by Matt Belt | April 2, 2024
The BFA Senior Studio Exhibition is organized by the Catherine J. Smith Gallery and the Department of Art. BFA Faculty Advisor, Christopher Curtin The biannual BFA Senior Studio Exhibition is a celebration of the accomplishments of all senior art students seeking a...
by Matt Belt | March 28, 2024
By the time you get this I will have moved on. A local periodical quoted me as saying “It’s OK to take two steps back as long as you put your best foot forward”. There is flaw in that logic to most – obviously you are going backward – fabulously backward. When you...
by Matt Belt | March 27, 2024
It’s not the kind of thing that happens every year, so when the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts offers the public a comprehensive glimpse into the ordinarily private, multidisciplinary studios of Appalachian State University’s Art Department, it’s always a cause...
by Matt Belt | March 21, 2024
On May 20, 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan took off from Oakland, California on the first leg of their historic round-the-world flight. They disappeared 43 days later while trying to locate tiny Howland Island in the remote Pacific. 83 years after...