Upcoming events.
3rd Annual Juried Exhibition - Applications Accepted
Applications for the Arts Council Third Annual Juried Exhibition will be accepted from June 15 - July 10. The juror for this year’s exhibition is Michael Manes, director and co-owner of Blue Spiral 1 art gallery in Asheville.
Artists ages 18 and older are invited to submit up to 3 pieces of artwork . Application deadline is 11.59pm on July 10.
The registration fee is $40 per artist ($35 for Arts Council members at the $100 level or higher; call us for your discount code).
Click here to access the Prospectus for this exhibit.
19th Annual Duck Race!
Join your friends for the Arts Council’s 19th Annual Duck Race at Kings Creek on the Brevard College campus! Sponsor a duck - or a family of ducks - to race the creek to win cash and prizes for their sponsors! First place - $200; Second place - $75! Plus prizes for 3rd - 10th places and for the very last duck. Race time is 6pm sharp!
Slab Happy with Libby Hawk - Class 1 of 4
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council for this professional ceramics artist Libby Hawk.
In this class, Libby will guide participants as they explores clay’s limitless creative forms at the artist’s handbuilding fingertips. This four-week course focuses on slab-building techniques and approaches while considering the whole clay process in service of each participants’ vision. Participants will learn to work with slabs to accomplish creative sculptural and functional projects.
Four Saturdays, July 12 - August 2; 9.30am-12.30pm.
Slab Happy with Libby Hawk - Class 2 of 4
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council for this professional ceramics artist Libby Hawk.
In this class, Libby will guide participants as they explores clay’s limitless creative forms at the artist’s handbuilding fingertips. This four-week course focuses on slab-building techniques and approaches while considering the whole clay process in service of each participants’ vision. Participants will learn to work with slabs to accomplish creative sculptural and functional projects.
Four Saturdays, July 12 - August 2; 9.30am-12.30pm.
Slab Happy with Libby Hawk - Class 3 of 4
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council for this professional ceramics artist Libby Hawk.
In this class, Libby will guide participants as they explores clay’s limitless creative forms at the artist’s handbuilding fingertips. This four-week course focuses on slab-building techniques and approaches while considering the whole clay process in service of each participants’ vision. Participants will learn to work with slabs to accomplish creative sculptural and functional projects.
Four Saturdays, July 12 - August 2; 9.30am-12.30pm.
Slab Happy with Libby Hawk - Class 4 of 4
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council for this professional ceramics artist Libby Hawk.
In this class, Libby will guide participants as they explores clay’s limitless creative forms at the artist’s handbuilding fingertips. This four-week course focuses on slab-building techniques and approaches while considering the whole clay process in service of each participants’ vision. Participants will learn to work with slabs to accomplish creative sculptural and functional projects.
Four Saturdays, July 12 - August 2; 9.30am-12.30pm.
What if? - A Three-Day Master Class with Mary Alice Braukman
Join internationally award-winning artist Mary Alice Braukman for this exciting 3-day workshop designed to encourage participants to take their art in new directions!
Mastering the Basic: Pottery Wheel with Alia
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council as Alia guides you through the foundation and some of the intricacies of throwing pots on the pottery wheel!
All beginners and intermediate potters are welcome!
In this hands-on, drill-based course, students will learn skills for the first time, warm up rusty skills, or hone skills through repetition, with an emphasis on one-on-one instruction and individual growth!
Specific skills will include:
centering (1-3 lbs.)
pulling vessel walls
shaping vessels
trimming
glazing with brushes and commercial glazes
Students’ best pots will be fired in our kilns at the end of the course.
When: 4 Saturdays; September 6, 13, 20, & 27; 9:30am-12:30pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bard in Brevard, in partnership with the Arts Council, presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Veronica Leone Matthews!
Join us for an unforgettable journey into Alice Liddell’s Wonderland and an enchanting world of love, mischief, and magic, June 6, 7, and 8 (all performances at 7:30 pm).
Admission is free, with a $10 donation appreciated. Bring your own chair and enjoy the show as we bring Shakespeare's story to life on the Arts Council lawn!
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bard in Brevard, in partnership with the Arts Council, presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Veronica Leone Matthews!
Join us for an unforgettable journey into Alice Liddell’s Wonderland and an enchanting world of love, mischief, and magic, June 6, 7, and 8 (all performances at 7:30 pm).
Admission is free, with a $10 donation appreciated. Bring your own chair and enjoy the show as we bring Shakespeare's story to life on the Arts Council lawn!
Transylvania Art Guild Summer Showcase
The Arts Council is excited to host the Transylvania Art Guild’s 2025 Summer Showcase, opening May 23 and running through June 21.
Transylvania Art Guild Summer Showcase
The Arts Council is excited to host the Transylvania Art Guild’s 2025 Summer Showcase, opening May 23 and running through June 21.
Teens Wheel Throwing Pottery Class (Ages 14-17)
Ideal for older beginners or returning students! Practice the basics of wheel-thrown pottery, with Alia’s guidance and instruction. Then, bring your best pieces to life in the glaze kiln at the end of the session!
Four Thursdays, May 22 - June 12; 3.30-5.15pm.
For teens ages 14-17 (or with instructor’s permission).
Transylvania County Schools Student Art Exhibition
The Arts Council is hosting the annual Transylvania County Public Schools (TCS) Student Art Show from May 7-17. The exhibit highlights creative projects undertaken in TCS art classrooms during the 2024-2025 school year. Visitors to the exhibit will enjoy artwork created by students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Schools represented in the exhibit include: Rosman Elementary, Brevard Elementary, Pisgah Forest Elementary, TC Henderson Elementary, Rosman Middle, Brevard Middle, Rosman High, and Brevard High.
FINAL DAY OF EXHIBITION
Saturday, May 17, 1-4pm
Transylvania County Schools Student Art Exhibition
The Arts Council is hosting the annual Transylvania County Public Schools (TCS) Student Art Show from May 7-17. The exhibit highlights creative projects undertaken in TCS art classrooms during the 2024-2025 school year. Visitors to the exhibit will enjoy artwork created by students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Schools represented in the exhibit include: Rosman Elementary, Brevard Elementary, Pisgah Forest Elementary, TC Henderson Elementary, Rosman Middle, Brevard Middle, Rosman High, and Brevard High.
Third Thursday Open Mic Night
Join your friends for Third Thursday at Transylvania Arts, an open mic night for writers, on Thursday, May 15. The event takes place in the Arts Council Gallery at 349 South Caldwell Street.
Writers of all ages are invited to share their work in any genre, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, slam, and hybrid. New this month—singer-songwriters welcome! Solo musicians can present a 4-minute sample of original music.
Our May event will feature Richard Morgan, a poet who grew up in Newburgh, New York, sixty miles north of New York City. Morgan was a teacher for more than 50 years, and a poet even longer. His first book, I Am Sea Glass, was published in 2011, and his eleventh collection, Poemshine, was published in 2023. Richard and his wife, artist Pat Morgan, moved to Hendersonville in 2018 and live with the wind on the side of a mountain. He teaches poetry workshops and writes every day.
Registration begins at 6.15pm and the microphone opens at 6.30pm.
Each writer has 4 minutes to present their work, and the moderator will sound a chime to signal when time expires. The event concludes at 7.30pm.
The public is invited to attend and enjoy an evening of readings by some of our talented local writers. Although there is no cost to attend our Open Mic, the Arts Council respectfully requests a $5 donation from presenters to offset overhead costs. Come enjoy an evening of fun and creativity!
Transylvania County Schools Student Art Exhibition
The Arts Council is hosting the annual Transylvania County Public Schools (TCS) Student Art Show from May 7-17. The exhibit highlights creative projects undertaken in TCS art classrooms during the 2024-2025 school year. Visitors to the exhibit will enjoy artwork created by students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
Schools represented in the exhibit include: Rosman Elementary, Brevard Elementary, Pisgah Forest Elementary, TC Henderson Elementary, Rosman Middle, Brevard Middle, Rosman High, and Brevard High.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Ceramic Smoke Firing: A Workshop with Nick Friedman
Join your pottery friends at the Arts Council for this one-day workshop with Nick Friedman, professional ceramics artist and owner of Duck Pond Pottery. Nick will demonstrate a variety of techniques as he preps pieces for pit-firing, including:
layering of slips, underglazes & terra sigliata
paper masking & wax resists
use of silkscreen transfers
Then, we will reconvene at Duck Pond Pottery for a live smoke firing where Nick will demonstrate pit-firing techniques, followed by a final result reveal!
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Brevard College Chamber Music Exhibition
Enjoy a variety of musical styles, from classical to contemporary, performed by talented Brevard College senior music students, at the Arts Council Gallery under the direction of Dr. Nick Stow.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Teens & Tweens Wheel Throwing Pottery Class
IBring your creativity and join Alia in the pottery studio for this fun after school class. Students will learn the process of making pots on the wheel from throwing to glazing.
When: 4 Mondays, March 24 - April 14; 3.30-5.00pm
What to Bring: A Smile! Water and a snack, if you’d like.
Includes: Clay, community glazes, firing
Third Thursday Open Mic Night
Open to all genres, including music. Registration begins at 6.15pm, and the event begins promptly at 6.30. Each reader is limited to a 4-minute presentation.
Music Appreciation with Mark Hall
Symbolism in Early 20th Century French Music: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Contemporaries:
Join your friends for this 6-week class as Mark leads us into the captivating world of Symbolism—a movement that revolutionized art, poetry, and, yes, music! Expect a fun, engaging dive into the lush soundscapes and mysterious moods of late 19th and early 20th-century French music. Refreshments included.
6 Wednesdays, March 19 - April 23; 6-8pm
Recommended donation, $10 per class meeting
Registration requested, but not required.
Inspired by a Song - Opening "Meet the Artists" Reception
Join us for the opening reception of “Inspired by a Song” on Friday, February 28, from 5-7pm. Visit with the artists and other arts enthusiasts as you explore the sights - and sounds - of this special exhibit. Light refreshments will be served.
Arts Supply Tag Sale
The Arts Council is having an Art Supply Tag Sale! Stop by the Arts Council and shop for new and used (mostly) art supplies, cameras, camera and photography accessories), artifacts, and related items (office supplies, printers, etc.). Two days only. Cash/check preferred.
Arts Supply Tag Sale
The Arts Council is having an Art Supply Tag Sale! Stop by the Arts Council and shop for new and used (mostly) art supplies, cameras, camera and photography accessories), artifacts, and related items (office supplies, printers, etc.). Two days only. Cash/check preferred.
"Community" - Exhibit Closing
“Community” has been such an amazing exhibit to kick off 2025 that we hate to see it come to an end! “Community” will draw to a close on Saturday, February 15th. Gallery hours are 1-4pm, and from 2.30-4pm, we’ll have cookies and lemonade for artists who want to pick up their work, and art lovers who want to pick up their purchased items, and for anyone else who would like to drop by. We hope to see you Saturday!
Intro to Bookbinding with Anne Murray
Join artist/ educator Anne Murray for this introductory bookbinding class! Participants will learn basic sewn bindings where the stitching is a decorative element. Four styles of stitching will be covered, with options for variations on each style.
Create 5-6 beautiful and functional books to keep or give away... just in time for the holiday season!
Kids Thanksgiving Clay Workshop
Join us in the Ceramics studio on Saturday, November 23rd from 9-12 pm where we will create fun Thanksgiving / autumn pieces. Your work will be ready for pick up on Nov. 29.
Open to ages 8-13.
Led by arts educator Becky Winans.