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Celebrating Twenty Years of Turchin Center Exhibition Programs

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Artist Spotlight Series This series offers a compelling, behind-the-scenes perspective on festival programming by shining a light on the creative process and practice of selected artists featured during An Appalachian Summer Festival. Presented by Hank Foreman and Mary Anne Redding Hear from the Turchin Center’s former Director and Chief Curator, Hank Foreman (who now serves […]

Meet the Juror: Jennifer Hecker

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photo: Jennifer Hecker, juror Artist Spotlight Series This series offers a compelling, behind-the-scenes perspective on festival programming by shining a light on the creative process and practice of selected artists featured during An Appalachian Summer Festival. Featuring sculptor Jennifer Hecker, juror for the 37th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition Jennifer Hecker is a renowned […]

Summer Exhibition Celebration: The Turchin Center Turns 20!

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Peter Merts, An artist with his painting, in the art studio at San Quentin State PrisonCelebrating two decades of excellence in exhibition, education and outreach programming in the visual artsCelebrate summer at the Turchin Center at this fun and festive event, while engaging with a variety of new exhibitions, discovering the world of the contemporary […]

Turchin Center Exhibition Profile: Passage/Time Pieces

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"Autumn," Nina Elder Artist Spotlight Series This series offers a compelling, behind-the-scenes perspective on festival programming by shining a light on the creative process and practice of selected artists featured during An Appalachian Summer Festival. Moderated by Senior Curator Mary Anne Redding, with Michael Harrison and Nina Elder Passage/Time Pieces consists of an installation by […]

Behind the Curtain at the Rosen-Schaffel Competition

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photo: Winfred Felton, winner of the 2022 Rosen-Schaffel Competition for Young & Emerging Artists Artist Spotlight Series This series offers a compelling, behind-the-scenes perspective on festival programming by shining a light on the creative process and practice of selected artists featured during An Appalachian Summer Festival. Moderated by Dr. James Douthit, with previous competition winners […]

A Central Visual Heritage of the Holocaust: The Wehrmacht and Anti-Jews Propaganda with Dr. Daniel Uziel

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PK camera team shooting in an unknown ghetto, c. 1941 (Image courtesy of Yad Vashem)​The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming  that offers a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Most of the visual documentation of WWII, from the German side, originates from […]

Boone 150: A Celebration of Boone’s History

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The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Film Screening: DocuAppalachia: A Half Century Focus on the Environment. In 2017 an untitled, silent 16mm film reel from the 1970s was discovered in storage in Boone, NC. […]

Meet the Film Curator: Featuring Dale Pollock, curator for the 2022 Weicholz Global Film Series

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The Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming  that offers a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Dale Pollock is a renowned film critic, movie producer and film professor who served as Dean and taught in the celebrated film school at UNC School of the Arts, where he […]

The Turchin Center’s Faculty Biennial Exhibition

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Jody Servon, Pandemic LintThe Lunch and Learn Lecture Series features interactive and informative programming that provides a behind-the-scenes view of the festival’s offerings in the visual arts, music, theater and dance. Turchin Center Curator Mary Anne Redding moderates a panel discussion with Appalachian State University Art Department faculty members featured in the current biennial exhibition, […]

Summer Exhibition Celebration 2022

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Jessie and Katey, "Transit Candy" Celebrate summer at the Turchin Center for the Visual arts and engage, discover and connect through the arts! The Summer Exhibition Celebration is an opportunity for art lovers to meet the artists, enjoy live music and refreshments and spend time with fellow arts patrons while exploring one of the most […]