College of Fine and Applied Arts

Bryce Johnson, a 2009 Appalachian State University electronic media/broadcasting graduate, has taken his radio sports talk show to the Charlotte region.

Johnson’s program, “Sports Yapp,” began airing today on 1150 WAVO-AM Rock Hill and 1410 WTIX-AM Concord. Johnson began the show on Appalachian State’s student-run campus radio station 90.5 WASU-FM when he was a student.

Johnson said his education and training at Appalachian and as a graduate of the University’s innovative Kellar Radio Talent Institute helped him to jumpstart his business. The Kellar Radio Talent Institute is the only program of its kind in the nation that brings radio industry professionals from North Carolina and the nation to prepare college students for entry-level positions in the radio industry.

“WASU was great because it prepared me to be able to go out and start this up immediately, then because of Kellar and everything I learned there, that helped me as well,” said Johnson. “They provided the capital for me in order to get this started.” Johnson completed the Kellar Radio Talent Institute in 2008 and was awarded a low-interest loan from the institute to help start his new business. As part of the institute, graduates may apply for a low-interest loan to pursue entrepreneurial ventures for up to 10 years after graduation.

Besides working at WASU, Johnson was also featured on High Country Radio’s NewsTalk 1200 WXIT as a co-host for a former program called, “The Sports Page,” with Jeff Fancher.

Johnson will be joined on air by fellow Appalachian State alumni Michael Coulter ’08 and Bud Martin ’83.

Sports Yapp airs live Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. on 1150 WAVO-AM Rock Hill and 1410 WTIX-AM Concord. The show also is available live and via podcast at www.SportsYapp.com. For more information about the Kellar Radio Talent Institute visit www.kellarradiotalentinstitute.appstate.edu.

David Barringer and Randy Fulp, both Appalachian State University Department of Communication alumni, have won Mid-South Emmy Awards for their recent work. Barringer won three awards:

Director: Rascal Flatts SEC Football Open Editor: Rascal Flatts SEC Football Open Sports Series: Football Saturdays in the South

Fulp won one in the Lighting category for Crossroads Charlotte.

For the full list of winners, click here.

The Catherine J. Smith Gallery is pleased to present a lecture on curating contemporary art by Linda Johnson Dougherty. Ms. Dougherty will address the campus and community members on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the lecture hall located in the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Appalachian State University Campus. Dougherty’s lecture titled, Art Now: Contemporary Curatorial Practices, focuses her work as the Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, which is scheduled to reopen in April 2010 after an ambitious expansion initiative. This event is free and open to the public. This program is organized by the Catherine J. Smith Gallery and sponsored by the Office of Arts and Cultural Programs’ Visiting Artist Series.

About the Curator Linda Johnson Dougherty, Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, most recently curated “Park Pictures: Artists’ Billboard Projects” (2009-2010); “Steed Taylor: Road Tattoos” (2008), “The BIG Picture” (2007); “Contemporary North Carolina Photography” (2006-2007); “Crosscurrents: Art, Craft and Design in North Carolina” (2005-2006); and “Defying Gravity: Contemporary Art and Flight” (2003-2004) and is currently developing exhibitions of contemporary art, including solo shows of Bob Trotman (2010) and Anthony Goicolea (2011), and coordinating artists’ commissions for the Museum Park.

Before moving to North Carolina in 1993, she was a curator at The Phillips Collection, a research associate in the Department of Twentieth-Century Art at the National Gallery of Art, and a research assistant at the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. She was the co-director of the Office of Public Art for the North Carolina Arts Council from 1998-2000 and a project coordinator for the Artworks for State Buildings Program, North Carolina Arts Council from 1995-1998.

As an independent curator and critic based in Chapel Hill, she contributed reviews and articles on contemporary art to numerous national art publications, including Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine, and Public Art Review, and has also written exhibition catalogues and guest curated exhibitions for museums and contemporary art centers in North Carolina and throughout the United States. She has served on selection panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council. She has a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University and an MA in Art History from Williams College.

The Catherine J. Smith Gallery is located in Farthing Auditorium on the Appalachian State University Campus. Admission is free. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10AM to 5PM. For more information, call 828-262-7338 or visit www.art.appstate.edu/cjs.

The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King Street in Boone. Admission is free. Hours are from 10 AM – 6 PM Tuesday – Thursday and Saturday, and from noon – 8 PM on Fridays. For more information, call 828-262-3017 or visit www.turchincenter.org.

The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System has approved a new nursing degree at Appalachian State University.

Appalachian’s Department of Nursing will offer the four-year bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree program beginning during summer school in May. Program development for the degree began in 2008 and culminated with its approval by the N.C. Board of Nursing and the UNC Board of Governors at its January meeting.

Eligible students will be able to apply for acceptance into the program in the next few weeks and up to 40 students are expected to be accepted into the initial class.

This program is in addition to Appalachian’s RN-to-BSN program which began in 2006. The RN-to-BSN program has been offered to students at four off-campus sites and has graduated approximately 65 students. The existing RN-to-BSN program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The Department of Nursing will be housed in Appalachian’s new College of Health Sciences and Allied Professions, whose founding dean, Dr. Fred Whitt, began his duties at the beginning of January. “Appalachian has made a significant investment in the health sciences and is committed to improving the quality of health in our region and state. I have no doubt the graduates of our program will make immediate and positive impacts in the communities they serve,” Whitt said.

“The United States is facing a major shortage of nurses while at the same time qualified nursing students are being turned away from baccalaureate programs due to long waiting lists, lack of nursing faculty and a scarcity of clinical resources,” said Dr. Wanda Stutts, chair of the Department of Nursing. “The addition of a baccalaureate nursing program in northwestern North Carolina will provide additional registered nurses to meet the health care needs of residents in Appalachian’s service area as well as other parts of the country.”

“The approval of this nursing degree is a tribute to the quality of our nursing program, excellence of the faculty and support of the administration,” Whitt said. “The positive reviews from the N.C. Board of Nursing and the UNC Board of Governors is a result of a collaborative effort among faculty, administrators, local healthcare providers, the Board of Trustees and alumni across our state.”

For more information about the nursing program, contact the Department of Nursing at 828- 262-8039 or visit www.nursing.appstate.edu.

Appalachian State University presents the Department of Art Biennial Exhibition 2010 at the Catherine J. Smith Gallery and Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in Boone. The exhibition is on view from Jan. 28 through March 5 at Catherine J. Smith Gallery and from Feb. 5 through March 20 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. The exhibition represents recent creative works by artists currently teaching in the Department of Art at Appalachian State University.

Presenting this exhibition at two venues simultaneously enables visitors to experience a wider range of artworks in a variety of media including: painting, sculpture, metal, fiber, photography, printmaking, drawing, video, digital media, installation and clay. Artists exhibiting at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts include: Eli Bentor, Kathleen Campbell, Maryrose Carroll, Lynn Duryea, Tim Ford, Vicky Grube, Dianne Hodack, Jeana Eve Klein, David Mazure, Ed Midgett, Jody Servon, John Stephenson, Jason Watson and Margaret Yaukey. Artists represented at Catherine J. Smith Gallery are: Adam Adcock, Jeri Allison, Christopher Curtin, Rosa Dargan-Powers, April Flanders, Michael Grady, Scott Ludwig, Daniel Marinelli, Robin Martindale, David Mazure, David Modler, Janet Montgomery, Mark Nystrom, IlaSahai Prouty and Jim Toub.

The works in the exhibition highlight the efforts of faculty members who are committed to not only being motivators and mentors for students, but to engaging in scholarship and research related to their craft. Department Chairperson, Michael Grady remarked “the Department of Art Faculty Biennial reflects the unique creative perspective which makes the art department truly outstanding. As one considers the great range and extraordinary creative achievement represented in the show, it is clear that the common threads of artistic interest in nature and community; craftsmanship and concept, underscore the essential role of the Art Department in the ASU community.”

Public Events

Feb. 5, 6 p.m. Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator at North Carolina Museum of Art, Discusses Contemporary Curatorial Practices, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Lecture Hall

Feb. 19, 4-6 p.m. Reception for Faculty Biennial at Catherine J. Smith Gallery

March 5, 7-9 p.m. Spring Celebration at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts

The Catherine J. Smith Gallery is located in Farthing Auditorium on the Appalachian State University Campus. Admission is free. Hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-262-7338.

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is located at 423 West King Street in Boone. Admission is free. Hours are 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday and from noon – 8 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, please call 828-262-3017.