Workshops
It’s senior day! Join us in welcoming our newest graduates into the Kent State alumni family. We’ll start the celebration with a pregame lunch in a tent outside the stadium. Alcohol will be available for purchase. Then cheer on the Golden Flashes to victory!
Cost: $20 per person includes a general admission game ticket, a Kent State baseball hat and $5 donation to the Kent State Scholarship Fund. Game tickets will be distributed at Will Call located outside of the stadium.
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It’s Kid’s Fun Day in Cleveland! Before taking part in the festivities at the stadium, join us for an alumni reception, complete with appetizers at Butcher and the Brewer, a nearby brewpub. Alcohol will be available for purchase. Then cheer on the Guardians to victory!
Alumni reception: noon
Game: 1:40 p.m.
Cost: Upper box $50 per person; lower box $75 per person. Cost includes the game ticket, alumni reception, a Kent State baseball hat and $5 donation to the KSU Scholarship Fund. Game tickets will be distributed at the Butcher and the Brewer. For those who can’t attend the pregame reception, tickets will be taken to the stadium’s will call.
It’s Kid’s Day in Pittsburgh! Before the game, join us for an alumni reception at the stadium’s Jim Beam Left Field Lounge. Then cheer on the Pirates to victory!
Alumni reception: 12:15 p.m.
Game: 1:45 p.m.
Cost: Upper bleacher $27 per person; corner box - $40 per person.
Cost includes the game ticket, one drink ticket at the alumni reception, $20 meal voucher to use at any of the stadium’s concession stands, a Kent State/Pirates water bottle and a $2 donation to the Kent State Scholarship Fund. Game tickets will be distributed electronically to the email address provided at registration.
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Featuring
- Jules Acree '12
- Deanna First '12
- Keama Garrett '15
- Joshua Hupper '04
- Miyako Nakamura '05
- Anne Skoch '17
Made possible with the generous support of Dr. Linda L. McDonald and the Ohio Arts Council.
"All ideas have to start somewhere, and that somewhere is sometimes a very raw place. Your imagination needs to be free of editing. The urge to create should never be burdened with perfection. This is the importance of appreciating every stage of your life and work. You will never be in the exact same place again. These raw seed will nurture to fruition soon enough." Isabel Toledo, Roots of Style
This exhibition brings together recent work of six creatives, each of whom are defining their own pathways amidst the everchanging industry of fashion, social media, and design. Their experiences reveal a rich array of experiments, trials, multiple jobs, and networking, all underpinned by hard work and determination. All are also alumni of the KSU School of Fashion.
While their pathways are unique, there are shared qualities and strategies in the stories of each designer. One of the most significant connectors across the group is their impulse to build community, networks, and partnerships that transcend a purely transactional relationship with their clients.
Every alum in the exhibition has at least 4 years of experience beyond graduation, and they represent diverse approaches to fashion, product design, branding, and social media.
A unique feature of this exhibition, and an important part of the project, are interviews conducted by current School of Fashion students that you will find on monitors in the gallery. These interviews provide meaningful conversations between students and alumni to share with the public and inspire today’s students.
Reminder: Visit the Museum Store where you will find items by current students and alumni, including jewelry by Rhea Kulcsar of RKNYC who we are highlighting for this exhibition.
Banner image: Fabric by alum Anne Skoch
Square image: Mereba by alum Keama Garrett
Dr. Taber's workshop centered on Graduate Teaching Pedagogies will be held Tuesday October 11, 2022. 12:00 - 1:30pm in the Design Innovation Hub 250F.
Kent State University’s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute invites the university and community members to attend An Evening with Roxane Gay on Tues., April 26, at 5 p.m. in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom. Tickets are available at https://ksuevents.universitytickets.com/.
Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is widely revered. Her work has garnered international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. She has written books and novels, a collection of essays and a collection of stories. Her collection of essays, “Bad Feminist,” is universally considered the quintessential exploration of modern feminism. NPR named it one of the best books of the year, and Salon declared the book “trailblazing.” Her debut novel, “An Untamed State,” was longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, which is awarded to the best debut novel of the year by The Center for Fiction. Her bestselling books also include “Difficult Women” and “Hunger: A Memoir of My Body.”
Designed to serve as a hub for scholars, activists and practitioners from across the university and surrounding communities, Kent State’s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute addresses racial inequalities that systemically impact Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color. For more information about the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, visit www.kent.edu/AREI.
We're sorry, but this event is sold out. Please email events@kent.edu if you would like to be placed on a waitlist.
Do you find wine and Kent State to be a perfect pairing? Then you should join us at Laurello Vineyards, Kent State Ashtabula’s official partner and producer of our proprietary wines. Taste KSU’s signature wines and learn the characteristics of their reds, whites and ice wines. Sip your way to a more refined palate and you'll remember your experience with an exclusive tour of the winery.
Appetizers will be provided, and additional food will be available for purchase. This event is only available to those 21 years of age and older. The $25 fee also includes a Kent State wine tumbler and $10 donation to the Ashtabula Scholarship Fund.
The University Office of Scholarships and Student Financial Aid at Kent State University is hosting a free webinar on how student loan debt holders working in public service can take advantage of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PLSF) Program. Hear from Sylvia Bustard, director of Student Financial Aid and Brenda Dillon, assistant director of Student Financial Aid to learn about the process, eligibility requirements, the steps to apply and how to use the PLSF tool. They will be sharing their expertise to help you understand more about this important benefit.
If you meet the following criteria for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, this webinar might be for you:
• Work full-time for a government agency or for certain types of nonprofit organizations
• Have Direct Loans (or have consolidated other federal student loans to qualify)
• Repay your loans on an income-driven repayment plan (note: under a limited waiver periods of repayment under any payment plan count)
• Make 120 qualifying payments on your federal loans
If you have more questions at the end of the webinar, Sylvia and Brenda will be available for a Q&A session.
The deadline to apply for the PLSF program is Oct. 31, 2022.
The exhibition The Print Club of Cleveland: Selected Presentation Prints includes 15 works in a variety of media by an impressive coterie of international artists, cultivated by a visionary organization. Founded in 1919 through the dedication of 16 collectors with a passion for prints, the Print Club of Cleveland reflects the prestige of the institution of which it is an affiliate, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Innovative in its inception, the club continues to enrich the museum’s world-class print collection and promote interest in the history of printmaking.
Fostering astute collecting among its 235 members, the Print Club has commissioned an annual presentation print since 1924. Yearly dues entitle each member to a presentation print, allowing for the amassing of an impressive personal collection. Masterful technique is the highest criterion in the commission, demonstrated in the works selected for the 2022 MAPC Conference exhibition. The technical virtuosity well serves compelling subject matter, as evident in the stark poignancy of Man (1975), a woodcut and color linocut by artist/activist Elizabeth Catlett; Yozo Hamaguchi’s tactile delicacy in his diminutive color mezzotint Papillon Rouge (1972); Thomas Hart Benton’s regionalist sentimentality in his lithograph Approaching Storm (1938); Henri Matisse’s laconic sinuous line in his etching Odalisque (1932); and Bridget Riley’s animated undulating waves of color in her monumental screenprint Elapse (1982), to mention only a few of the pieces on view.
All the Print Club of Cleveland presentation prints included in the 2022 MAPC exhibition testify to the conference’s overarching theme. Each work is the result of creative inquiry, technical expertise, and active imagination, fueling the power of the print as an instrument of commentary, a vehicle of experimentation, and an entity of beauty. The Print Club of Cleveland exemplifies the conference’s subthemes as well: revolutionary in its beginnings more than a century ago and resilient as it tracks into its second hundred years of supporting artists, promoting collecting, and celebrating printmaking.
Banner Image:
Man, Elizabeth Catlett, Woodcut and color linocut, 1975, printed 2003. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2005.35.
Come join the New York City Alumni Chapter for Pilates in the Park, led by certified instructor and Kent State alumna Lydia Dallas. Come dressed for pilates and bring your own mat.
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There is a $15 fee to participate. Payment will be accepted in cash at the event or through Venmo to Lydia Dallas (@LydiaDallas). We will also be grabbing a drink in the area after the pilates class - location is to be determined!
