Arts & Culture

Kent State Museum

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.

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

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. 

The Michael Weber Show

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

Kent State All-Star Band Weekend 2024

Students from area high schools came to campus for the Kent State All-Star Band weekend.

Author L.M. Elliott poses with a horse

The Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Selection Committee is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2024 award is Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott.

Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture

A photgrapher captured Earth's star shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture near Franklin Hall.

Director and Kent State alumnus Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule

Director behind the new musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel is a 2005 Kent State graduate.

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Kent State NYC Fashion students visiting The Big Button

Students at Kent State's New York City Fashion location experience what it's like to live and work in the city's fashion industry. 

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Flags at the Kent State University Airport

An antique lens provides unique depth and detail to the photos it captures. 

Student-made blown glass items at the School of Art Holiday Sale

The School of Art Holiday Sale is Dec. 7 and 8 in the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery.