20th Anniversary Appalachian Mountain Photography Celebration

Bickers Family Gallery

Byron Tenesaca-Guaman, La VirgenIn honor of the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition’s (AMPC) 20th Anniversary, University Recreation, in partnership with the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State and […]

37th Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

Outdoor campus

David Sheldon, Orion, 2020- 37th Rosen Sculpture Competition First Place WinnerThe Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by An Appalachian Summer Festival and the Turchin Center […]

Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grant Recipients 2021 & 2022

Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries

Ella Morton, Blomstrandbreen #2, 2016Founded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the not-for-profit organization CENTER supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships. Image-making holds a unique power to […]

Memento Mori: Death and the Art of Living, Larassa Kabel

Mayer Gallery

Larassa Kabel, TombExploring that which makes us most uncomfortable, Larassa Kabel explores the emotional and intellectual space between life and death, love and loss. Through drawing, painting, performance, and sculpture, […]

June First Friday at the Turchin

All Galleries

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 […]

Celebrating Music in Art

Catherine J. Smith Gallery

Unknown Artist, Tyne Guitar, 2021Leonce de Doncieres, Lute Musician, 1919Celebrating Music in Art: Selections from the Artinian Music in Art Collection from the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Permanent Collection  Schaefer Center […]

Passage / Time Pieces

Hodges, Bickers and Community Galleries

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 […]

Summer Exhibition Celebration

All Galleries

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 […]

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 […]