BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Turchin Center for the Visual Arts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Turchin Center for the Visual Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Turchin Center for the Visual Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250402T174901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T174935Z UID:10001152-1745521200-1745524800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:Boone Launch of The Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1933 near Asheville\, North Carolina\, Black Mountain College fostered experimentation and interdisciplinary learning\, placing the arts at the heart of its curriculum. As such\, the college was home to and served as inspiration for many modern and postmodern American poets. Some of them\, including Charles Olson\, Robert Creeley\, and Denise Levertov\, appeared in Donald Allen’s groundbreaking New American Poetry anthology published in 1960\, later becoming part of the American poetry canon. However\, many writers affiliated with Black Mountain College have been overlooked. The Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry features over fifty poets selected with an expansive historical and critical lens\, including those not typically considered as poets\, such as composer John Cage\, architect Buckminster Fuller\, and visual artist Josef Albers. Many years in the making\, this book presents the clearest picture of the poetry and poetics of Black Mountain College yet.\n\nPublished in association with Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall for a Book Release and Q and A with Joseph Bathanti and Lucas Church. The bookstore will be available to sell books at this event.  URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/boone-launch-of-the-anthology-of-black-mountain-college-poetry/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/9781469641133.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250429T195433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T151049Z UID:10001158-1745913600-1745946000@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: The 5 Browns DESCRIPTION:July 23 — The 5 BrownsA conversation with the Juilliard-trained sibling piano ensemble on touring\, and life as musicians. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” The ensemble will perform on July 23 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 5 Browns – Desirae Brown\, Deondra Brown\, Stephen Beus\, Gregory Brown\, and Melody Brown — all attended The Juilliard School in New York\, where they were joined by the Browns’ youngest brother\, Ryan (now retired from the stage). The quintet enjoyed its first wave of critical attention in February of 2002\, when People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five” and they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” \nThe 5 Browns’ music — and the siblings’ child advocacy work — are the subject of the award-winning documentary film The 5 Browns: Digging Through the Darkness\, which was chosen as a “Critic’s Pick” by The New York Times. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-the-5-browns/ CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-5-Browns-living-room-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250502T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20241209T193817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T234745Z UID:10000839-1746205200-1746208800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Oak Spring Garden Foundation DESCRIPTION:ARTtalk:  Friday\, May 2\, 2025 \n5pm | TCVA Lecture Hall \nDanielle Eady\, Programs Director \nJames Adelman\, Residency and Fellowship Coordinator \nOak Spring Garden Foundation  \n  \nThe Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) was established as a private operating foundation in 2016. Their mission is to perpetuate and share the gifts of Rachel (“Bunny”) Lambert Mellon\, including her residence\, landscape\, garden\, farm\, and the Oak Spring Garden Library. OSGF is dedicated to inspiring and facilitating scholarship and public dialogue on the history and future of plants\, including the culture of gardens and landscapes and the importance of plants for human well-being. OSGF offers a vibrant roster of programs that include one-day day and half-day workshops\, lectures\, residential short courses\, as well as our residencies and fellowships. \nThe Oak Spring Garden residency and fellowship programs are open call opportunities. Residents are selected based on their ability to demonstrate a current interest in plants\, landscapes\, and gardens\, or more broadly\, the natural world and humankind’s place in it. The Foundation believes that residencies are valuable for artists\, writers\, ecologists\, and researchers who are working on creative projects. After a residency at Oak Spring\, alumni are eligible to apply for the annual Perennial Residency. OSGF hosts about 80 residents a year about 30% of the residents are alumni. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mary Anne Redding\, Entrance to the Garden at Oak Spring \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mary Anne Redding\, Bunny’s Garden URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-oak-spring-foundation/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ART-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250528T173132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250530T021839Z UID:10001160-1749229200-1749232800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Elizabeth Stone DESCRIPTION:Join us for an ARTtalk with photographer Elizabeth Stone on Friday\, June 6 at 5 PM at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Stone will share insights into her exhibition I Remember\, discussing her use of found photographs\, memory\, and community connection through immersive installation. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from the artist about her creative process and the stories behind her work. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elizabeth Stone is a Montana-based visual artist exploring potent themes of memory and time deeply rooted within the ambiguity of photography. Stone’s work has been exhibited and is held in collections including the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, Texas; Center for Creative Photography\, Tucson\, Arizona; Cassilhaus\, Chapel Hill\, North Carolina; Yellowstone Art Museum\, Billings\, Montana; Candela Collection\, Richmond\, Virginia; Archive 192\, New York\, New York; and the Nevada Museum of Art Special Collections Library\, Reno\, Nevada. Fellowships include Cassilhaus\, Ucross Foundation\, Jentel Arts\, Willapa Bay AIR\, the National Park Service\, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts through the Montana Fellowship award from the LEAW Foundation (2019). Process drives Stone’s work as she continues to push and pull at the edge of what defines and how we see the photograph. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-elizabeth-stone/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/June-FF-2025-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250429T194056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250522T160852Z UID:10001155-1751562000-1751565600@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: “Threading Communities\,” Kelsey Merreck Wagner DESCRIPTION:ARTtalk is a series of four events offering intimate\, behind-the-scenes discussions with select artists from the visual and performing arts worlds appearing on the summer series. ARTtalks include: \nJuly 3 at 5pm — “Threading Communities\,” Kelsey Merreck WagnerIntroducing Kelsey Merreck Wagner’s artist’s residency at the Jim Thompson Farm in the Pak Thong Chai District\, Nakhon Ratchasima Province\, Thailand in 2024. Wagner will discuss a selection of the exhibiting artists in Threading: Contemporary Art of Thailand\, on view at the Turchin Center July 3-Dec 6. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Title: Creative Dissent: Art\, Environment\, and Activism in Thailand\n\n\nBio:\n\nKelsey Merreck Wagner (b. 1990) is a fiber artist\, educator\, curator\, and anthropologist. She defines herself as an eco-artivist (art + activism). She lives and works between the United States and Thailand. She completed her B.A. (Studio Arts; focus: printmaking) at Western Michigan University\, her M.A. (Cultural Studies & Sustainability; focus: community-engaged arts) at Appalachian State University\, and received her Ph.D. at Michigan State University (Anthropology; focus: environmental activism and art in Thailand). Her unique artwork has spanned printmaking to ceramics to book-making to textiles. Since 2019\, her current body of work comprises small and large-scale weavings made entirely from plastic and other recycled materials\, which she collects from her household\, community\, and trash clean-ups. Her practice is both research-based and community-engaged\, and centers art-making that is collaborative\, encourages solidarity\, and raises awareness about environmental issues including endangered species\, animal welfare\, and plastic pollution. \nHer work has been exhibited in art galleries\, museums\, and institutions: internationally in Cambodia\, Thailand\, Canada\, Malaysia and Italy; as well as across the United States including Illinois\, Texas\, Ohio\, New York\, North Carolina\, and Michigan. She has been awarded multiple fellowships for her arts-based research/creation; completed numerous commissions; and her work is in a variety of private and public collections\, including multiple galleries as well as Michigan State University\, Grand Valley State University\, and University of North Carolina-Wilmington. She has participated in residency programs in the United States\, and was most recently the Artist-in-Residence at the Jim Thompson Art Center/Jim Thompson Farm in Thailand\, and is currently a SEEK Fellow for Raleigh Arts. She is a committee member of the Blue Ridge Fiber Arts (North Carolina)\, and a founding member of the Arts Worms-Mekong Artist Collective (Thailand). As an educator\, she has taught a wide range of trash-art projects for high-school students\, college students\, and community members\, and also mentors undergraduate students. \n\n\nkelseymerreckwagner.com\ninstagram.com/trash_weaver URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-threading-communities-kelsey-merreck-wagner/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/JT-Farm24_Kelsey-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250703T090011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T105359Z UID:10001153-1751562000-1751565600@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Threading Communities- Thailand DESCRIPTION:The Threading Communities ARTtalk will introduce Kelsey Merreck Wagner’s artist’s residency at the Jim Thompson Farm in the Pak Thong Chai District\, Nakhon Ratchasima Province\, Thailand in 2024. Wagner will also discuss a selection of the exhibiting artists in Threading: Contemporary Art of Thailand. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n April Flanders\, Teredo Navalis\n \n \n \n \n April Flanders\, Dresseina Polymorpha\n \n \n \n \n April Flanders\, Steyla Clava URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-threading-communities-thailand/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ART-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250429T194804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T194808Z UID:10001156-1752066000-1752069600@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: “Mindful Meditations\,” cellist Joshua Roman DESCRIPTION:July 9 at 1pm — Cellist Joshua Roman: “Mindful Meditation”Cellist\, composer and curator Joshua Roman will discuss “Mindful Meditation\,” a conversation born from a larger project\, Immunity\, which delves into his experiences with long Covid\, the physical and mental work required for his return to the stage\, and how he can help others move beyond their own limitations. Tessa Lark\, Joshua Roman\, and Edgar Meyer will perform on July 9 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joshua Roman is a cello soloist and composer\, hailed for his “effortlessly expressive tone… and playful zest for exploration” (New York Times)\, as well as his “extraordinary technical and musical gifts” and “blend of precision and almost improvisatory freedom… that goes straight to the heart” (San Francisco Chronicle). His genre-bending programs have grown out of an “enthusiasm for musical evolution that is as contagious as his love for the classics” (Seattle Times)\, and he has collaborated with artists including Yo-Yo Ma\, Edgar Meyer\, DJ Spooky\, Tony-winner/MacArthur Genius Bill T. Jones\, Grammy Award-winning East African vocalist Somi\, and Tony Award-nominated actor Anna Deavere Smith. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-mindful-meditations-cellist-joshua-roman/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/web_Roman_2023cShervinLainez-05.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T150000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250429T195232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T195236Z UID:10001157-1752847200-1752850800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Alonzo King LINES Ballet DESCRIPTION:July 18 — Alonzo King LINES BalletSince 1982\, celebrated contemporary dance company Alonzo King LINES Ballet  has collaborated with composers\, musicians\, and visual artists from around the world\, drawing on deeply rooted cultural traditions and changing the way people look at ballet. In this intimate chat\, members of the company discuss the juxtaposition of art\, dance and movement. The company will perform on July 19 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ROBERT ROSENWASSER is a co-founder of LINES Ballet. As Creative Director\, he oversees each project’s aesthetic and artistic direction at the LINES Ballet company\, including conceptual design and production. Alongside his artistic work with LINES Ballet\, as General Manager for 32 years\, he built the Company’s touring program into one of the nation’s most expansive. \nIn 2018\, Robert Rosenwasser became Executive Director. In addition to his work with LINES Ballet\, he has designed for Ballet de Monte Carlo\, Béjart Ballet Lausanne\, the Royal Swedish Ballet\, San Francisco Ballet\, Joffrey Ballet\, Frankfurt Ballet\, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He has also collaborated on book projects with artists and poets Richard Tuttle\, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge\, Kiki Smith\, Cecilia Vicuna\, and Barbara Guest. His work is found at the New York Museum of Modern Art in the Department of Books and Illustrated Prints\, at the Whitney Museum\, and the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library. \nMr. Rosenwasser grew up in New York\, attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts\, Cooper Union\, and California Institute of the Arts. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-alonzo-king-lines-ballet/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Alonzo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250430T133558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T151200Z UID:10001159-1753275600-1753279200@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: The 5 Browns DESCRIPTION:July 23 — The 5 BrownsA conversation with the Juilliard-trained sibling piano ensemble on touring\, and life as musicians. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” The ensemble will perform on July 23 at 7:30pm at the Schaefer Center. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 5 Browns – Desirae Brown\, Deondra Brown\, Stephen Beus\, Gregory Brown\, and Melody Brown — all attended The Juilliard School in New York\, where they were joined by the Browns’ youngest brother\, Ryan (now retired from the stage). The quintet enjoyed its first wave of critical attention in February of 2002\, when People magazine dubbed them the “Fab Five” and they were featured on Oprah and 60 Minutes. The 5 Browns have released eight albums that have collectively spent over 30 weeks at #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Album Chart. The New York Post has proclaimed: “[F]ive pianos and 50 fingers add up to the biggest classical music sensation in years.” \nThe 5 Browns’ music — and the siblings’ child advocacy work — are the subject of the award-winning documentary film The 5 Browns: Digging Through the Darkness\, which was chosen as a “Critic’s Pick” by The New York Times. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-the-5-browns-2/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-5-Browns-living-room-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T190000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250910T145804Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T174505Z UID:10001505-1759510800-1759518000@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:"Different Johns" Film Screening and Discussion DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening celebration of the life of multi-talented musician\, filmmaker\, photographer\, musicologist\, anthropologist\, and educator\, John Cohen (1932 – 2019) in conjunction with the exhibition Image & Music: John Cohen on view at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts through December 13\, 2025.  \nDifferent Johns\, a FRUITBAT/FOLKSCARE film directed by Robert Carr highlighting the many facets of John Cohen’s life will be screened during the First Friday events on October 3 at 5pm in the TCVA lecture hall.  \nFollowing the film screening\, artist and educator Tom Hansell and musician and music scholar Becks Lipshultz\, will respond to the film and answer questions from the audience. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Portrait of John Cohen by Ed Grazda \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Artist’s Biography courtesy of L. Parker Stephenson Photographs and the John Cohen family.  \nBorn in Queens\, New York\, John Cohen (1932-2019) was a true polymath. Among his many talents were photography\, filmmaking\, writing\, music\, folklore\, and ethnomusicology.  \nCohen studied painting at Yale University under Josef Albers and photography with Herbert Matter; receiving an MFA in the 1950s. Cohen also researched indigenous Andean weaving in Peru. His photographs of Peru would be the first photographic exhibition held at the Yale University Art Gallery\, shown alongside textiles by Anni Albers. Parallel with his research in Peru\, Cohen’s interests in old-time music led him to make numerous field recordings in Appalachia. These recordings are an important document of rural culture\, contemporaneous with those collected by Alan Lomax and Harry Smith\, now held by the Library of Congress.  \nCohen was a founding member of the famed New Lost City Ramblers in 1958\, which began a long career as a performer. His photographs of Roscoe Holcomb\, Woody Guthrie\, Muddy Waters\, Elizabeth Cotten\, a young Bob Dylan\, and many other notable musicians\, provide a visual window into this rich aural world. His 1962 film\, High Lonesome Sound\, became synonymous with that music. Cohen performed regularly with the Downhill Strugglers and was often called upon as a resource for ethnomusicologist scholars and researchers alike. \nHerbert and Mercedes Matter would provide introductions for Cohen to the nascent artistic communities in downtown Manhattan when he moved to East Ninth Street and Third Avenue in 1957. The location would be fortuitous: dirt-cheap rents adjacent to the bars and artists’ clubs in Greenwich Village\, and the scene of numerous artist-run galleries and performance spaces. Cohen lived next door to Mary and Robert Frank\, who would ask Cohen to photograph Frank’s first film\, Pull My Daisy (1959)\, co-directed with painter Alfred Leslie and narrated by Jack Kerouac. Cohen emphasized the ambience and mood among the cast and crew\, which included Larry Rivers\, Delphine Seyrig\, Allen Ginsberg\, Gregory Corso\, David Amran\, Richard Bellamy\, and Alice Neel.  \nJohn Cohen began making photographs in 1954 when the only work for a photographer was in photojournalism or advertising\, neither of which he wanted to do. Rather\, he made personal photographs\, documenting things which were important to him: mostly artists and musicians. His photographic inquiries lead him to the Andes and to Appalachia\, where he photographed traditional musicians in their homes. In addition to gaining fine art notoriety\, his images were used on record covers\, in television and movie productions\, and later informed his film projects. With his long-time publisher\, Steidl\, Cohen published several photography books.  \nCohen was featured in over forty solo exhibitions across the US; his work was central to group exhibitions presented at the Pompidou Centre in Paris\, the Grey Art Gallery at New York University\, the Museum of the City of New York\, the Corcoran Gallery of Art\, among others. His photographs are in the permanent collections of twenty institutions and his ninth monograph\, Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road\, was released in September 2019. Invested in the future of the field\, Cohen started the photography program at SUNY Purchase in 1972 where he taught for 25 years. His photographic estate is represented by L. Parker Stephenson in New York. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Additional resources\n \n \n \n \n \n Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9TRDwKW45w  \nMore information about the independent film:  \nhttps://differentjohns.com/ \n  URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/different-johns-film-screening-and-discussion/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ed-Grazdas-portrait-of-John-Cohen-Medium.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123310 CREATED:20250910T160404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T214556Z UID:10001506-1762534800-1762538400@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Jake Eshelman: Telling of the Bees DESCRIPTION:Join us for an ARTtalk by internationally recognized writer\, visual researcher\, and photo-based artist\, Jake Eschelman as he discusses his creative research into the interspecies dialogue between bees and humans. Eschelman actively invites his audiences to imagine what the bees may tell—or ask of—us. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the artist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jake Eshelman (b. 1989\, USA) is a photo-based artist and visual researcher exploring the complex relationships between people\, our environment\, and everyone we share it with. \nWorking to transcend the notion that humanity is somehow separate from—or superior to—the natural world\, his work creates opportunities to address anthropocentrism and(re)consider our ecological kinships. \nEshelman has exhibited work internationally\, most notably at Vantaa Art Museum Artsi in Helsinki\, Finland; Contemporary Calgary in Alberta\, Canada; Houston Center for Photography \nin Houston\, TX; The Centre for Research in the Arts\, Social Sciences and Humanities at Cambridge University\, UK; Rhode Island School of Design in Providence\, RI; The Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland\, OH; The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in Washington D.C.; Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool\, UK. His work is in the permanent collections at Harvard University and the Chicago Design Museum.  \nHis photographs have been included in independently published photo books\, collaborative artist books\, and even a children’s book by Simon & Schuster encouraging aspiring creatives to pursue artistic careers. He has also been featured in numerous publications including National Geographic\, Texas Monthly\, The World Sensorium/Conservancy\, Trouvé Magazine\, and Then There Was Us\, among others. He is a recent recipient of the city’s Initiative Grant administered by Houston Arts Alliance\, as well as the Idea Fund individual artist grant funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and administered by DiverseWorks\, Aurora Picture Show\, and Project Row Houses. \nComplementing his creative practice\, Eshelman is also a writer and emerging scholar. In addition to his recent publications through the Sophia Centre Press and the University of Reading\, Jake also serves as the Contributing Editor of Ecological Thinking with Plantings Journal. Beyond the written word\, he thoroughly enjoys conversing and lecturing about the issues he explores in his work as well as the value and validity of artistic research practices. To date\, he has lectured at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, University of Wales Trinity Saint David\, University of Houston\, and other conferences\, symposia\, and gatherings beyond academia. \nEshelman is currently pursuing his MA in Ecology & Spirituality from The University of Wales\, Trinity Saint David\, where he has undertaken the first study of its kind exploring the beliefs\, rites\, and experiences of beekeepers who nurture spiritual relationships with bees. He holds a BA in Classical Literature\, with a concentration in mythology\, hermeneutics\, and reception theory from Trinity University in San Antonio\, TX\, as well a minor in Studio Art and Art History. Jake is also a member of The Fairy Investigation Society. He is currently based in Houston\, TX\, but conducts his academic and artistic research internationally. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-jake-eshelman/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jake-Eshelman-An-Offering-Medium.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123311 CREATED:20251124T171059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T171540Z UID:10001527-1772132400-1772137800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: SR Lejeune DESCRIPTION:Hear from the artists behind the exhibitions \ncontributing structure\, on display in Gallery A through April 4\, 2026. \nSR Lejeune (b. 1994\, Boston\, MA) is an artist currently based in Pine Plains\, NY. They received a BA with High Honors from Oberlin College (2015)\, were a Core Fellow at the Penland School of Craft (2017-19) and hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Yale School of Art (2023). SR was the 2023 West Bay View Foundation Fellow at Dieu Donné and has been an artist in residence at the Dirt Palace (2016)\, lower_cavity (2023-24)\, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation (2024)\, and Women’s Studio Workshop (2025). In Summer 2026 they will be a Bemis Center Artist in Residence and a Visiting Artist at the Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency. Recent solo exhibitions include “sky light” at CHAMBER lower_cavity (Holyoke\, MA) and “witness marks” at the Dieu Donné Jordan Schnitzer Gallery (Brooklyn\, NY). They have taught workshops at the Penland School of Craft\, Women’s Studio Workshop\, Dieu Donné\, the Yucca Valley Materials Lab and Bard College. In 2025 they received an Arts Mid-Hudson Arts & Culture Project Grant for the collaborative Hudson Valley Paper School\, which they co-facilitate with Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo. They have upcoming solo exhibitions at The Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery at Purchase College (January 2026) and the Delaware Valley Artist Alliance (May 2026). They are currently a Windgate Artist in Residence at the School of Art + Design at Purchase College and are building out a manual machine shop in Amenia\, NY. \nhttps://www.sarahroselejeune.com URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-sr-lejeune/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SR-Lejeune-photo-by-Margo-Greb.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T200000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123311 CREATED:20251124T192601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260206T152508Z UID:10001530-1772816400-1772827200@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:NEW DATE: ARTtalk and Awards: 23rd Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition DESCRIPTION:An ARTtalk panel will begin at 5:00pm\, followed by the presentation of awards.  The audience is then invited upstairs to a DJ set from 7:00-8:00pm with Ty Murray/DJ Soularia. \nThis year’s exhibition will be juried by Ty Murray\, artivist and Director of Art & Communications at The Bottom\, a nonprofit cultural organization in Knoxville\, TN\, who chose\, “I Know Why the Mockingbird Sings” as this year’s exhibition theme.  \nIn Appalachia\, where memories move through mountains and stories echo through hollers\, joy can be an act of devotion or defiance. This year’s theme invites photographers to tune into the moments that heal\, harmonize\, uplift and unburden.  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE JUROR \nA Renaissance woman rooted in the Appalachian South\, Ty Murray views herself first and foremost as a storyteller. Whether behind the lens\, spinning vinyl\, shaping clay\, or simply bearing witness to the world around her\, her practice dances at the intersections of creativity and critical thought. Grounded in artivism\, her work invites you to feel\, think\, and move\, sometimes all at once. \nPhotography\, for Ty\, is an act of presence and praise. With a deep reverence for both scenery and identity\, she crafts visual narratives that celebrate the beauty of land\, body\, and culture. Led by innate curiosity\, she seeks to explore\, interact\, document\, and uncover “the overlooked”. Inspired by the spirit of Expressionism\, she photographs in living color\, producing images that convey movement\, vibrance and soul. \nBeyond the lens\, Ty serves as a community worker\, tradition bearer and art director for The Bottom in Knoxville\, TN. She curates sensory experiences that honor the past and envision liberated futures. Across all her creative practices\, Ty honors art as a force for connection\, empowerment\, and communal healing. URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-and-awards-23rd-annual-appalachian-mountain-photography-competition/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AMPC-Header-Image_Ty-Murray-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260417T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123311 CREATED:20251124T171828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T171828Z UID:10001528-1776445200-1776448800@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: Gretchen Ernster Henderson DESCRIPTION:Hear from the artists behind the exhibitions \nDear Body of Water\, on display in Mayer Gallery December 5 through May 2\, 2026. \nGretchen Ernster Henderson is a body of water\, an intermedia artist\, and the Spence L. Wilson Distinguished Professor in Humanities at Rhodes College near the Mississippi River in Memphis\, TN. Her fifth book\, Life in the Tar Seeps: A Spiraling Ecology from a Dying Sea (Trinity University Press 2023)\, has been seeping from deserts of the West into intermedia publications\, exhibitions\, performances\, and field practices\, including the participatory prompt of Dear Body of Water (with the University of Arizona Poetry Center\, Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center\, and national coalition of Poets for Science): inviting people to share their relationships with bodies of water. Through WaterWays\, she cultivates community-engaged repertoires that blend restoring and restorying watersheds. Gretchen is grateful for recent artist fellowships from Fallingwater\, Lucas Artist Program at Montalvo Arts Center\, the University of Wyoming’s Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts\, and Leopold Writing Program. In 2025-2026\, she is the Woodberry Poetry Room Creative Fellow at Harvard University. Recent work has appeared in Ecotone\, Brevity\, Arnoldia\, Orion\, Landscape Architecture Plus/LA+\, TSLL\, and Storied Deserts: Reimagining Global Arid Lands. Gretchen is interested in acoustic ecologies and communal practices that sound gaps of cultural and institutional histories to facilitate participatory spaces for exchanging ways of knowing to collectively support our human and more-than-human world. Upstream and downstream\, she is grateful to continually learn from and with bodies of water: the lifeblood of our shared planetary home.  \nhttps://www.gretchenhenderson.com/ URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-gretchen-ernster-henderson/ LOCATION:TCVA Lecture Hall CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Gretchen-Ernster-Henderson-courtesy-of-Rhodes-College-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T180000 DTSTAMP:20260414T123311 CREATED:20251124T173037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T130847Z UID:10001529-1781283600-1781287200@tcva.appstate.edu SUMMARY:ARTtalk: John Shorb\, Dieu Donné DESCRIPTION:  \nHear from the artists behind the exhibitions \nSculpting with Paper: Hand Papermaking at Dieu Donné\, on display in Hodges and Community Galleries February 6 through August 8\, 2026. \nJohn Shorb currently serves as Strategic Advisor to Dieu Donné. He was previously the Executive Director at Dieu Donné and has worked for non-profits for the past 20 years\, specializing in organizational strategy and culture. He first took an introductory class years ago at Dieu Donné\, experiencing the expertise and excitement of the studio first-hand. John is also an artist\, having completed residencies at Blue Mountain Center and Penland School of Craft.  \nSculpting with Paper: Hand Papermaking at Dieu Donné highlights innovative sculptural works—all crafted by paper—created by artists from around the world. Featuring selections from the renowned Dieu Donné residency program\, the exhibition showcases the incredible versatility of paper as a medium. Together\, these works celebrate experimentation\, materiality\, and the global community of contemporary papermaking. \nhttps://www.johnshorb.com/ \nhttps://www.dieudonne.org/ URL:https://tcva.appstate.edu/event/arttalk-john-shorb-dieu-donne/ LOCATION:Community Gallery CATEGORIES:ARTtalk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tcva.appstate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/John-Shorb-Bio-Pic-small.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR