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Eight Kent State University School of Art faculty and alumni have been awarded the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Awards for 2023. Full-time faculty members Davin Ebanks (3D), Peter Christian Johnson (Crafts), Arron Foster (2D), and Shawn Powell (2D) were selected for the award, as well as part-time faculty in Fou...
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Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose opened at the Akron Art Museum on Feb. 11, 2017. The exhibition features over fifty artists that have been featured in the popular contemporary art magazine. A painting by one of the School of Art's alumni can be spotted in this traveling exhibition, alongside works by...
Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass and M.F.A. alumnus, has been selected for the group exhibition "Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art, Craft, and Design" on view at the Pittsburgh Glass Center through May 23, 2022. The exhibition, curated by Corey Pemberton, Nisha Blackwell and April Felipe, showcases visionary makers of colo...
Simon Tatum, M.F.A. '21, was honored at the Cayman National Cultural Foundation’s 28th annual National Arts and Culture Awards, which took place on Feb. 17, 2022. National Arts and Culture Awards are given to those who have made a significant contribution to arts and culture or achieved a high-quality body of creative work. Tatum rece...
Recent B.F.A. alumnus Nick Lee, ‘21 has been selected for Summit Artspace’s inaugural funded solo exhibition for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists. Lee’s exhibition, "When We Share Our Wounds," will be on view from April 8 – June 25 in Summit Artspace’s 3G Gallery. Lee’s work was selected by jurors J. Leigh Garcia and Dara...
Davin Ebanks, professor and head of glass, and Peter Christian Johnson, professor and head of ceramics and interim director for the School of Art, curated a regional group exhibition called “Kindred Objects: Ceramics & Glass Art from the Western Reserve.” The exhibition features more than 20 established and emerging artists and is...
Jennifer Ling Datchuk, ’04 has been named Ceramics Artist of the Year, announced in the "Ceramic Arts 2022 Yearbook." Chosen by the editorial staff of "Ceramics Monthly" and "Pottery Making Illustrated," the Ceramic Artist of the Year receives a $1000 cash award and a $500 purchase award, and is chosen for creating innovative work and...
Davin Ebanks, M.F.A. '10 and assistant professor of glass at the School of Art, was awarded the top prize in the 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial. The biennial, “Reimagined Futures," featured contemporary Caymanian art that explored the collective future of the islands and its inhabitants. The exhibition was on view at ...
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Catherine Lentini, M.F.A. ’20 has curated an exhibition of paintings by Katie Butler, M.F.A. ‘21 for the 2021 SPRING/BREAK Art Show in New York City called HEARSAY:HERESY. The painting alumnae worked together to bring Butler’s “A Seat at the Table” solo exhibition to the space. SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC, an internationally reco...
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Corrie Slawson, M.F.A. ’06 has been awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize for Mid-Career Artist in Visual Arts for 2021. She will receive her award at the 61st annual awards event at the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 13, 2021. Five monetary prizes of $10,000 each are awarded to artists for Emerging, Mid-Career and Lifetime Acheiveme...