Workshops
Join us for the exhibit opening of A Second Moon Photographs by Ben Brody, Massachusetts-based photographer, educator, and author of Attention Servicemember. Brody photographed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for 15 years, first as a soldier and thereafter as an independent photojournalist. Curated by Moema Furtado, an Installation Artist and Independent Curator. RSVP by February 20.
CLARK THENHAUS is Founding Director of Endemic Architecture and Assistant Professor at the California College of the Arts. His work has received numerous awards, including the Architects Newspaper Best of Design Award for Best Public Landscape in 2017 and the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers in 2015. Thenhaus’ work has been exhibited widely and published in venues including the Wall Street Journal, Project Journal, Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), Architects Newspaper, Architect Magazine, Thresholds, and Possible Mediums. His new book, Unresolved Legibility in Residential Types (2019), will be available for purchase during the exhibition reception.
RACHEL ARMSTRONG – PARALLEL BIOLOGY: 4:00pm TODAY
First Fall 2020 CAED Lecture and Exhibition – in conjunction with ESDRI
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There will be a moderator with Q/A through the chat function.
Rachel Armstrong is a Professor of Experimental Architecture at Newcastle University. Her lecture is titled "Facing 21st Century Nature: Configuring Fresh Approaches Through Biodesign". This is apart of the Biodesign: Designing with Life for Environmental Sustainability. For more information on the Biodesign Symposium please visit: https://www.kent.edu/ESDRI-symposium.
The Fashion School's Annual Fashion Show that was originally scheduled to be held in the Kent State University Museum has been refashioned into Fashion Show 2.0, a completely virtual extravaganza which will highlight senior designers whose collections were personally selected (prior to Coronavirus pandemic) by a panel of industry critics. Complementing the full collections will be nearly 100 single submissions - all designed by seniors. The show promises to embody an eclectic assortment of styles, materials, concepts and processes of completed garments.
The event will take place on Friday, April 24 at 7 pm on the Kent State Annual Fashion Show Instagram Account and also simultaneously on the School’s YouTube Channel.
The show will offer a bright, fast paced, revealing look at each student's unique, personal style, creativity and inspiration. Interspersed will be messages of encouragement and congratulations from designers and key stakeholders in the fashion industry, donors and some possible celebrities cameos! More information about the show can be found here.
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Dear Kent State University College of Nursing Students graduating with a MSN, DNP or Ph.D.,
Your Graduate Convocation ceremony will be hosted on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Doors open at 6:30pm, and the event will begin at 7pm.
Registration information was sent to graduating graduate students email accounts at the end of January 2024.
Limited seating will be available and registration is required.
The live-stream that will be available for your loved ones who are not able to join you in-person will be shared here:
TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers, and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. Combs, products, and implements from the collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired here with masterworks from artists including James Van Der Zee, Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Mary Sibande and Zanele Muholi. Exploring topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display, TEXTURES is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complicated place in the history of African American life and culture. The exhibition is organized by the KSU Museum with co-curators, Joseph L. Underwood, assistant professor of art history at KSU and Tameka Ellington, associate professor at the School of Fashion at KSU.
TEXTURES Symposium
On April 14-15, 2022, the TEXTURES Symposium convened at the KSU Museum in conjunction with the exhibition TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair. The symposium surrounded the exhibition themes and convened thinkers and creators from a variety of backgrounds to discuss, engage, and celebrate ideas pertaining to Black history, hair, beauty, and culture. The keynote speakers for this symposium were Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, clinical psychologist and hairstylist, PsychoHairapy LLC, and Dr. Crystal Porter, hair scientist and president of Mane Insights, Inc. The full symposium schedule is available in the Symposium Program (PDF) and the event can be viewed on the KSU Museum's Youtube channel.
TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair is made possible with the generous sponsorship of:
Additional support from National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Humanities Council, the Ohio Arts Council, Callahan Foundation, KSU Global Understanding Research Initiative, the KSU Provost’s Office, KSU Dean’s Office of the College of the Arts, Leslie Royce Resnik, the KSU School of Fashion, KSU Pan-African Studies, KSU Research and Sponsored Programs, Dr. Geneva Damron, Colorist and Brand Ambassador Greg Gilmore, and Kent Area (OH) Chapter, The Links, Incorporated.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication produced and distributed by Hirmer Verlag. To purchase the catalogue through the KSU Museum Store please order here.
Sonya Clark, Black Hair Flag, 2010, Photo courtesy the artist
James Van Der Zee, Harlem, ca. 1940. Photo courtesy Tyler Fine Art, Melvin Homes Collection of African Art
Banner image: Tawny Chatmon, Heir/Present of God, 2017. Photo Courtesy the artist
Drawing from the rich collection of Kent State University Museum, this exhibition showcases common features shared by regional costume across Europe. In its original context in villages, regional dress carefully marked social and cultural differences. Religious affiliation, gender, age, and marital status were all instantly recognizable at a glance by members of the community. A person’s outfit signaled which village or region they came from. Focusing on these signs of difference obscures the common vocabulary that rural residents across Europe used to shape their clothing. By organizing the pieces on display according to shared features, this exhibition highlights the commonalities across the continent rather than their differences. The pieces on view span Western and Eastern Europe including examples from Norway, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Romania and Albania. The development of elaborate regional dress was not a result of the isolation of their wearers but a signal of their integration into broader European society.
Banner image: Detail of Romanian ensemble from Transylvania (KSUM 1987.15.17 a-e); Square detail: Embroidery on Norwegian ensemble (KSUM 1990.83.9 a-d)
Artwork created by undergraduate and graduate art majors, selected by guest juror Christy Davis of the Canton Museum of Art, will be on view in the CVA Gallery. Awards will be announced this evening.
We live in a world where fashion, celebrity and personality are inextricably intertwined and elevated to heights of global phenomena. A singular name — Cher, Madonna, Naomi or even Bernie — denotes an immediate and comprehensive image of personae, values and impact. The name Chanel has endured for over 100 years: What does that tell us about the House of Chanel and what does that reveal about us?
Forever Chanel will highlight the outstanding examples of both Mlle. Chanel and Mr. Lagerfeld in the KSU Museum permanent collection of both couture and high-end ready-to-wear. This includes Coco dresses from as early as 1926 to Karl’s early Chanel years. By looking at the fashion of both Mlle. Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, we begin to piece together a remarkable story of invention, reinvention and relevant changes of the past century.
Made possible with the generous support of Dr. Linda McDonald.
Role of prefrontal parvalbumin cells in stress-related mood disorders
Laurence Coutellier, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Ohio State University
The mission of the Brain Health Research Institute is to foster and support collaborative research leading to innovative discoveries about the brain that ultimately improve the health of our communities and beyond.
