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Telling of the Bees: Jake Eshelman
Telling of the Bees: Jake Eshelman

Nov. 7, 2025 – April 4, 2026
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

What we have, we owe to bees. Among the most prolific pollinators on the planet, bees helped create and maintain the biodiverse ecosystems that made it possible for humanity to take root and grow. Over millions of years, our shared evolution has grown increasingly intertwined. And today, human activity is impacting wild and domesticated bee populations in unprecedented ways.

Featured events

  • Tim Earley
    Mar
    18
    Tim Earley

    Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series

    Wednesday, March 18, 2026
    6 p.m.

    Tim Earley is the author of five collections of poems, including “Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery” (Horse Less Press, 2014), winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and “Linthead Stomp” (Horse Less Press, 2016). He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and teaches online courses in creative writing, Appalachian literature, British literature, and fantasy literature for the University of Mississippi.

  • Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2026
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    Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2026
    March 19 - 21, 2026

    Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in over 600 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide.

  • Storytelling with a Climate Lens with Anna Jane Joyner, Founder and VP of Story Consulting at Good Energy Stories
    Mar
    19
    Storytelling with a Climate Lens with Anna Jane Joyner, Founder and VP of Story Consulting at Good Energy Stories

    Pathways to Resilience

    Thursday, March 19, 2026
    11 a.m.

    Climate change is happening now, all around us, not elsewhere or in the future. Climate intersects with every issue we care about, every topic under the sun. Including climate in your story doesn’t mean being didactic, boring, or forced. It doesn’t have to mean conjuring shame or doom. In fact, climate change is a generative lens through which to imagine any aspect of a story.

  • Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: “Bodies on the Brink: The Surgeon’s Dilemma and the Vicksburg Campaign”
    Mar
    19
    Dr. Lindsay Rae Smith Privette: “Bodies on the Brink: The Surgeon’s Dilemma and the Vicksburg Campaign”

    Civil War Speaker Series

    Thursday, March 19, 2026
    6 - 7:30 p.m.

    This presentation will explore the role that surgeons played in the Vicksburg campaign, a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, MS. Dr. Privette is associate professor of history at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. Born and raised in Vicksburg, MS, she developed her interest in Civil War history at Vicksburg National Military Park, where she later went on to work.

  • Appalachian State Giving Day
    Mar
    26
    Appalachian State Giving Day

    Office of Annual Giving

    Thursday, March 26, 2026

    Mountaineers across the globe have “backed App” for 13 years, and our supporters have grown more united in giving. We are excited to share that we’ve renamed iBackAPP to Appalachian State Giving Day. This change reflects a deeper alignment with our university’s identity and the values that drive our philanthropic supporters — connection, pride and impact. Giving Day is a call to action that invites all Mountaineers to support students, faculty, programs and the future of App State.

  • Young the Giant with Special Guest Matt Hansen
    Mar
    26
    Young the Giant with Special Guest Matt Hansen

    App State Athletics

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
    6 - 11 p.m.

    Known for chart-topping hits and electrifying performances, Young the Giant brings their signature indie-rock sound to Boone for one night only. Joining them is special guest Matt Hansen, kicking off the night with an incredible set you won’t want to miss.

  • Boyles Distinguished Lecture: Jim Burr: “Thoughts on a Successful Career and Other Musings”
    Mar
    27
    Boyles Distinguished Lecture: Jim Burr: “Thoughts on a Successful Career and Other Musings”

    Walker College of Business

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    11 a.m.

    Jim F. Burr ’89 is the Co-Head of Global Financial Services at Carlyle. Mr. Burr joined Carlyle in 2008. Throughout his tenure, he has been deeply involved with the entire Financial Services portfolio, and currently serves on the boards of Hilb Group, CFGI, PIB Group, Hurst Point, NSM Insurance Group Vantage, CAPTRUST, and TCW.

  • Exploring Climate Solutions and Futures: An Interactive Workshop with Ellie Johnston, Director of Programs, Climate Interactive
    Mar
    31
    Exploring Climate Solutions and Futures: An Interactive Workshop with Ellie Johnston, Director of Programs, Climate Interactive

    Pathways to Resilience

    Tuesday, March 31, 2026

    Join us to explore a wide range of climate solutions strategies, from renewable energy and electric vehicles to reducing deforestation and food waste to economy-wide carbon pricing. Using Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS Simulator, speaker Ellie Johnston will lead us in exploring real-world climate solutions strategies and their impact on global temperature change. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the multitude of actions needed to meet the international target for limiting planetary warming to a safe level.

  • Lab iMPACTLY Nonprofit Workshop
    Apr
    9
    Lab iMPACTLY Nonprofit Workshop

    Department of Government and Justice Studies, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success

    Thursday, April 9, 2026
    9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    This year’s workshop anchors itself in the urgent reality that the nonprofit sector is undergoing a massive shift, requiring organizations to simultaneously embrace rapid technological innovation and deepen human connection. Under the theme "The Future-Proof Nonprofit: AI-Driven Storytelling and Strategic Governance," participants will explore how to navigate an era in which funding landscapes shift rapidly and digital tools are redefining engagement.

  • The Purpose and Passion of StoryCorps: Discussion and Q&A
    Apr
    14
    The Purpose and Passion of StoryCorps: Discussion and Q&A

    Common Reading Program, University Forum Lecture Series

    Tuesday, April 14, 2026
    2 - 3:30 p.m.

    The Common Reading Program is delighted to welcome StoryCorps CEO Sandra Clark to App State, in conjunction with the adoption of the StoryCorps book “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work” as the common reading book for 2025-2026. In this talk, Sandra will speak about the history, mission, and impact of StoryCorps, as well as her hope for the future, even in the face of crippling losses in federal financial support across all of American public media and broadcasting. Sandra’s talk will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

  • Once Upon a Mattress
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    Once Upon a Mattress

    Department of Theatre and Dance

    April 15 - 19, 2026

    Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar? Music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

  • Rhiannon Giddens
    Apr
    18
    Rhiannon Giddens

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

    Saturday, April 18, 2026
    7:30 p.m.

    Rhiannon Giddens imbues her brand of folk music with miles-deep historical roots and contemporary sensibilities, pursuing an authentic understanding of the country’s musical origins through art. A two-time Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning singer and instrumentalist, MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, and composer of opera, ballet, and film, Giddens has centered her work around the mission of lifting up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been overlooked or erased.

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Dear Body of Water: Gretchen Ernster Henderson
Dear Body of Water: Gretchen Ernster Henderson

Dec. 5, 2025 – May 2, 2026
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Pause to reorient yourself to water. Consider the source: replenishing Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Southeastern United States. Waterways have written and rewritten this living waterscape, called by many names over time. The headwaters of the ancient New River were born millions of years ago and have flowed through countless human lifetimes. Water inscribes the landscape as a story that pools and spills and splashes in and out of range of human understandings.

Exhibitions and ongoing events

  • Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World
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    Philosophy and Religious Studies in the Contemporary World

    High Country Humanties and Department of Philosophy and Religion

  • Dear Body of Water: Gretchen Ernster Henderson
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    Dear Body of Water: Gretchen Ernster Henderson
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • Telling of the Bees: Jake Eshelman
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    Telling of the Bees: Jake Eshelman
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • contributing structure: SR Lejeune
    Nov
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    contributing structure: SR Lejeune
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
  • 39th Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
    May
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    39th Rosen Sculpture Competition and Exhibition
    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
View all exhibitions and ongoing events

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  • App State music, theatre and dance teams collaborate to present 'Once Upon a Mattress'
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contributing structure: SR Lejeune
contributing structure: SR Lejeune

Nov. 7, 2025 – April 4, 2026
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

“A floor” can be used to refer to a group of people, connected by their residence on the same level of a building. SR 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).

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