School of Art Alumni

Art from Foster, Johnson and Powell

Eight Kent State University School of Art faculty and alumni have been awarded the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Awards for 2023.

Sam Gibbons

 Sam Gibbons, who studied Fine Art at Kent State University, had one of his paintings featured on the cover of Hi-Fructose Magazine, Vol. 9 and inside a current issue.

Gallery view of artwork by Davin Ebanks in the Pittsburgh Glass Center

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.

Artwork by Katie Burkett and Gabriel Poucher. A wooden rocking chair on the left with an enlarged strand of glass beads placed in a squiggle around it. A sculpture made of porcelain pieces in teal and yellow.

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 on view at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve in Cleveland from Nov. 4 through Dec. 18, 2021.

Davin Ebanks being presented the top award for the 2nd Cayman Biennial, His work of casted glass baskets are pictured on the left.

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.