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July Issue 2004
An Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, NC, Includes Visual Arts
The annual Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition, one of An Appalachian Summer Festival's most popular events doesn't take place in a concert hall, but outside, at various locations across the Appalachian State University campus in Boone, NC. The event features an extraordinary array of contemporary sculpture from established and emerging artists from across the United States. The competition, celebrating its 18th season, opens in conjunction with the start of An Appalachian Summer Festival, on July 1, 2004.
The annual Sculpture Walk, led by the competition's
2004 juror, Alyson Baker, is scheduled for July 31, at 10am. The
Sculpture Walk, which is free and open to the public, will convene
in the Catherine J. Smith Gallery, located in the lobby of Farthing
Auditorium, and will conclude with a reception in the gallery.
Made possible annually by the generous support of Martin and Doris
Rosen, the competition provides cash awards for ten artists, chosen
from a wide range of established and emerging artists, with one
artist named as the competition's top award winner. Award winners
will be announced at the conclusion of the Sculpture Walk.
Works featured in the competition are situated in outdoor, public
spaces on the Appalachian campus. A map indicating a walking tour
of the sites is available at the Catherine J. Smith Gallery. All
works featured in the exhibit are available for purchase.
This year's juror, Alyson Baker, is director of the Socrates Sculpture
Park in Long Island City, Queens. Started in 1986 under the guidance
of sculptor Mark DiSuvero, Socrates is known internationally for
providing contemporary artists with an opportunity to create and
present new and challenging work.
The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition 2004-05 finalists include: Hoss Haley, Kyle Van Lusk, Venske & Spänle, John Clement, Margaret Roleke, McKendree Key, Katrin Asbury, Robert Craig, Robbie Barber, and Karyn Olivier.
On view at the Turchin Center for the Visual
Arts will be the exhibition, Collaborations: Paintings and
Performances, by Fern Shaffer and Othello Anderson. The exhibit
housed in the Martin and Doris Rosen Galleries opens on July 2
and continues though Oct. 2, 2004.
The exhibit will comprise an important part of An Appalachian
Summer Festival's visual arts component. Based on the artists'
performance/documentary work, The Nine Year Ritual, Fern
Shaffer and Othello Anderson selected areas of environmental beauty
threatened by a specific ecological concern, in locations across
North America. Following a process of extensive research, the
artists then traveled to the chosen sites - ranging from locations
such as Big Sur and Death Valley to Canada's eastern coastline
and Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains - for a ritual performance,
which was documented through a series of stunning photographs.
During the course of this innovative work, each artist continued
their own painting. To further investigate the process of collaboration,
the artists choose a topic together, and then worked on a preliminary
design. From this design, the final canvas is created, with both
artists painting on the work.
In connection with the exhibit will be a weekly Lunch and Learn
Series, to be held every Wed. throughout An Appalachian
Summer Festival. Presentations will be held from noon-1pm,
in the Rosen Galleries of the Turchin Center and will focus on
various aspects of the Collaborations exhibit. Lunch
and Learn dates are July 7, 14, 21 and 28. All Lunch and
Learn presentations are free of charge, and participants are
invited to bring their own lunch. Bottled water will be provided.
Featured in the Catherine J. Smith Gallery
will be an exhibition entitled, Africa: From Eritrea with Love:
Paintings by Betty Laduke, on view from July 1 - 31, 2004.
In this series of vibrant paintings, Laduke draws the viewer in
with a blend of narrative and cheerful color to reveal fascinating
glimpses into the everyday life of African communities.
A series of educational events round out the festival's eclectic
array of arts programming. A Visual Arts Workshop Series will
consist of a series for children ages 8-12; two art workshop series
for adults; and the popular (and free) weekly Lunch and Learn
program in the Turchin Center's Rosen Galleries. The Appalachian
Retired Family will present its second annual summer seminar entitled,
Appalachian Traditional and Outsider Art, a day-long seminar
at the Turchin Center, starting at 9:30am on July 19, 2004, focusing
on a discussion of "outsider art" by experts and artists,
as well as visits to view the pottery, musical instruments, collectibles
and other exhibited items featured during the seminar.
For additional information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, contact Hank Foreman, Director/Chief Curator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, at 828/262.3017 or at (www.turchincenter.org).
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