An Original Challenge

The Bascom’s Member Recognition Event and Artist Reception draws upon the deep pool of talent flourishing on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau.

Each summer The Bascom presents a juried exhibition opportunity open only to Bascom-supporting members, aptly named The Bascom Member Challenge. The 2023 Member Challenge encourages member artists to think deeply regarding how their work responds to the annual theme, “Origins,” and to create an accompanying written statement that is submitted with the work.

Three jurors with long-term connections to The Bascom and the Plateau are serving this year. Diane C. McPhail, Rosemary Clark-Stiefel, and Mary Lou CarpenterBilbro, have thoughtfully collaborated to select the talented group of Bascom Member artists who will exhibit together in the Thompson gallery this summer.

Thirty-five artists will be included n the exhibition for 2023 including:

J. Aaron Alderman, Margie Bauer, Beth Batson, Jan Best, Beth Bowser, Ken Bowser, Cath Connolly Hudson, Carol Conti, Barbara DeMaire, Cory

Erneston, Deborah Feiste, David Genest, Bob Gregory, Gwen Greenglass, Marti Grinberg, Caleb Hayes, Leslie Jeffery, Barbara Jamison, Kim Keelor, Colleen Kastner, Gary Kornheiser, Sandy Kornheiser, Toni Lyons Phillips, Katherine McClure, Josephine Miller, Jennifer Stack Moore, Penny Pollock, Carol Rivers, Sarah Riley, Barbara Sallows, Beth Stern, Ann Cox Strub, Martha Sutherland-Wright, Corbin Tucker, and Helen Ziga.

In addition to the exhibition, on display through September 16, a public reception and Bascom supporting Members celebration will be held at The Bascom on August 10, from 5:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. The Bascom depends on member support to sustain the organization and the extensive schedule of public programs offered to the community each year.

by Billy Love, The Bascom