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Breanne Trammell, "Bad As I Wanna Be (Cheetah)"

Breanne Trammell Selected for Juror's Award in "Stand Out Prints"

Breanne Trammell, Assistant Professor in Print Media, has been selected for a Juror's Award for her print "Bad As I Wanna Be (Cheetah)" (below).  The annual international juried exhibition Stand Out Prints is located at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN.  Se…

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Porthouse Theatre Announces 2017 Season

Porthouse Will Seize the Day and Light Up the Night in 2017

Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will celebrate its 49th season with productions of “9 to 5,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and “Newsies.” Directed by Porthouse producing artistic director Terri Kent, “9…

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New Geometries - Fleisher/Ollman Gallery

Gianna Commito at the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery

Associate Professor in painting, Gianna Commito will be showing her work in the group exhibition "New Geometries" at the Feisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.  The show will run from September 15 through November 12, 2016.  (Image: Gianna Commito - Nepp, 2014, casein and marble dust …

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Mozart's 'Magic Flute' Gets Design Survey at Kent State Museum

Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” provides the basis for an exhibition of costumes and theatrical designs at the Kent State University Museum. “Magical Designs for Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute,’” curated by theatrical and opera designer Judy Levin, is open at the museum September 29, 2016 - January 8, 2017 …

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Kent State Museum Showcases South African, Namibian Fashion Designers

The Kent State University Museum brings the work of contemporary fashion designers from two southern African nations to Ohio in a new exhibition. Fashions of Southern Africa is curated by Sara Hume, Ph.D., and runs Aug. 26, 2016-July 2, 2017, in the museum’s Higbee Gallery. The museum also will hos…

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Lincoln Center Fashion Display Offers Glimpse Of "Magic Flute" Costumes Coming Soon To Kent State

A Lincoln Center display of costume and set designs inspired by Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" was organized in collaboration with the Kent State University Museum and will soon be on its way to the Kent Campus. 

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Kent State Museum Exhibit Considers Assistive Technologies in Fashion Context

The Kent State University Museum will offer a fresh, design-focused survey of assistive and adaptive devices in an upcoming exhibition. “(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability” runs July 29, 2016, to March 12, 2017, in the museum’s Stager and Blum Galleries. The exhibit i…

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Kent State Museum Showcases South African, Namibian Fashion Designers

“Fashions of Southern Africa” is curated by Sara Hume, Ph.D., and runs August 26, 2016 - July 2, 2017 in the museum’s Higbee Gallery. The museum will also host a free preview reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 25.

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Piano Institute participants from last year pose for a group photo. The highly gifted pre-collegiate pianists came from the United States, China, Honduras and China to Kent State University.

Kent State’s Piano Institute Presents Its 11th Annual Gala Concert and Series of Performances

The 2016 Piano Institute, in association with the Piano Division of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University, will present a series of master classes and recitals from July 19-26 on the university’s campus and culminate with the July 26 gala concert at Severance Hall’s Reinberger Chamber Hall in Cleveland. 

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When singer Deloris Van Cartier (Colleen Longshaw) witnesses a murder, she ends up in the last place she imagined: a convent. Porthouse Theatre open its 48th season with the regional premiere of "Sister Act."

Porthouse Theatre's 2016 Season Opens With Regional Premiere of "Sister Act"

Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will open its 48th season with the regional premiere of “Sister Act.”

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