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App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates opportunities to engage with the arts at home

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Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is working to engage audiences through virtual arts programming and exhibitions. Pictured is a flyer highlighting the center’s digital offerings. Photo submitted

“The arts provide us with perspective and help us remember what is important, meaningful and enduring, particularly during times of challenge.”

Denise Ringler, Appalachian’s director of arts engagement and cultural resources

By Megan Bruffy
Posted April 21, 2020 at 12:14 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — Since the temporary closure of Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA) due to restrictions associated with COVID-19, TCVA staff has worked to ensure the Appalachian and greater communities have virtual access to arts programming and exhibitions.

“The arts provide us with perspective and help us remember what is important, meaningful and enduring, particularly during times of challenge.”

Denise Ringler, Appalachian’s director of arts engagement and cultural resources

“The arts provide us with perspective and help us remember what is important, meaningful and enduring, particularly during times of challenge,” said Denise Ringler, the university’s director of arts engagement and cultural resources. “It was important to the TCVA staff to find new and creative ways to share arts resources and connect with our patrons.”

TCVA is offering patrons a variety of opportunities to enjoy its exhibitions and activities from anywhere in the world.

The center hosts “Visual Journaling” and “Blazing Easels” workshops online via the TCVA Facebook page, and exhibitions — including “The Memory Project / Project Maria & Oh Canada: Lesia Muraschak” and the “17th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition,” among others — are available for viewing via the TCVA Flickr page.

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Flickr
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Flickr

Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts offers online access to its current and past exhibitions via the center’s Flickr page.

Visit TCVA on Flickr

Additionally, the staff created a series of videos that include walk-throughs of each gallery to give audiences an up-close experience of TCVA’s exhibitions, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the installation of the “Lian 連 Lian 鏈” exhibition and an interview with its artist, Hui Chi Lee, assistant professor of studio art in Appalachian’s Department of Art.

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App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates Little Free Art Pantry
App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates Little Free Art Pantry
March 30, 2020

The Turchin Center’s Little Free Art Pantry provides free bundles of art supplies for the community. Each bundle is themed and includes instructions. Themes include “Paint Night,” “Watercolor,” “Visual Journaling” and “Collage.”

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Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University engages visitors from the university, community, nation and beyond in creating unique experiences through dynamic and accessible exhibition, education, outreach and collection programs. These programs inspire and support a lifelong engagement with the visual arts and create opportunities for participants to learn more about themselves and the world around them.

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Mountaineers moving mountains

Appalachian State University’s faculty and staff are transitioning events and experiences to online platforms and developing new ways for Mountaineers to connect.

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About the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Located on 423 W. King St. at the crossroads of campus and community, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University engages visitors in dynamic and accessible exhibition, education, outreach and collection programs. These programs inspire and support a lifelong engagement with the visual arts and create opportunities for participants to learn more about themselves and the world around them. Learn more at https://tcva.appstate.edu/about/visit.

About Appalachian State University

As the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The Appalachian Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

“The arts provide us with perspective and help us remember what is important, meaningful and enduring, particularly during times of challenge.”

Denise Ringler, Appalachian’s director of arts engagement and cultural resources

App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates Little Free Art Pantry
App State’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts creates Little Free Art Pantry
March 30, 2020

The Turchin Center’s Little Free Art Pantry provides free bundles of art supplies for the community. Each bundle is themed and includes instructions. Themes include “Paint Night,” “Watercolor,” “Visual Journaling” and “Collage.”

Read the story
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University engages visitors from the university, community, nation and beyond in creating unique experiences through dynamic and accessible exhibition, education, outreach and collection programs. These programs inspire and support a lifelong engagement with the visual arts and create opportunities for participants to learn more about themselves and the world around them.

Learn more
Mountaineers moving mountains
Mountaineers moving mountains

Appalachian State University’s faculty and staff are transitioning events and experiences to online platforms and developing new ways for Mountaineers to connect.

Learn more

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