Peter Christian Johnson at Ferrin Contemporary

Dr. Linda Hoeptner Poling, an associate professor of art education, was honored with the 2022 Linda Stein Upstander Award.

Colorado College has welcomed Kent State University School of Art M.F.A. alumni, John Fifield-Perez for their inaugural Visiting Artist series as part of the Fiber Fellowship program. The Fiber Fellowship is a collaboration between Art and Crafts and the Art Department. These departments support the visiting artists to join Colorado College every semester. The artist will spend time on campus and create new work to be exhibited and shared with the program. Additionally, the artist teaches a block of classes in fiber and creates co-curricular workshops for Arts and Crafts.

Hannah Johnson, a ceramics M.F.A. student, has been making waves in the art community. Recent achievements include being featured in magazines, receiving a grant and presenting her work at an art fair. Hannah credits her successes to faculty members who have helped her along the way.

KENT, OH – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit, prayer flags, by Jillian Sokso. This exhibit will be on display, August 25 – September 30, 2023, at the KSU Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, Kent Ohio.

KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibition, Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein.

The School of Art is excited to announce the appointment of two new faculty members this August. Missy Higgins-Linder is a new interim lecturer of art education and Anna Kruse is the new assistant professor of studio art-ceramics. 

Threads of Connection -- Recent Fiber Works by Members of Weave a Real Peace (WARP) will be on display, May 19 – July 15, 2023, at the KSU Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, Kent Ohio, there will be a closing Reception on July 14, 5 – 7 p.m.

The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University is pleased to announce a new exhibition, the Kent Blossom Art Intensives Exhibition. Featuring the work of visiting artists and resident faculty working in ceramics, glass, painting, and textiles.

Adjunct Professor and Kent State Painting M.F.A. alumnus (2021), Katie Butler, was awarded an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. This grant allows Katie to accept an invitation to participate in Alfred University's inaugural summer artist residency in Düsseldorf, Germany. From June 7 to June 28, 2023, she will participate in the residency at the Alfred University graduate painting studio facility. 

Shana Klein, Ph.D., assistant professor of Art History in the School of Art, received a short-term fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia for her research on motherhood in U.S. art. The 2023–24 Davida T. Deutsch Fellowship in Women’s History will support Dr. Klein's project "Spoiled Milk: The Politics of Race and Motherhood in Victorian American Art."