Engage with visiting artists and fellow arts advocates, enjoy live music with Trevor McKenzie and Friends and refreshments, discover the exciting exhibitions showcased across six galleries by local, regional, national and international artists.
Accommodations
App State is committed to providing an inclusive experience for individuals with disabilities. If accommodations are needed in order to fully participate on the basis of a disability, contact the Office of Disability Resources (828-262-3056). It is recommended that accommodation requests be made two weeks prior to the event.
Webs of Significance: Center Award & Grant Winners
May 2-October 4, 2025
Gallery A & Petti / Peiser Gallery
The non-profit organization Center shares with the Turchin Center a commitment to change the world through the power of the visual arts. One of Center’s most significant contributions is its annual award and grant program, which has supported thousands of artists over the years. Webs of Significance features many of the 2024 award-winning photographers from across the country.
Sofie Hecht, Untitled (Cows)
I Remember: Elizabeth Stone
June 6-November 1, 2025
Mayer Gallery
Photographer Elizabeth Stone thinks deeply about community connections and how people gather in meaningful ways. Sharing in the participatory multi-generational stories of I Remember is an opportunity to connect with extended communities that are both specific and anonymous. The installation includes identifiable individuals; at the same time, we see ourselves as part of a collective whole.
Doc Watson at Deep Gap, N.C., 1962, by John Cohen
Image and Music: John Cohen
June 6-December 13, 2025
Bickers Gallery
The Turchin Center partners with photographer/filmmaker/musician/folklorist John Cohen’s extended family and gallerist L. Parker Stephenson to bring to campus an exhibition of Cohen’s Appalachian photographs of many of the region’s traditional musicians. Cohen coined the term “High Lonesome Sound” to describe old-time American mountain music.
"Gather," Elizabeth Stone
Threading: Contemporary Art of Thailand
July 3-December 6, 2025
Hodges and Community Galleries
Central to the mission of the Turchin Center is a commitment to showcasing international artists. Turchin is pleased to present the seventh international series, Threading: Contemporary Art from Thailand, showcasing the art of 21 dynamic contemporary artists living and working in Bangkok and Saen Suk, Chon Buri, Thailand in collaboration with the university’s Office of International Programs.
Naraphat Sakarthornsap, "Under the Volcano of Marc Quinn"
