Fine and Applied Arts

Raven and Blackberry “In the Roots of Wise Women” Shauna Caldwell Digital Print, Scanned Lumen Print

Smith Gallery presents Fall 2017 Senior Studio Art Exhibitions
Nov 3, 2017

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOONE, N.C. -The Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University presents Shut Up and Listen, the first of two Fall 2017 Bac...

Department of Applied Design hosts 2017 Interior Design Educators Council Conference
Oct 30, 2017

The Appalachian State Department of Applied Design hosted the 2017 South Regional Conference for the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) this mon...

The Ground Beneath Us, by Paul Bogard

Environmental writer and photographer examine the human relationship with the ground beneath our feet
Oct 19, 2017

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017 the Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Department will host an evening presentation with author Paul Board and ph...

Interior Design professor participates in SAI Faculty Fellowship
Oct 17, 2017

by: Ellie HooperJeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University, was selected as a faculty fellow throug...

Appalachian State University & Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture to host The 2017 Food Summit
Oct 13, 2017

The 2017 Food Summit, a gathering of scholars, farmers, and food lovers, is organized around the theme “Dynamic Traditions, Resourceful Communities....

Tori Mellot (Competition Juror and Traditional Home Magazine Contributing Editor), Ben Bridges (2nd Place), John Barton (3rd Place),Jill Waage (Traditional Home Magazine Editor-in-Chief), Brian F. Davies (Applied Design Chair).

Appalachian State University students take home honors in furniture design competition
Sep 29, 2017

Two Appalachian students in the College of Fine and Applied Arts’ Department of Applied Design took home honors in the International Furniture&...

Ed Woodham works with students at HOW Space

Downtown Boone community art parade to be held May 5
Apr 26, 2017

By Jennie Carlisle**Update: Due to forecasted inclement weather, the procession has shifted to become a festive party inside HOW Space instead of a pa...

2016-17 Innovation Scholars

Fine and Applied Arts faculty awarded Innovation Scholars funding
Apr 20, 2017

Three of the five collaborative projects funded by the Chancellor's first Innovation Scholars program are led by Fine and Applied Arts faculty. Read m...

HOW Space

IDEXlab unveils HOW Space to promote community collaboration [The Appalachian]
Apr 14, 2017

On  April 7, faculty and students of the IDEXlab joined student artists and the public to celebrate the unveiling of the HOW Space, a multip...

A rendering of the AppLab space with the new Steelcase products

Appalachian State University earns Active Learning Center Grant to support AppLab
Mar 29, 2017

By Haley ChildersAppalachian State University has earned a $65,000 Active Learning Center Grant to support AppLab from Steelc...