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At the end of the semester, graduate students from the School of Art studio M.A. and M.F.A. programs participated in the annual Grad Studio Crawl.

The College of the Arts is celebrating another semester of creativity! With over 85 events, our students, future flashes and community members engaged in and shared their love for the arts. Check out some of our favorite moments.
The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce a collaborative program at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (the Kate) and Katharine Hepburn Museum in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on Dec. 4. The program will highlight Kent…
Kent State University’s School of Fashion was recently featured on the front page of the Akron Beacon Journal and Record-Courier newspapers for the innovative and collaborative opportunities it has implemented for its students.

Meet Marianna Young!“I chose Kent State because I felt immediately at home here,” said Marianna. “As soon as I toured the school I knew this was the place for me and I truly wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I also really fell in love with the musical theatre program. All of…

Kent State’s School of Fashion has long fostered deep industry connections, and on Nov. 7 those partnerships were on full display as the school hosted a fashion show in Cleveland’s Flats district to launch the new all-electric Porsche Macan.
The Kent State University Museum has announced a new partnership with the Fabric Pantry, a Kent State student organization that provides free fabric to university students.
The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce a first-time partnership with the National First Ladies Library & Museum on an Election Day program.

In November, multi-disciplinary artist Stephanie J. Woods visited campus as part of the 2024 Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art…

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2024-2025 season with “Belonging” Fall Faculty Concert running November 22 through 24 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.

The World Premiere of the musical "The Land of Oz" is part of Dobama Theatre’s 2022/23 mainstage season. This production includes alumni and faculty from Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance. The production is currently running through December 31, 2022 at…

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continued its 2022-2023 production season with the Dance '22: Shifting Landscapes.

Songs by The Go-Go's
Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted by James Magruder
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY AMY FRITSCHE
Kent State University’s School of Theater and Dance is continuing is 2022-2023…
The School of Theatre and Dance is pleased to share that Assistant Professor of Dance, Ambre Emory-Maier, will serve as the Movement Director in collaboration with Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona in the creation and performance of "…
The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to share that Assistant Professor of Costume Design/Technology, Grace Cochran Keenan, has been awarded the Platinum Teaching Recognition Award for Costume History: New Strategies in Teaching.
“Corktown” Pre-Show Discussion: Gentrification, Race, & Democracy, hosted by the Growing Democracy Project

The School of Theatre and Dance begins its 2022-2023 season with the production of "Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones," by Jeff Augustin running October 6-12, 2022 in Wright-Curtis Theatre.
Directed by associate professor Fabio Polanco, “La Siempreviva,” by Colombian playwright Miguel Torres tells the story of the M-19 guerilla group’s November 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice and the subsequent re-siege by the Colombian army from the viewpoint of…
The School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University and the East Meets West student organization present a special Masterclass with Laura Alonso, the internationally recognized founder of Centro Pro Danza and The Ballet Classic of Havana.
The class will be held…

The School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University is offering a special series of six Dance @Kent State: Early Start Dance Master Classes, August 13-15, 2024 for intermediate and advanced dancers studying at Kent State as well as high school-age dancers…