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, she confronts our view of ourselves “outside of Nature” and our desire to distance ourselves from our mortality. Artist's Statement"I am an interdisciplinary memento mori (“remember […]

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 […]

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 Mezzanine June 24 – August 5, 2023Dr. Artine and Teddy Artinian always had a fondness for Appalachian State University and its art programs. This exhibition represents […]

Artist Spotlight Series: Behind the Curtain at the Rosen-Schaffel Competition

TCVA Lecture Hall

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 […]

Artist Spotlight Series: Turchin Center Exhibition Profile: Passage/Time Pieces

TCVA Lecture Hall

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 […]

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 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 […]

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, […]

Artist Spotlight Series: Meet the Rosen Sculpture Competition Juror, Jennifer Hecker

TCVA Lecture Hall

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 […]

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 […]

Artist Spotlight Series: Dance Theater of Harlem: A Conversation with Robert Garland

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

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 […]

Artist Spotlight Series: Celebrating Twenty Years of Turchin Center Exhibition Programs

TCVA Lecture Hall

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 […]

Spring Exhibition Celebration

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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 […]