Arts

Reception: Best of 2026, Ohio Designer Craftsmen

Opening reception for Best of 2026, Ohio Designer Craftsme. August 28th, 5-7 p.m. Center for the Visual Arts

Reception: Aggregate IV: Rock On!

Reception for the national juried exhibition, Aggregate IV: Rock On!

Aggregate IV: Rock On!

  This juried exhibit is open to all artists living in the United States working in any medium. Aggregate IV, seeks to bring together and highlight the wide array of talents throughout the country. $500 first prize, $300 runner-up. Show Dates: November 6, 2026- January 9, 2027- reception, …

Reception: The Good, the Bad and The Rest of US by Eileen Woods

Reception for the exhibition The Good, the Bad and The Rest of US by Eileen Woods. KSU Downtown Gallery, 141 Est Main Street, kent, Ohio.

Ex-Utero - Cristin Millett

Through sculpture and research-driven practice, Cristin Millett investigates the cultural histories and future imaginaries of the body, with a focus on emerging reproductive technologies and medical systems.

Remix: On Future Ancestors and Spinning Archives - Jazzmen Lee-Johnson

Artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson will lead a conversational walkthrough exploring how she challenges historical narratives and the status quo through sampling, remixing and hip-hop praxis. Her interdisciplinary practice spans printmaking, music, research and film.

A3TH3RiUM: the wistful yearning for the intangible - sulo bee

A3TH3RiUM explores sulo bee’s process-driven experimentation, creature making and material exploration as tools for building an alternate realm called $P4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3.

A Collective Spark - Nate Watson

Lecture will provide personal narratives on how community connects creatives, and creatives connect communities. Artists are (by nature) reliant on community. Nate’s story pulls at these threads, exposing the gaps and showing how artists and communities are trying to fill them.

The Eco-poetry of a Borderlands Narrative: Reconsidering the Harrisons’ Lagoon Cycle - Ila Sheren

The Eco-poetry of a Borderlands Narrative: Reconsidering the Harrisons’ Lagoon Cycle Summary: This talk, taking from Sheren’s forthcoming book "Whose Crisis? Visual Narratives in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands", 1985-2025, proposes an alternative reading of The Lagoon Cycle through the lens of borders …

Ashley Lyon Artist Lecture

Lyon's work captures the tenderness and complexity of human connection and the mother-experience through monumental figurative fragments in soft hues.