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The Turchin Center will be closed from December 20, 2024 to January 6th, 2025.

Experience the Arts

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in Boone, North Carolina welcomes visitors to experience the arts through contemplation, engaging discussion, dynamic tours, festive exhibition celebrations, enlightening art talks, or creative art workshops. Admission is always FREE.

Explore art at the Turchin Center

Explore Art Outdoors

For those who want to learn more about the sculptures in the Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition from the artists themselves, download a mobile audio guide on the free app, OtoCast. Users can select “Boone, NC” from the list of active tours to begin a self-guided audio tour through the campus of Appalachian State University. The app is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play.

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Latest exhibitions

Robert Winkler, Coming Around
August 19, 2024 - August 7, 2026
Outdoor campus
Wendy Young, Portraits of Lee and Jackson Hamburg AR
July 5, 2024 - December 7, 2024
Bickers Gallery
Sarina Angell, Nuts
July 5, 2024 - December 7, 2024
Community Gallery
38th Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
May 26, 2024 - May 14, 2025
Outdoor campus

Upcoming events

Thank you to our sponsors!

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

An Appalachian Summer Festival