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 […]

Film Screenings: Esha Chiocchio and Ella Morton

TCVA Lecture Hall

Bringing light to the impact of climate change. Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREEEsha Chiocchio - Good Earth Series: The Good Earth video series features New Mexican agrarians who are revitalizing land through regenerative practices—building soil, sequestering carbon, reducing toxins, and improving the health of people, plants and animals. Multi-media artist Esha Chiocchio collaborated with […]

Climate Concerns/CENTER Panel Discussion

TCVA Lecture Hall

Bringing light to the impact of climate change. Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Including Artists: David Walter Banks, Esha Chiocchio, Leah Dyjak and Ella Morton RELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grand Recipients 2021 & 2022 - Exhibition in Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries, June 2 - November 4, 2023 First […]

“The Making of the Nuevo South” with Rodrigo Dorfman

TCVA Lecture Hall

About the ArtistRodrigo Dorfman is a Chilean-born, Latino visual storyteller and community activist known for his work documenting the Great Latino Migration to the American South. His docu-memoir, "Generation Exile," was recently published by Arte Publico Press and his documentary "Bulls and Saints," filmed in North Carolina, will premiere nationwide on September 18 on PBS/POV.Location: […]

Common Ground/CENTER Panel Discussion

TCVA Lecture Hall

Reflections on personal and universal experiences.   Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Including Artists: Lizzy Cross, Arista Slater-Sandoval, Heather Evans Smith and Ana Cristina Vallejo RELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grand Recipients 2021 & 2022 - Exhibition in Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries, June 2 - November 4, 2023 First […]

October First Friday Art Crawl

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SHARING STORIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECT.   Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Including Artists: Peter Merts, Maximilian Thuemler and Jane Whitmore RELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grand Recipients 2021 & 2022 - Exhibition in Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries, June 2 - November 4, 2023 First Friday […]

Counter Narrative/ CENTER Panel Discussion

TCVA Lecture Hall

SHARING STORIES THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECT. Location: TCVA Lecture Hall Cost: FREE Including Artists: Peter Merts, Maximilian Thuemler and Jane Whitmore RELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grand Recipients 2021 & 2022 - Exhibition in Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries, June 2 - November 4, 2023 First Friday Art […]

November First Friday Art Crawl

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Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Cost: FREERELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Circular Solutions: CENTER Award + Grand Recipients 2021 & 2022 - Exhibition in Gallery A and Petti/Peiser Galleries, June 2 - November 4, 2023 Memento Mori: Death and the Art of Living, Larassa Kabel- Mayer Gallery, June 2- November 4, 2023 Passage/Time Pieces-Hodges/Bickers […]

December Festive First Friday Art Crawl

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Location: Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Cost: FREE RELATED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS Considering Carbon- Kathleen Thum Revelation: Michael O'Neil    

Fizzy First Friday at the Turchin!

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Kathleen ThumApril FlandersMichael O'NeillShayla BlatchfordBecky Price (AMPC)Special events during Fizzy Friday!Join us for a special gallery walk at 6pm with exhibiting artist, April Flanders as we explore her show in the Hodges Gallery, Trophic Cascade.The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts invites the community to join the vibrant atmosphere of Fizzy First Friday on February […]

Gallery Walk with April Flanders

Hodges Gallery

Join us for a gallery walk with exhibiting artist, April Flanders as we dig further into her work, Trophic Cascade, on view at the Turchin Center. Location: Hodges Gallery Cost: FREE The web of life under the surface of aquatic ecosystems is exceedingly complex and devastatingly beautiful. In a place where species interactions begin at […]