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Alum Brianna Robinson at her Cleveland Museum of Art conservation internship.

Recent Art History Graduate Earns CMA Internship

Monday, April 19, 2021 - 5:10pm
Kent State University School of Art graduate Brianna Robinson recently earned the role of Object Conservation Intern at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Brianna earned her B.A. in Art History and Sociology from Kent State in the fall of 2020.
Image of three paintings in a gallery by MFA student Katie Butler and a picture of Katie on the right.

Student Spotlight - Katie Butler

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 3:38pm
Art is a way to contextualize the political climate and make sense of a tumultuous world. MFA candidate in painting and graduate teaching assistant, Katie Butler, has confronted the COVID-19 pandemic and related political issues in her work over the course of the past year. Her s...
Nelson Stevens - Spirit Sister print from the School of Art Collection

Nelson Stevens (MFA '69) and the AfriCOBRA Movement

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 3:17pm
You might have heard of a group called AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) and its legacy in African American art history. What you might not know is that one of its earliest members was Kent State al...

School of Theatre and Dance Presents "B.F.A. Senior Dance Concert/Student Dance Festival"

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 4:32pm
Directed by Kent State dance faculty member Samuel McIntosh, the BFA/SDF: Revision concert features performance and choreography by B.F.A. Dance Performance candidates Maggie Busch and Elyza Morckel and by dance students Mathew Blasio, Niarra Gooden-Clarke, Kira Ruffin, and Victo...

Glauser School Student and Alumnus Present at International Music Cognition Conference

Monday, April 12, 2021 - 1:42pm
The Future Directions of Music Cognition Conference featured Glauser School students Alena Miskinis and alumus Andrew Blake March 6-7. 
A weaving by Meagan Smith, a colorful nature painting by Kasey Kania, and a sculpture of a breakfast table setting by Maureen Chisholm

Student Annual 2021

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 5:10pm
Every year, School of Art majors, minors, and graduate students submit their best artwork to the Student Annual juried exhibition, which is curated by a guest juror. This year, the guest juror was Claudia Berlinski, Director of the McDonough Museum of Art at Youngstown State Univ...

Glauser School of Music Announces Launch of Kent State Youth Winds

Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 3:06pm
A new youth wind ensemble, led by the Glauser School's Wendy K. Matthews and colleagues Sarah Kois (M.M. '20) and Garrett Doty, comes to Kent State University in fall 2021. 
Georgio Sabino III at his exhibition of photography standing in front of a photograph of President Barack Obama.

Alumni Spotlight - Georgio Sabino III

Friday, April 2, 2021 - 1:57pm
It is not often that you have the opportunity to photograph figures such as Oprah Winfrey or to meet former President Barack Obama, but Georgio Sabino III’s career has led him to do so. Owner of GS3 Innovations, LLC, he earned his B.A. in Fine Ar...

School of Theatre and Dance Ranked in Top 50 of Best Theatre Bachelor's Degrees by Study.com

Monday, March 29, 2021 - 8:04am
Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance is ranked #50 on Study.com's list of Best Theatre Bachelor's Degree programs in the United States. In addition to this national ranking, the School of Theatre and Dance is one of only two theatre programs from the state of Ohio...

New Music Ensemble Fuses Poetry, Dance and Music March 27

Friday, March 26, 2021 - 12:57pm
Celebrating and highlighting Black musicians and artists through performance, the concert is a collaboration of the Glauser School, Wick Poetry Center and Kent State Dance Department. 

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Flashes of Inspiration: The House Lights Will Shine Brightly Again

Monday, May 11, 2020 - 10:06pm
Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Eric van Baars, director of Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance, an associate professor, and executive producer for the Porthouse Theatre, who offers an inspirational pep talk to all of us confined at home.

Theatre Major Kelly Harper Awarded Activism Scholarship

Friday, May 1, 2020 - 10:35am
Kent State Junior Theater Studies Major Kelly Harper is the winner of the $2,500 Activism and Advocacy Scholarship established to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop.

School of Theatre and Dance Students, Faculty, & Alumni Help Commemorate May 4 through 'May 4th Voices' Radio Play

Friday, April 24, 2020 - 4:43pm
In conjunction with Kent State University's 50th Anniversary Commemoration of May 4, the School of Theatre and Dance is proud to have multiple students, faculty, and alumni involved in the newly recorded version of David Hassler's play, "May 4th Voices."

Important Message from School Director Eric van Baars

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 2:39pm

All School of Theatre and Dance Events Cancelled Through Remainder of Semester

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 4:37pm
In response to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s proactive approach to keeping our state safe during the ongoing spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), Kent State University has suspended all in-person classes and university sponsored events, both on-campus and off-campus, through the end of th...

School of Theatre and Dance Welcomes Alvin Ailey's Lakey Evans-Pena

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 11:22pm
The Ailey School, the educational component of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will be at Kent State on Sat., March 14 to audition students for the Ailey School's summer intensive program. Lakey Evans-Pena, Horton faculty and Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers' Rehearsal Direc...

Kent State Students Highlight New Dance Works in “Apex”

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 1:14pm
Kent, OH – Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2019-2020 production season with the B.F.A. Senior Dance Concert/Student Dance Festival: APEX. The concert will be presented in the Erdmann-Zucchero Theatre located in the Center for the Performing Arts,...

MamLuft&Co. Dance presents new dance theatre work "Decent Dissent" as part of May 4 Commemoration

Monday, February 17, 2020 - 2:59pm
Kent, OH – Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance will welcome MamLuft&Co. Dance for the premiere of a new dance theatre work Decent Dissent, created in conjunction with the 50th Commemoration of May 4. 

Kent State presents Tony Award-winning musical "Parade"

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 2:10pm
The 2019-2020 season continues with the Tony Award-winning musical "Parade." Directed by Fabio Polanco, "Parade" runs Feb. 21 - March 1 in E. Turner Stump Theatre. 

Kimberly Karpanty and Samuel McIntosh Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 8:30am
Congratulations to professor of Dance Kimberly Karpanty and adjunct dance faculty member Samuel McIntosh on receiving Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council. Both Karpanty and McIntosh will use their $5,000 grants to produce new works of choreography in the comin...

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