Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Coronavirus information

Based on guidelines announced by Appalachian State University, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts has revised its schedule. Schedules and guidelines are subject to further change in the coming days and weeks. All schedule changes specific to public events at the Turchin Center will be posted on the Turchin Center’s website and on Facebook.

An Appalachian Summer Festival ... July 1-31, 2020 ... Live performances replaced with FREE alternative online programming such as livestreamed and specially recorded performances, artist chats, film screenings and virtual tours.

News

App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates Little Free Art Pantry

Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 4:18pm

Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) recently created a Little Free Art Pantry with free art supply bundles for the community. The art pantry is located near TCVA’s front entrance, in a large metal cabinet. To date, 30 bundles have been taken and another 50 bundles are ready to be placed in the pantry. Each bundle is themed and includes instructions. Themes include “Paint Night,” “Watercolor,” “Visual Journaling” and “Collage.”
Asheville Art Museum Acquires 15 Works from Appalachia Now! Artists

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 9:35pm

The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to share that seven artists from the opening exhibition “Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia” have entered the Museum’s Collection. The exhibiting artists include Corn Wagon Thunder, collections manager for the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts: Summer Palette

Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 2:07pm

Graduation caps have been tossed towards the sky and Appalachian State University in Boone has settled into summer. The majority of campus buildings are quiet as they take a break before the return of students and professors in the fall. The galleries of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, however, are undergoing a transformation to present a compelling palette of art just in time for the start of An Appalachian Summer Festival, featuring an eclectic array of visual arts, music, dance, theatre and films.
33rd Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition prospectus now available

Saturday, December 1, 2018 - 11:53am

The 33rd Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition prospectus is now available. The Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is an annual national juried competition presented by An Appalachian Summer Festival and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Since its establishment by Martin and Doris Rosen in 1987, the Rosen competition continues a tradition of showcasing contemporary American sculpture in outdoor settings across the campus of Appalachian State University. This year, twelve sculptures have been selected. Cash prizes are awarded to three artists whose work is chosen by the juror and will be announced at the annual sculpture walk - a highlight of every summer festival season.
Ukrainian city remembers Jews on Holocaust anniversary

Monday, September 10, 2018 - 6:37pm

The Ukrainian city of Lviv, once a major center of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, commemorated on Sunday the 75th anniversary of the annihilation of the city’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and honored those working today to preserve what they can of that vanished world. City authorities presented the honored recipients with 75 glass keys — replicas of a metal key that once belonged to a Jewish synagogue and which an American artist found at a street market in Lviv. The glass keys were the work of New Mexico-based artist Rachel Stevens, who found the rusted synagogue key on which they were based in February while seeking remnants of Jewish culture in eastern Galicia as part of a research project.

Upcoming events


Jul 8	Visual Arts Exhibition and ARTtalk: “UnEqual Scenes” with Johnny Miller
Jul 13	On These Walls: An Inside Look at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Jul 15	Visual Arts Exhibition: “Matrilinear” with Elizabeth M. Claffey
Jul 20	#TCVAatHome: Student Artist Feature, Brooke Drury
Jul 22	Visual Arts Exhibition: “Afterimage Anxiety” with Joshua Rose
Jul 25	Rosen Sculpture Walk with the Juror: Virtual Tour

Current Exhibitions


	Lian 連 Lian 鏈 – An installation by Hui Chi Lee People are by nature social beings. People need other people to survive, and as such they tend to perpetually seek social interactions. However, human relationships are inherently complex and multi-faceted. The ideology of the series, Lián 連 and Liàn 鏈 begins with a pair of Chinese homophones “Lián 連 and Liàn 鏈” that, depending on the context, mean either “to connect” or “to enchain.” Exhibition ends: Saturday, September 5, 2020
	MARIA: Lesia Maruschak There are few places around the globe that have escaped the scars of genocide, of repression, of fear. Lesia Maruschak’s installations reclaim individual memory and, in claiming for herself a personal, familial history, transcends the self to articulate our collective history; her tears become our tears causing the oceans to rise at first imperceptibly and then in a torrent of “inconvenient truths.” Exhibition ends: Saturday, August 1, 2020
	Matrilinear: Elizabeth M. Claffey Elizabeth M. Claffey’s work is both cross-disciplinary in nature and aimed at starting conversations within the community. She uses visual art as a catalyst for storytelling and to express the knowledge of people often under-recognized within the public sphere. Claffey’s projects examine cultural and social context, engage in community dialogue, and encourage critical inquiry. Exhibition ends: Saturday, November 7, 2020
	UnEqual Scenes: Johnny Miller UnEqual Scenes uses a drone to illustrate the inscribed history of the world in a new way. The scars within our urban fabric, so apparent from above, can provoke a sense of surprise, at the same time they reveal our complicity in systematic disenfranchisement. Exhibition ends: Saturday, November 7, 2020

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