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Black Theatre Association Black History Month program

Black Theatre Association Celebrates Black History Month With Docuseries Projects

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 4:31pm
Kent State University's Black Theatre Association is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with two different projects, currently being shared through the organization's Instagram account (@BTAKentState). The first project, "Black Excellence Spotlight," will featur...
Simon Tatum and two images of his sculptures

Student Spotlight - Simon Tatum

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 5:32pm
If you spend a lot of time at the Center for the Visual Arts, you have probably seen Simon Tatum around the halls or perhaps working in the gallery or his studio. He is an M.F.A. candidate in the School of Art's Studio Art program, conce...

College of the Arts presents Art Without Limits Career Week and Conference

Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 6:53pm
The College of the Arts will present its 4th annual Art Without Limits Career Week and Conference January 29 – February 5, 2021. This year's theme is "The Power of the Plan," and includes discussions on first jobs in the arts, collaboration, arts for a purpose, graduate school, e...

Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series Presents Keama Garrett

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 5:56pm
The College of the Arts is proud to continue the acclaimed Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series with virtual presentations this spring dedicated to the College's commitment to celebrating diversity within the Arts. The next guest speaker of this year's series is fashion and cost...
Davin Ebanks standing in front of his glass sculpture, a circular glass shape that has realistic water ripples texturing the surface

Davin Ebanks Opens Solo Exhibition at The Sculpture Center

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 5:27pm
Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass, has a solo exhibition at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland on view Jan. 29 through Mar. 13, 2021. “Nowhere is Blue” includes new glass sculptures created by Ebanks that serve as metaphors for the subjective nature of identity and person...

Biennial Faculty Show

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 4:11pm
January 26 - March 4, 2021 The School of Art Collection and Galleries presents the Biennial Faculty Show in the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery. All full-time, part-time, and emeritus faculty at Kent State University’s School of Art at all campuses are invited to participate i...

Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series Presents Kaja Dunn

Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 12:37pm
The College of the Arts is proud to continue the acclaimed Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series with virtual presentations this spring dedicated to the College's commitment to celebrating diversity within the Arts. The next guest speaker of this year's series is actor, director,...
Dr. Joseph Underwood at his exhibition The View From Here in Senegal

Dr. Joseph Underwood Selected for Warhol Arts Writers Grant

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 12:10pm
Dr. Joseph Underwood, professor of art history, was selected as one of the 2020 recipients of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Dr. Underwood’s book “Forging a New Contemporary: Art from Senegal in Transnational Networks, 1974–1984” was one of six book projects selec...

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2019-2020 Seasons Opens with Charise Castro Smith's "The Hunchback of Seville"

Thursday, August 29, 2019 - 2:37pm
The 2019-2020 season opens with Charise Castro Smith's "The Hunchback of Seville." Directed by Courtney Brown, the production runs Oct. 3-9, 2019 in Wright-Curtis Theatre. 

School of Theatre and Dance Announces 2019-2020 Season

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - 11:17pm
Designed to coincide with the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of May 4, Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance will present a compelling and profound season of plays, musicals, and choreography rooted in the themes of politics, protest, power, peace, and the pa...

Dance Faculty member Gregory King collaborates on "Nine Lives" premiere

Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 4:22pm
School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Gregory King and Hugh A. Glauser School of Music faculty member Chris Coles collaborate on “Nine Lives,” a forty (40) minute work in memory of the victims of the Charleston church shooting.

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.

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