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Events

June 5 – Nov. 7, 2020
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

“Unequal Scenes” uses a drone to illustrate the inscribed history of the world in a new way. The scars within our urban fabric, so apparent from above, can provoke a sense of surprise, at the same time they reveal our complicity in systematic disenfranchisement. By placing a non-human photographic actor – in this case, a remote-controlled drone – above these liminal spaces, a new vantage point is reached, previously reserved for the government and the very rich.

Note about upcoming events

Many events scheduled from March 11, 2020 through the end of the spring semester have been canceled, postponed or rescheduled. A few have been moved to online formats. Before attending any event during this time period, please check with the event’s presenter to make sure that it is still being held.

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Unequal Scenes: Johnny Miller
June 5 - Nov. 7, 2020
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
“Unequal Scenes” uses a drone to illustrate the inscribed history of the world in a new way. The scars within our urban fabric, so apparent from above, can provoke a sense of surprise, at the same time they reveal our complicity in systematic disenfranchisement.
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An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
July 1 - 31, 2020
Don’t we in the industry live by the adage, the show must go on? What if the show could go online? We know how healing the arts can be in times of crisis and we wanted to continue to keep alive the values embodied by the festival — artistic excellence, access to the arts for all, audience engagement, and community building through the arts — and to stay connected and creative during these unprecedented times.
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Tesla Quartet
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Sunday, July 5, 2020
2 p.m.
Praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical demand” (The International Review of Music), the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire. This special preview performance and message from the quartet to the App Summer audience is scheduled in conjunction with the Tesla Quartet’s planned appearance as part of An Appalachian Summer Festival’s 2021 season.
Jul
6
Raising the Curtain: An Inside Look at the Schaefer Center
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Monday, July 6, 2020
2 p.m.
Festival audiences often voice their curiosity about how App Summer comes together each season. Join the festival staff for a “behind the scenes” tour of the Schaefer Center (including a peek backstage) and a handful of pop-up home offices, a glimpse into the specialized roles of the festival staff, and a journey through the virtual planning process that culminated in an unprecedented online summer season.
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“The Charmer”
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
7 - 9 p.m.
Esmail is a darkly handsome Iranian immigrant to Denmark who is on the verge of being thrown out of the country unless he can find a Danish woman willing to marry him. Amidst a series of fleeting relationships and failed one-night stands, Esmail meets Sara, a beautiful Danish-Iranian woman who makes him question everything about himself and what he is doing. As time is running out, the charmer finds himself caught between self-interest and self-respect.
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Visual Arts Exhibition and ARTtalk: “UnEqual Scenes” with Johnny Miller
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
2 p.m.
Featuring a narrated tour of the exhibition in Gallery B and a pre-recorded talkback with the artist. Johnny Miller is a photographer, activist, and multimedia storyteller based in Cape Town, South Africa, and Detroit, Michigan. He is interested in exploring inequality, architecture, displacement, and climate justice from the ground and from the air. In addition to a walk through the gallery, the showcase will also feature an interview with Miller, providing insight into his work and its relevance to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Songs for Summer: Melodic Repertoire from Instrumental and Vocal Literature
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Thursday, July 9, 2020
7 p.m.
Settle in for a serenade of melodic repertoire of instrumental and vocal literature performed by an ensemble of faculty from the Hayes School of Music: James Stokes (trumpet); Junie Cho (piano); Gennard Lombardozzi (tenor); and James Douthit (piano).
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Shana Tucker: An Evening of ChamberSoul
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Friday, July 10, 2020
7 p.m.
With a deep respect for lyrical storytelling, cellist/singer-songwriter Shana Tucker delivers a unique voice through her self-described genre of ChamberSoul™. Join us for a memorable evening of jazz-infused ChamberSoul, featuring live interviews with cellist/singer-songwriter Shana Tucker and her band, moderated by Todd Wright, Professor of Jazz Studies in the Hayes School of Music.
Jul
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Parsons Dance: ‘Caught’ at Home
An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
Saturday, July 11, 2020
7 - 8 p.m.
Enjoy this select program featuring archival gems, glimpses of the dancers at home, and sneak peeks of the world premieres that were scheduled for The Joyce this spring; featuring a specially recorded message to our App Summer audience from founder and choreographer David Parsons.
Jul
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The Center Online: A Jewish Child Survivor of the Holocaust Gives Testimony
Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Monday, July 27, 2020
7 p.m.
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies invites the public to an evening with Holocaust child survivor Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff. After her father had managed to escape a concentration camp, Dr. Klein Kassenoff, her baby brother and her parents went on a dangerous seven-month long journey across Nazi-controlled Europe to reach a ship in Lisbon that brought them to the U.S. in 1941. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, her testimony will be given online via Zoom.
Oct
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Mr. Jose Minaya
62nd Boyles Distinguished Lecture
Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
10 a.m.
Rescheduled from April 3, 2020. Mr. Jose Minaya—CEO of Nuveen, a TIAA company—oversees all operating and investment activities for more than $970 billion in assets spanning the globe and covering equities, fixed income, real estate, private markets, natural resources, other alternatives and responsible investments. Mr. Minaya also chairs the Nuveen global investment committee and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.
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Fall 2020 Virtual Open House
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about Appalachian. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at Appalachian is really like.

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Lian 連 Lian 鏈 – An installation by Hui Chi Lee

March 6 – Sept. 5, 2020
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

People are by nature social beings. People need other people to survive, and as such they tend to perpetually seek social interactions. However, human relationships are inherently complex and multi-faceted. The ideology of the series, Lián 連 and Liàn 鏈 begins with a pair of Chinese homophones “Lián 連 and Liàn 鏈” that, depending on the context, mean either “to connect” or “to enchain.”

Exhibitions and ongoing events

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An Appalachian Summer Festival Online
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Matrilinear: Elizabeth M. Claffey
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
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Unequal Scenes: Johnny Miller
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
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MARIA: Lesia Maruschak
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
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Lian 連 Lian 鏈 – An installation by Hui Chi Lee
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
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Afterimage Anxiety: Joshua Rose
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

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International Series: Chile

July 1 – Dec. 3, 2022
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

Central to the mission of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is a long-standing commitment to showcasing international artists; summer 2022 brings the 7th international biennial to Appalachian State University from Chile. The arts create narratives in many ways and from many, often differing, perspectives, providing individual aesthetic expression grounded in the history, cultural traditions, social conditions of the artists’ home countries. The result: learning opportunities that inspire global understanding and awareness.

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