Art

A multi-generational and interactive arts festival featuring over 33 activities, live entertainment and food trucks.   The City of Kent and Kent State University join forces again to present the third annual “Kent Creativity Festival” on Sat., Sept. 29, 2018 on the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade between Kent State’s Rockwell Hall on...

The Kent State University Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of its long-awaited exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.” Already gaining national and international attention, “TEXTURES” opens Sept. 10 and is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complex place in the history of African Americ...

Join Rocky Ruggiero, renowned art historian and longtime KSU friend, as he explores the art, architecture and history of Florence’s medieval rival city – Siena, Italy. From its iconic Gothic cathedral to the famed Piazza del Campo, learn more about this impressive medieval city situated atop the hills of Tuscany. For more amazi...

Join Rocky Ruggiero, renowned art historian and longtime KSU friend, as he explores the art, architecture and history behind the “Allegory of Good and Bad Government” by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Learn how this collection of famous 14th century frescos in Siena, Italy, illustrates the effects of justice and tyranny in government. Fo...

Andrea Case sits at a table in Kent State’s Center for the Visual Arts, carefully contemplating the silhouettes of leaves printed in bold contrasting colors on the paper in front of her. “As a non-artist, I still feel comfortable having an opinion about this art, and trying to figure out what it means, and if I like it,” she said. “But I ...

Recognizing the state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and to encourage the development of artists and craftspersons, the Ohio Legislature enacted the Percent for Art legislation. Funds are provided through the Ohio Arts Council for works of art for new or renovated public buildings with Capital appropriations of more than $...

The Kent State University Jewish Studies program, in the College of Arts and Sciences, will host a presentation by Gary Phillips, Ph.D., the Edgar H. Evans Professor of Religion at Wabash College, on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121, on the Kent Campus. Phillips presentation, titled “Representing the Irreparable: The Holoca...

The College of the Arts is sponsoring the second annual Stratosphere Art Competition, which is open to ALL full-time, Kent campus undergraduate students. Awards and cash prizes will be given for Best in Show ($1,000); First Runner Up ($500); and Second Runner Up ($250). A People's Choice Award ($500) will also be awarded to the finalist wh...

On the bright morning of May 23, 2014, a large crowd of faulty and students from both universities gathered in the museum atrium, eagerly awaiting the official opening of this exhibition. Among them were a number of Hebei province government officers, art critics, and the Hebei Art TV crew: ___________xxx This unique exchange exhibit fe...