Arts & Culture

Graduate student Emily Zhang cooks dumplings as part of a Luna New Year celebration held Feb. 14 in Satterfield Hall.

Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun

Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as Kent State University students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Global Reach, Global Presence, Diverse Kent State, College of Arts and Sciences

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A design by Kent State fashion student Matthew Williams takes the runway at Haute for the House.

IN A FLASH: It's Getting Haute in Here

Members of Kent State's fashion community participated in a runway show to benefit Ronald McDonald House.

 

Tags: Arts & Culture, School of Fashion, Community Impact, Community & Society

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The Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem, "Dear Body of Water"

Dear Body of Water: Poets Across the Globe Write a Love Letter to the Water That Sustains Us

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.

“Dear Body of Water,” Wick’s newest collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Research & Science, Community & Society, Global Reach, Nationally Distinctive

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Students at the School of Art Valentines Sale sell ceramic mugs

Spreading the Love of Art

Art students excitedly staffed tables, spreading their love of aesthetic creations to all who came to the Valentine’s art sale on Friday, Feb. 9, in the Center for the Visual Arts. Artistic masterpieces were on display, ready to bring joy to lucky buyers.

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Arts & Culture

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Taylor Swift fan at the FAB Grammy Watch Party

IN A FLASH: Tuning in for Taylor

Fans of Taylor Swift - and other artists - came together in the Rathskellar to watch the Grammys.

 

Tags: Student Life, Rathskeller, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Fashion show at Ronald McDonald house

High Style: Kent State’s School of Fashion Rules the Runway

​Students, faculty and alumni from Kent State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show that benefitted Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.  

Tags: University News, Arts & Culture, Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact, Nationally Distinctive

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Jacob Schnitzer leading the Kent State University Orchestra

Student Composers Shine in Concert

Kent State University student composers had the opportunity to have their works performed in concert by the university’s orchestra. 

Tags: Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Kent State University Orchestra, Nationally Distinctive, concert, performance, Arts & Culture, College of the Arts

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Kent State Museum

New Grant Helps Kent State University Museum Preserve Fashion And Textile History

The Kent State University Museum currently houses extraordinary collections of historic dress, fashion, textiles and decorative arts. More than 29,000 objects from many of the world’s great artists and designers, known and unknown, from across time and continents can be found at the museum. A new grant will help protect the longevity of these artifacts for generations to come.

Tags: Arts & Culture

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Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Strutting Our Stuff: Kent State’s School of Fashion to Help Raise Money for Ronald McDonald House Charities

Students, faculty and alumni from Kent State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Global Reach, Community & Society, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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The Michael Weber Show

Michael Weber Knows How to Rock ’n’ Bowl

The 2019 Kent State University graduate and award-winning musician can now add film score composer to his resume.

Tags: Diverse Kent State, Arts & Culture

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