KSUM exhibition
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…
GREAT AMERICAN GLASS: THE ROARING TWENTIES AND DEPRESSION ERA
Tarter/Miller Gallery | Dr. James Measell, Guest Curator The glass collection of Jabe Tarter and Paul Miller holds wonderful evidence of the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of the glass makers of Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. This exhibition, curated by James Measell, historian…
THE KOKOON ARTS CLUB: CLEVELAND REVELS
Blum and Stager Galleries | Dr. Shirley Teresa Wajda, Guest Curator The Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1911 by a small group of commercial artists employed at the Otis Lithograph Company. Meeting first at night in a vacant tailor's shop, the Club's founding members pledg…
CONFESSIONS AND THE SENSE OF SELF: WORKS BY NOËL PALOMO-LOVINSKI, 2003-2009
Higbee Gallery | Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Guest Curator Public confession has become increasingly popular in our society as an outlet for individuals to expunge guilt, share personal tragedy, or express secret desires. Confessional outlets range from nationally televised talk shows and confessi…
THE ART OF THE EMBROIDERER
Broadbent Gallery | Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator In 1770, Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin published L'Art du Brodeur, a treatise on embroidery, where he defined the practice as "the art of adding the representation of such motifs as one chooses—flat or in relief, in gold, silver, or color—to…
MICHAEL KORS DESIGNS FROM THE WENDY ZUCKERWISE RITTER COLLECTION
Alumni Gallery | Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator In 2010, Michael Kors' label will enter its thirtieth year in the fashion industry. Worthy of praise for longevity alone, his namesake company, established when he was only 22, now comprises clothing for women and men, accessories, fragrances an…
RUDI GERNREICH: BOLD
Palmer and Mull Galleries | Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator Comfortable, colorful, minimal and occasionally shocking, the clothes created by Rudi Gernreich were both experimental and representative of their times. Fascinated by a performance by Martha Graham he attended soon after hi…
JAMES GALANOS: AMERICAN LUXURY
Stager Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director James Galanos always made ready-to-wear, but he made it to the standard of the haute couture, the highest quality of dressmaking. In the history of the American fashion industry, no one has matched the accomplishments of his 46 year career. …
JAPANESE OBI IN THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM COLLECTION
Blum Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director The Kent State University Museum is fortunate to have in its collection exceptional examples of the formal sashes, the obi, worn with traditional Japanese kimono on special occasions. Of the many ways to tie these sashes, two are demonstrated in thi…
