Workshops
Are you nuts about Kent State? Join us for our second Stark County Alumni Chapter Black Squirrel Stroll! This event will include a walking tour of downtown Canton, Kent State trivia, a black squirrel scavenger hunt and discounted Kent State themed drinks at downtown Canton establishments. All participants will receive a swag bag full of KSU gear and goodies from local businesses!
RSVP by Sept. 9.
Join the Black Alumni Chapter and fellow alumni to introduce incoming and returning Kent State students to the Flashes Forever family and wish them well as they begin their fall semester! This celebration will include a barbecue with food, drinks and games, as well as a chance for students to meet and network with Kent State grads.
RSVP by July 27.
The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit, Threads of Connection -- Recent Fiber Works by Members of Weave a Real Peace (WARP). This exhibit will be on display, May 19 – July 15, 2018, at the KSU Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, Kent Ohio, there will be a closing Reception on July 14, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
About Threads of Connection -- Recent Fiber Works by Members of Weave a Real Peace (WARP). Weave A Real Peace (WARP) is a global community of individuals and organizations who value the social, cultural, historic, artistic, and economic importance of textile arts. With over 500 members living and working in textile communities around the world, this exhibition will showcase a diversity of artistic creations and traditions from Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Uganda, the United States, and more. Learn more about WARP at www.weavearealpeace.org
This exhibit is free and open to the public.
This exhibit is presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
The Kent State University Museum is proud to announce a special exhibition of over 100 photographs entitled, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture.” The images spanning the 20th and 21st centuries explore the ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, video, fashion and advertising.
Included in the exhibition are many renowned artists and photographers including Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Lyle Ashton Harris and Gordon Parks, among others. The exhibition opens on August 25 at noon with a lecture by Dr. Tameka Ellington, one of the co-curators of the TEXTURES exhibition. Dr. Ellington is a fashion scholar, activist and motivational speaker and her talk is entitled, "The Story of the Body Image of Black Women." The talk is free with admission and free for KSU students and Museum Members.
The exhibition was organized by the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts and curated by Deborah Willis, University Professor and Chair of the Department. The touring exhibition is made possible in part by the J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation and Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
The presentation at the KSU Museum is made possible by the generous support of Linda L. McDonald, Ph.D. and the Ohio Arts Council.
Image: Street Photographer, New York, Russell Lee, 1935-1936, Digital print, Russell Lee Photo Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin;
The Kent State Lake County and Greater Cleveland Alumni Chapters invite you to join them for a production of "The Prom" at KSU's Porthouse Theatre Sunday, Aug. 6, at 2 p.m. Following the production, the group will make the short trip east to the Stow Panini's for dinner and beverages (at attendee's expense), and a lucky Golden Flash will receive one of the chapters’ famous KSU door prizes!
Tickets to "The Prom" can be purchased through the alumni chapters for $25 each. More instructions regarding tickets will be provided upon registration.
Linda Stein
Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females
August 22 – September 29, 2023
Lecture, 9/8, 12-1 p.m.
How Art is a Catalyst for Gender Justice vs. Bullying and Oppression
Performance, 9/8, 1 p.m.
Dance performance by Professor Ambre Emory-Maier and students
Reception 9/8, 1-2 p.m.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Anderson Turner, Director, School of Art Collection and Galleries
haturner@kent.edu, 330-672-1369 (office)
Image link: (click here)
KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibition, Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein.
The exhibit, which will be on view from August 22 to September 29 in the CVA Gallery, located in the Center for the Visual Arts, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio. This show features 11 Heroic Tapestries, 20 Spoon-to-Shell box sculptures and one Protector sculpture. The tapestries depict women who risked or lost their lives during the Holocaust, including Anne Frank, alongside lesser-known women such as Noor lnayat Khan (a Muslim who sent radio signals to allies in Nazi-occupied France and was executed at Dachau). It also includes two videos, one featuring Gloria Steinem, Abigail Disney, Elizabeth Sackler, and the other features an interview by Linda Stein of Raymond Learsy, the son of one of the women featured in a heroic tapestry.
About Linda Stein
Linda Stein is a feminist artist, activist, educator, and writer. She is the Founding President of the non-profit Have Art: Will Travel! Inc (HAWT) for Courageous Kindness. She coined the expression The 4 B’s (Bully, Bullied, Bystander, Brave Upstander) as a teaching tool. “My goal as an artist,” Stein says, “is to use my gender-bending art to inspire Upstander behavior for peace, equality and diversity.” Stein’s Art Archives are at Smith College and the Linda Stein Art Education Collection is at Penn State University.
Please join us on September 8, 2023, from 12-1 p.m. for Lecture by the artist titled, How Art is a Catalyst for Gender Justice vs. Bullying and Oppression; A dance performance at 1 p.m. by Kent State University Professor Ambre Emory-Maier and students; and a reception from 1-2 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts lobby adjacent to the CVA Gallery.
•All events are free and open to the public.
•This exhibit is presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council and the Kent State University College of the Arts, School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, The Women’s Center, and the LGBTQ+ Center.
The CVA Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Friday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm,
Follow the Kent State University School of Art Collection and Galleries on social media: Instagram, Facebook. Website: galleries.kent.edu
EHHS' Summer Preview KSU events for the fall 2024 class are July 21, and 28, from 9:30 – 2:30.
The events are our largest of the year with over 1000 students (and their guests) attending over the two events. There will be two groups of students each day with staggered check-ins at 9 and 11 am.
Join us for the 2023 Kent State Southern California Alumni Chapter Picnic and Student Sendoff at Palisades Park in Santa Monica Saturday, Aug. 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT! This is a great opportunity to meet fellow alumni and students from Kent State University. We will have food, drinks, games, prizes and fun for the whole family.
RSVP by Aug. 2.
Kent State has provided study abroad opportunities for the past 50 years, and today our global reach spans six continents! As the only university in the United States to receive the prestigious 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization, we’re celebrating our achievements and our students who studied at KSU locations around the globe.
Join Fabrizio Ricciardelli, Ph.D., the current director of Kent State’s Florence Center, at the Flash Nation Tailgate for a study abroad reunion to connect with old friends, meet new ones and reminisce about your experiences overseas as a student!
Did you study abroad while you were a student at Kent State?
Let Us Know You Studied Abroad
Celebrate the start of the weekend’s festivities at this pep rally, complete with a spectacular fireworks display. Stay downtown after to visit your old favorite hot spot or explore the newest night life choices.
