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Oct. 24, 2025
As part of Kent State’s ongoing 2025-26 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series, the university hosted seven-time Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria as a guest artist. He led master classes, rehearsals and lectures focused on music, business and social change.
Oct. 7, 2025
Congratulations to our 2025 ArtsLAUNCH! winners!
Oct. 7, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Art is proudly represented in the 4th Cayman Islands Biennial, "Archipelago," through the significant curatorial roles of its faculty. Associate Professor of Glass Davin Ebanks and Associate…
Oct. 7, 2025
The new fund will support university and Porthouse productions, the hiring of assistant directors, guest choreographers and guest artists, the hosting of master classes and the awarding of artistic merit-based scholarships to students. Students who receive such scholarships will…
Oct. 7, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2025-2026 season with "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," running Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts on the Kent campus.
Oct. 3, 2025
Creating e-textiles – electronic textiles that can be used to integrate wearable technology into clothing that is comfortable and practical – is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in Kent State University’s Design Innovation (DI) Hub in collaboration with Kent…
Oct. 3, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance, Wick Poetry Center and Brain Health Research Institute joined forces for an Oct. 1 dance performance that set poetry to motion.
Oct. 2, 2025
Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, invites you to its season of possibilities, beginning on June 13, 2026. In its 58th season, Porthouse Theatre will present …
Sept. 25, 2025
The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University is pleased to announce Aggregate III: Avalanche of Talent, a juried exhibition showcasing work by professional artists from across the United States.
Oct. 7, 2025
The new fund will support university and Porthouse productions, the hiring of assistant directors, guest choreographers and guest artists, the hosting of master classes and the awarding of artistic merit-based scholarships to students. Students who receive such scholarships will…
Oct. 7, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2025-2026 season with "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," running Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts on the Kent campus.
Oct. 3, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance, Wick Poetry Center and Brain Health Research Institute joined forces for an Oct. 1 dance performance that set poetry to motion.
Oct. 2, 2025
Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, invites you to its season of possibilities, beginning on June 13, 2026. In its 58th season, Porthouse Theatre will present …
Sept. 12, 2025
Kent State University’s College of the Arts, in collaboration with the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, proudly welcomes back Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award–winning costume designer Paul Tazewell for the 2025–2026 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
Sept. 9, 2025
Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance is opening its 2025-2026 season with "Kentucky," running Sept. 25 through Oct. 1 in Wright-Curtis Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts on the Kent campus
Sept. 2, 2025
Meet Kristen Davis!“Being a Senator has made me focus more on other students' needs and not just my own. I’m constantly looking for new perspectives and ways to improve everyone’s experience.”
Aug. 20, 2025
A collaboration between Kent State University’s School of Fashion, School of Theatre and Dance and Focus Features will bring the final Downton Abbey movie to Kent for an early screening and period fashion show. The movie, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” will have a preview…
Aug. 15, 2025
Kent State University’s College of the Arts and College of Architecture and Environmental Design proudly continue the esteemed …
Aug. 12, 2025
Over the decades, Kent State’s Porthouse Theatre on the grounds of Blossom Music Center has produced more than 3,000 performances, entertaining nearly 400,000 patrons.