BRAHM Night At Turchin Museum

The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum members will share a unique opportunity on Thursday, May 19 from 5:00-7:00 pm. Hank Foreman, Curator of Appalachian State University's Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, has invited BRAHM members to a guided tour of the two exhibitions that are currently shown at the King Street Museum.
In a New Light: America's Brush with Impressionism features a private collection as well as pieces from the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia exploring the impact made by the Impressionist movement on American Art created in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Artists from the United States, who often studied in France, blended the techniques of French Impressionism with their concepts, ideals and goals to create a new American Art for the 20th Century. Impressionism, in various forms, held sway over the work of many Southern Artists until the approach of the mid 20th century.
The second exhibition, The Capture of the Temporal: New works in Photography and Video, emphasizes that with the development of photography in the nineteenth century, a new and seemingly magical way of creating images set in motion a technological and artistic exploration that continues to evolve today. This exciting and challenging exhibition takes a look at some of the best contemporary photography and video.
BRAHM members will enjoy a private guided tour of these exhibitions by Mr. Foreman, and a unique opportunity to see the possibilities that will be available in our own village when the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum is built in a few years. Anyone interested in membership in BRAHM may call Welborn Alexander at 295-5078 or Ginny Stevens at 295-3021.