KSUM exhibition

COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING

Tarter/Miller, Palmer, and Mull Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator What drives an individual to acquire ever more objects of a certain type? Some people collect out of a specific interest – Chinese art or first edition books. Others collect to fill their homes with beautiful things, things that …

SUSTAINABLE FASHION: EXPLORING THE PARADOX

Stager and Blum Galleries | Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Guest Curator  The exhibition "Sustainable Fashion: Exploring the Paradox" is a comprehensive look at sustainable practices in fashion. The multi-billion dollar fashion industry is in a powerful position to make significant changes to th…

BEYOND FASHION: FIBER AND FASHION ART BY VINCENT QUEVEDO

Higbee Gallery | Vincent Quevedo  Our physical and emotional states are layers upon layers of independent planes stacked but separated in opaque and sometimes translucent elements that make up who we are.  These layers build character that defines the uniqueness of an individual. &…

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: RECENT ACQUISITIONS TO THE COLLECTION

Alumni Gallery | Sara Hume, Curator  The Kent State University Museum’s collection of costumes is already one of the finest in the country, and it continues to grow and improve thanks to the generosity of our donors. The objects on display in the Alumni Gallery through October 2011 have…

KATHARINE HEPBURN: DRESSED FOR STAGE AND SCREEN

Broadbent Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director    Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) Renowned actress, role model, fashion icon, outspoken, independent and feisty, Katharine Hepburn is listed by the American Film Institute as Hollywood's greatest screen legend. During a career th…

MADE IN INDIA: INDIAN TEXTILES, GLOBAL MARKETS

Stager and Blum Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator  The Kent State University Museum is proud to present this exhibition drawing from its extensive collection of clothing and textiles from India in order to highlight the dynamism, flexibility and variation of the nation's culture. Beyond th…

THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

Higbee Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director    Two Hundred Fifty Years of Fashion, Twenty Five Years of Collecting A survey of taste in silhouette, fabric and trimmings readily reveals enormous diversity. Over the centuries fashion choices have reflected relationships t…

I NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT A HAT: THE SAVANNA VAUGHN CLARK COLLECTION

Alumni Gallery | Elizabeth Morgan, Guest Curator and Jean L. Druesedow, Director Savanna Vaughn Clark has been wearing, collecting and enjoying hats all her life. She has said that she “never leaves the house without a hat.” For Mrs. Clark, hats create a total look and she selects each one t…

STAVROPOULOS

Broadbent Gallery | Kasey Bland, Guest Curator and Sara Hume, Museum Curator His self-titled label produced eveningwear and daytime styles for the wholesale, ready-to-wear market, from 1961 to 1991. While he was known for his use of chiffon, Stavropoulos also created notable designs in lace,…

GAZETTE DU BON TON

Palmer and Mull Galleries | Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator Between November 1912 and December 1925, with a hiatus during World War I between summer 1915 and January 1920, the Gazette du Bon Ton sought to be "the place where couturiers and painters collaborate to compose the silhouet…