Courtesy of The Turchin Center
Boone, NC –The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts will host an evening of creativity, artistic exploration, and community engagement at Festive First Friday and Exhibition Celebration on December 5 from 5-8pm. The event promises an immersive experience featuring the opening of new exhibitions, artist conversations, themed refreshments and desserts, and live music by Michael Flynn. The evening is sponsored by local business The Hive Bakery
With a firm commitment to fostering dialogue and understanding around pressing issues, the
Turchin Center is proud to present a diverse array of thought-provoking exhibitions. Through the
lens of artistic expression, three new exhibitions delve into the intricate relationships between
humanity, nature, and the rapidly changing world in which we live. It will also be the last chance to view Threading: Contemporary Art of Thailand and Images and Music: John Cohen (both of which close December 13).
New Exhibitions Overview:
Jake Eshelman: Telling of the Bees
Jake Eshelman weaves photography and scent to explore humanity’s enduring relationship with honeybees. Through global stories of agriculture, bioengineering, medicine, and spirituality, the exhibition reflects on the cultural and ecological importance of these tiny pollinators.
SR Lejeune: contributing structure
Laurel Cottage was built in 1905 and demolished in 2022. In 1964, Laurel was acquired by what is now called the Penland School of Craft. Laurel became a home to generations of Penland staff, resident artists, and interns until left empty. In 2019, SR Lejeune temporarily installed a cast paper floor in one of Laurel’s rooms. Now a floor without its building, this work becomes a site around which memories of Laurel continue to collect.
Gretchen Ernster Henderson: Dear Body of Water
Dear Body of Water invites postcard-sized love letters (both digital and mail-art) to recognize beloved rivers, oceans, aquifers, creeks, ponds, and other bodies of water to join a collective poem.
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