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Here is the most recent news from our students, faculty, and alumni!
![Eileen Dorsey](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/22ART_Eileen-Dorsey_WebBanner.jpg?VersionId=EsppustbLn_JF3.lYvaTJDOcOzrUi8bE&itok=y86HJSSS)
Eileen Dorsey, KSU School of Art alumni, recently worked on a painting for NBC Studios. The broadcast and radio network commissioned a painting of the iconic Rockefeller Center to be given as holiday gifts to their executives.
![Professor Gianna Commito, School of Art](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/22ART_Gianna-Commito_WebBanner.jpg?VersionId=TETDzk4BUjPJY.ByjxNPe64YBQ2Yqa1N&h=e6f36a9c&itok=GqA-m2gL)
Professor Gianna Commito has been awarded the Wayne P. Lawson Prize for Ohio Artists from The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA). She is known for her elaborate, intersecting paintings that utilize geometric shapes and an array of colors.
![Associate Professor of Art Education, Linda Hoeptner-Poling, PhD](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/22ART_Linda-Hoeptner-Poling_WebBanner_0.jpg?VersionId=KsMrEMnpTmSYCw53JG.Cp50_uTtFMk5I&h=ec8dabd0&itok=YcKIzsPN)
Linda Hoeptner-Poling, Ph.D., associate professor of art education at Kent State University, received the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award on October 21, 2022.
![J. Leigh Garcia's Print Titled My Sister's Tortillas](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/22FAS_Garcia_WebBanner_1.jpg?VersionId=as2ZQELJgdqLrQY_1yH25W.BEuMwGqe.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ik0-9CPs)
Assistant Professor of Print Media and Photography J. Leigh Garcia received the 2023 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award.
![Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics Entries](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/22ART_Now-and-Then_WebBanner_2.jpg?VersionId=ey3neAYUQWQVCAt0.xnApKy0LIJLO9jV&h=21de3691&itok=dVmtWCuK)
This exhibit focuses on former faculty, notable alums, and a juried selection of alumni from the 70-year history of the ceramics program at Kent State University. Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics will be on display through January 14, 2023,…
Kent State University School of Art senior lecturer, Juliann Dorff, has been named The Ohio Art Educator of the Year for her outstanding contributions and commitment to art education. The OAEA Art Educator of the Year award is given to art educators who have previously…
![Installation shot of TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair at the KSU Museum](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article/Textures_ArtsAlive_header.jpg?VersionId=JDzwyR_chKSP4p_Ubl717yiZdQSrhz81&h=4a7d1ed4&itok=2Ietieg5)
The Kent State University Museum exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair” has been awarded the Arts Alive award for Collaborative Project for 2022. The exhibition was co-curated by Dr. Joseph Underwood, associate professor of art history, and Dr. Tameka…
![John Paul Morabit](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/styles/huge_thumbnail/s3/article_thumbnail/JohnPaul_header.jpg?VersionId=C6O6Nm6sXWSdmxhhCs1ElQyYkCY2FJq2&h=e6f36a9c&itok=BcDyjTyX)
The School of Art is thrilled to announce the appointment of John Paul Morabito as Assistant Professor of Textiles. Morabito, who previously served as a professor of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, joins the faculty succeeding the…