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Applications are now open for the Student Annual Art Exhibition, sponsored by the College of the Arts. All students in any major on Kent campus are eligible to submit up to three of their best artworks for the chance to win cash prizes. A guest juror will select artwork to be…
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Recent B.F.A. alumnus Nick Lee, ‘21 has been selected for Summit Artspace’s inaugural funded solo exhibition for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists. Lee’s exhibition, "When We Share Our Wounds," will be on view from…
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Assistant professor of art history, Dr. Shana Klein, received the 2021 SECAC award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication for her book "The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age…
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Dr. Linda Hoeptner Poling, associate professor of art education, edited and authored several chapters in “Lobby Activism: Feminism(s) + Art Education” alongside her colleagues in the NAEA Women’s Caucus.
The College of the Arts is thrilled to announce the winners of the ArtsLAUNCH! 2022 Grant Competition, co-sponsored by LaunchNET Kent State.
The competition was open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at Kent State University. Applicants were…
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Connection Resumed...
BFA 2020
Payto and Crawford Galleries
January 25 - February 24, 2022
B.F.A. alumni show their work from their spring 2020 thesis exhibitions. Featuring: Sommer Bonfiglio, Courtney Donovan, Megan Taylor, Steven Edwards, Noah Gfell, Diana Harper,…
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Tabitha Ott: Imaginarium
January 28 - March 5, 2022
KSU Downtown Gallery
Tabitha Ott, M.F.A. '12, is a metalsmith who currently resides in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She transforms objects and materials that would normally be thought of as waste into wearable art…
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The Kent Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Gregory King, welcomes choreographer Amy Hall Garner to Kent State as a guest artist January 26-30, 2022. During her residency, Garner will collaborate with the members of the Kent Dance Ensemble on a work that…
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"Line by Line," presented by Kent State University School of Art Galleries, features artists Erin M. Riley, Samantha Bittman, Crystal Gregory, Diedrick Brackens, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, and collaborators Barrow Parke. The exhibition, curated by Janice Lessman-Moss, will be on…
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The School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2021-2022 season with the production of Disney’s Freaky Friday, running Feb. 25 – March 6 in E. Turner Stump Theatre.