Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Behind the Curtain at the Rosen-Schaffel Competition Moderated by Dr. James Douthit, with previous competition winners Winfred Felton and Amber Koeppen. Hayes School of Music Dean, Dr. James Douthit, hosts a panel featuring past winners of this remarkable competition program that has played a pivotal role in launching […]
Nina Elder, CranesLocation: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Turchin Center Exhibition Profile: Passage/Time Pieces Moderated by Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Senior Curator, Mary Anne Redding, with visiting artists Michael Harrison and Nina Elder. Passage/Time Pieces consists of an installation of graphic drawings by Nina Elder and an installation of original music by Michael […]
Nina Elder, WheatPassage An installation of live music by Michael Harrison with musicians Elliot Cole, Ina Filip, and Benoit Rolland. Lighting by Nina Elder In partnership with Time Pieces Drawings by Nina ElderPassage and Time Pieces are closely related but separate installations originally conceived by composer and performer Michael Harrison and artist Nina Elder. The immersive […]
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, […]
Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Meet the Rosen Sculpture Competition Juror Jennifer Hecker Jennifer Hecker has an extensive and diverse exhibition record that includes solo exhibits, commissions, collaborative installations, public art projects, outdoor sculpture displays, adjudicated exhibitions, and permanent collections. She has been the recipient of awards from the Jerome Foundation, the 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 […]
Dance Theater of Harlem Artists, Dylan Santos, Derek Brockington, Amanda Smith and Anthony SantosLocation: Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts Cost: FREE Dance Theatre of Harlem: A Conversation with Robert Garland Join in an early evening conversation at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts with Dance Theatre of Harlem’s new Artistic Director, Robert […]
Turchin Center Founding Curator, Hank ForemanLocation: Turchin Center Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Celebrating Twenty Years of Turchin Center Exhibition Programs Join us to hear from the Turchin Center’s Founding Director and Chief Curator, Hank Foreman (who now serves as the university’s Vice Chancellor for External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff), and […]
Artist’s Statement: The exhibition, Considering Carbon, consists of a series of drawings and cut-paper wall installations which explore the theme of fossil fuels, specifically oil and coal. In the exhibition, I use different visual and conceptual approaches to examine the physical, material qualities of coal and oil, as I aim to heighten an awareness of […]
Michael O'Neill, Untitled, 2023Curatorial Statement: More commonly associated with the literary arts, particularly notable writers like Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, and Salman Rushdie, Magical Realism reveals the hidden undercurrents of magic and fantasy in the worlds we create and occupy. Distinct from, but related to Surrealism, Magical Realism was first applied to the visual […]
April Flanders, Teredo navalisThe Turchin Center is 20! Celebrating two decades of excellence in exhibition, educationand outreach programming in the visual arts FREE EVENT Celebrate SPRING 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 […]