September First Friday

Art + Friends + Fun = First Friday at the Turchin! Join us for a curator-led tour of the brand new Campus Arts Corridor featuring the work of seven outstanding North Carolina sculptors. Tours at 5:30 and 7 pm.Join us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts […]

October First Friday at the Turchin!

Art + Friends + Fun = First Friday at the Turchin!Join us for a curator-led tour of Multitudes: Bart Vargas at 5:30 and 7 pm as part of Climate Justice Month.Join us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the […]

GALLERYtalk: Andrea Keys Connell, Faculty Biennial

Location: TCVA Gallery A Cost: FREEJoin Andrea Keys Connell as she talks about her work and her process for creating. Connell's work is part of the Art Department Faculty Biennial and the talk with be held in Gallery A where her work is on display. Five years ago, I moved to the mountains. These sculptures […]

November First Friday at the Turchin!

Art + Friends + Fun = First Friday at the Turchin! Join us in Gallery A at 5 pm for a gallery talk with Andrea Keys ConnellJoin us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the Downtown Boone Art Crawl. […]

GALLERYtalk – Kiliii Yuyan: Thin Places

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Location: Gallery A Cost: FREEJoin Kiliii Yuyan in Gallery A as he talks about his exhibition, Thin Places.   I will always remember those nights with the burning, glowing embrace of the fireflies. In the space around my body, they floated like a thousand miniature green-yellow lanterns, blazing long enough to be seen, but gone […]

Fizzy First Friday at the Turchin!

Signe StuartSandra MurchisonKiliii YuyanJoin us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the Downtown Boone Art Crawl. Residents, visitors and the Appalachian State University community are invited to TCVA to experience the exhibitions featured in its six galleries. Valentine's Day […]

May First Friday: Turchin Center’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!

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The Turchin Center Turns 20!  Celebrating two decades of excellence in exhibition, education and outreach programming in the visual arts FREE EVENT Celebrate summer at the Turchin Center at this fun and festive event, while engaging with a variety of new exhibitions, discovering the world of the contemporary visual arts, and connecting with others who share a passion […]

June First Friday at the Turchin

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Benjamin Erlandson, The New River, Ashe County Line, NC, 2023The Turchin Center is 20!  Celebrating two decades of excellence in exhibition, educationand outreach programming in the visual arts FREE EVENT Celebrate summer at the Turchin Center at this fun and festive event, while engaging with a variety of new exhibitions, discovering the world of the contemporary visual […]

Summer Exhibition Celebration

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Peter Merts, an artist with his painting in the art studio at San Quentin State Prison, 2015The Turchin Center Turns 20!  Celebrating two decades of excellence in exhibition, educationand outreach programming in the visual arts FREE EVENT Celebrate summer at the Turchin Center at this fun and festive event, while engaging with a variety of new exhibitions, […]

37th Rosen Sculpture Walk with the Juror

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

photo: Andrew Light, Divergent, 36th Rosen Sculpture Competition First Place Award Winner37th Rosen Sculpture Walk with the JurorThe Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is an annual national juried competition presented by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, as part of An Appalachian Summer Festival. The nationally recognized program has showcased contemporary American sculpture in outdoor […]

August First Friday

Art + Friends + Fun = First Friday at the Turchin! Join us on the first Friday of every month as the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) is open late as part of the Downtown Boone Art Crawl. Residents, visitors and the Appalachian State University community are invited to TCVA to experience the […]

September First Friday Art Crawl

Art + Friends + Fun = First Friday at the Turchin!Join us Friday, September 1, 2023 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts as we celebrate the First Friday Art Crawl, in partnership with Downtown Boone. First Friday Art Crawl: 5-8pm Book Launch and Poetry Reading by Joseph Bathanti: 5-6pm You won't want to […]