett's glass plate negatives and research conducted by Ralph E. Lentz II, a professor and author of W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman. Appalachian State University's History 5650: Museum Education class, led by Dr. Andrea Burns, will design the exhibit as the focus of their semester.

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum is located at 159 Chestnut Street (corner of Chestnut and Main) in  Blowing Rock, NC.