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Kent Creativity Festival Announces 2019 Artists and Performers

Thursday, July 18, 2019 - 11:02am
The Kent Creativity Festival announces 2019 artists and performers for September event!

Dr. Kent McWilliams to lead Kent State School of Music into next chapter as Director

Monday, July 15, 2019 - 9:51am
Kent, Ohio – After a national search, the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and the College of the Arts at Kent State University are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kent McWilliams as the next Director of the School of Music. Formerly, Dr. McWilliams served as a Professo...
Dillon Sedar receives the Arts Alive Arts Educator Award from Summit Artspace. He holds the award surrounded by Summit Artspace employees. Arts Alive logo is on the right.

Alumnus Receives Arts Educator Award from Summit Artspace

Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 4:05pm
Art education alumnus, Dillon Sedar (B.A. ‘13, M.A. ’17), was named the Arts Educator Honoree at Summit Artspace’s Arts Alive award ceremony in June 2019. He was one of three finalists for the award category. According to Summit Artspace’s website, the...
Joseph Underwood giving a gallery talk during his curated exhibition "The View From Here"

Dr. Joseph Underwood Selected as Tyson Scholar

Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 9:53am
Assistant professor of art history, Dr. Joseph Underwood, was selected through an international competition for the Tyson Scholars Program at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for the spring of 2020.  The award als...

Kent State School of Music welcomes Dr. Andrew Le to the Piano Division Fall 2019

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 11:38am
Kent, Ohio – The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Le will join the Piano Division beginning in the Fall 2019 semester. Dr. Le comes to Kent State from Hope College in Holland, Mich., where he has served on the piano f...

Kent State School of Music welcomes Dr. Joshua Albrecht to the Music Theory faculty Fall 2019

Friday, May 24, 2019 - 12:46pm
Kent, Ohio – The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University is pleased to announce that Dr. Joshua Albrecht will join the Music Theory faculty beginning in the Fall 2019 semester. Dr. Albrecht comes to Kent State from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, where he s...

Alumna Jolynn Santiago Awarded Arrowmont Artist Residency

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 2:36pm
Jolynn Santiago (B.F.A. Jewelry/Metals/Enameling ’13) was recently awarded an 11-month residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee. 
Fruits of the Tropics, lithograph, 1871, Currier and Ives

Shana Klein Receives Farris Family Innovation Award

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 12:01pm
Dr. Shana Klein, Assistant Professor of Art History, received the Farris Family Innovation Award to help fund her book project, “The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of National Expansion.” Dr. Klein is one of the first recipients to receive this a...

Kent Blossom Music Festival announces 51st season summer concerts June 30-Aug. 4

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 11:48am
Kent, Ohio – The Kent Blossom Music Festival, running June 30 through Aug. 4, and Festival Director Ricardo Sepúlveda announce the 51st concert season of Kent State University’s partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra. This year’s festival includes a 5-concert Faculty Series and...

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Gregory King Named to OhioDance Board of Trustees

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 12:14pm
Congratulations to assistant professor of Dance Gregory King who has been appointed to a 3 year term on the OhioDance Board of Trustees. 

M.F.A. Acting Program Recognized as one of the "5 Most Underrated MFA Acting Programs"

Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 8:54pm
The School of Theatre and Dance's M.F.A. in Acting for the Returning Professional program was recently recognized as one of the "5 Most Underrated MFA Acting Programs" by OnStage Blog. 

Kimberly Karpanty Performs at Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks

Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 3:55pm
School of Theatre and Dance professor Kimberly Karpanty will perform a self-choreographed solo work, MONSOON, at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual DanceWorks series of contemporary dance. MONSOON is produced by Karpanty's dance company, Travesty Dance Group.

Gregory King Named Provost Faculty Associate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 3:22pm
Assistant professor of Dance Gregory King has been named a Provost Faculty Associate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for 2019-2020 by Provost Todd Diacon and Vice President of DEI Alfreda Brown.

Gregory King Accepted into National Arts Strategies' Executive Arts & Culture Program

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 10:38am
Assistant professor of Dance Gregory King has been accepted into National Arts Strategies' 2019 Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy. King i...

Roe Green Visiting Director Series presents world premiere of Ron West's "Any Resemblance"

Saturday, April 20, 2019 - 5:38pm
The 2018-2019 season concludes with the Roe Green Visiting Director Series presentation of the world premiere of Ron West's "Any Resemblance," running April 19-28 in Wright-Curtis Theatre. 

Film by Alumna Kaitlyn Black Featured in 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival

Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:07am
"Relationship Deli," a short film written by and starring Kaitlyn Black, an alumna of Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance, will be featured in the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Kent Dance Ensemble Presents Annual Concert "woMENtum"

Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 9:55am
The 2018-2019 season continues with Kent Dance Ensemble: woMENtum. The concert will be presented in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for the Performing Arts, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent, OH 44242. The concert series runs Fri., April 5 and Sat., April 6 at 7:30 p.m. and...

Professor Kim Karpanty Receives Scholarship to Barcelona International Dance Exchange

Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 9:32am
Professor of Dance Kimberly Karpanty is one of four recipients of a Fidelity Scholarship to attend the Barcelona International Dance Exchange (BIDE) annual meeting in April 2019. Karpanty, currently on faculty improvement leave, is spending the Spring 2019 semester studying, chor...

Gregory King Commissioned to to set original work on the dancers of Georgian Court University

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 9:58am
Assistant professor of dance Gregory King is commissioned to set original work on the dancers of Georgian Court University in February.

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