35th Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

Outdoor campus

Joan Benefiel, Hoodoos: Awarded 1st Place in the 35th Rosen Sculpture Competition. Call for Entries for the 36th annual Rosen competition is open from January 10 - February 25, 2022. For […]

To Be & Become: Corn Wagon Thunder

Community Gallery

Corn Wagon Thunder, Say I were to hold you in my handThe Mysterious Presence of AbsenceMy photographic self-portraiture is borne of a fascination with the Existential questions ‘Who am I?’ […]

19th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition

Mezzanine Gallery

Rhonda Kingen, The Color of Summer. 19th AMPC People's Choice WinnerAppalachian State University Outdoor Programs, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, and Virtual Blue Ridge present the Appalachian Mountain Photography […]

Celestial: Dare Coulter

Mayer Gallery

Dare Coulter: Celestial With the universe as the source of inspiration, the Celestial exhibit is a series of figurative and abstract multimedia works that explore the metaphor of creation. The […]

36th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

36th Rosen Sculpture Competition finalistsThe Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by An Appalachian Summer Festival and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. […]

Art Department Faculty Biennial

Jody Servon, Pandemic Lint The Art Department Faculty Biennial Exhibition is a collaborative exhibition organized by the Smith Gallery and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. These non-juried exhibitions […]

Installation with Ukrainian Flag: Lowell Hayes

Lowell Hayes in the Community GalleryIn this installation, Lowell Hayes, one of Boone’s most well-loved artists, shares his artistic response to the war in Ukraine. His work typically evokes a […]

Folded and Gathered: Nicole Pietrantoni

Nicole Pietrantoni; Still Life (persimmon tree),Inkjet on Kozo paper, acrylic paint, bound into 9 accordion books. Nicole Pietrantoni’s books and installations explore the representation of beauty in times of loss, […]

Multitudes: Bart Vargas

Bart Vargas; Keyboard EggsMULTITUDES is a celebration of Bart Vargas’ use of materials, form, pattern, and color through sculpture and painting. This twenty-year retrospective of Vargas’ work consists of objects […]

Campus Arts Corridor

Outdoor campus

The Campus Arts Corridor, looking back towards the Turchin Center Sculpture has long been a dynamic element on the campus of Appalachian State University and in August 2022, a new […]