Upcoming Events
"The Drama Triangle" by Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB)
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The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce "The Drama Triangle" by Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB), the 2025 Curlee Raven Holton and Raven Print Editions Fellow, on view Oct. 30 through Nov. 25, 2025, in the CVA Gallery, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio. There will be a reception on October 30th from 4-6 p.m. with an artist talk at 6 p.m. in the School of Art Auditorium, room 165.
A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa
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The exhibition "A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa" will be the first of its kind in the world to focus specifically on contemporary fashion designers and influencers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Scheduled to open at the Kent State University Museum in September 2025, this pathbreaking exhibition broadens the scope of scholarship on fashion history, which to date has focused primarily on American and European designers.
Sparkle: The Style and Jewelry of Aileen Mehle Exhibiton
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In honor of the Kent State University Museum’s 40th anniversary, this exhibition pays tribute to Aileen Mehle, a friend of the museum founders and widely syndicated society columnist. The exhibition features evening dresses and jewelry from Mehle that will be displayed in the museum’s historic Higbee Gallery from July 18, 2025, through Aug. 23, 2026. Mehle, who lived from 1918 to 2016, wrote under the pseudonym Suzy Knickerbocker and enjoyed a career spanning five decades – from the 1950s until her final column in 2005, which she wrote at the age of 87.