Calendar

School of Art Collection and Galleries  

• Exhibition and event Calendar

 Summer 2024


CVA Gallery

Center for the Visual Arts, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio - First Floor
Gallery Hours: Tues. - Thurs. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (while exhibits are on display)

 

"Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham"

August 20 – October 11, 2024
Reception:  August 30, 5-7 p.m.

Read More About "Continuum"

 

Stephanie J. Woods: The Genius of Play 

THE CURLEE RAVEN HOLTON & RAVEN FINE ART EDITIONS DISTINGUISHED ART FELLOWSHIP

October 25 - November 26, 2024

Reception: October 31, 5-7 p.m.

Artist Talk: Oct. 31, 7 p.m. 

Workshops in gallery and computer lab : dates TBD. 

 

Holiday Sale

12/5 and 12/6, (11-4 both days) 

 

Biennial Alumni Show (CVA, Payto, Crawford)

Juried by Wendy Earle, Curator, Akron art Museum

January 17-February 21, 2025

 reception Jan.17, 5-7  

 

Student Annual (university wide)

March 7 – 26, 2025

reception: March 21, 5-7 

 

MFA Week one (CVA, Payto, Crawford, KSU DT)

April 1-4, 2025

reception.: 4/4, 5-7 p.m.

 

MFA Week two (CVA, Payto, Crawford, KSU DT)

 April 8-11, 2025

 reception: 4/11, 5-7 p.m.

 

BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition

April 15-25, 2025

reception:. 4/25, 5-7 p.m. 

 

KENT BLOSSOM ART INTENSIVES EXHIBIT 

(Dates TBD) 

 

 

KSU Downtown Gallery

141 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio
Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri.  10-6 p.m. and Sat. 10-4 p.m.
 

sticks • rocks • leaves

Natalie Petrosky

June 7 – July 27, 2024

Reception:  June 7, 5-7 p.m.

 

Traveling Stanzas 

presented in celebration of 40 years of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University

curated by Annie Cyrus 

Aug.20- Oct. 12, 2024

 

Aggregate II: The Revenge of the Rock 

This juried exhibit is open to all enrolled art majors (Undergraduate) at any college or university in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana or Michigan. 

Aggregate II, seeks to bring together and highlight the wide array of talents throughout the region. $500 first prize, $300 runner-up. (link to call entry form)

October 18- December 7, 2024

reception. Oct. 18, 5-7 

 

Eli Gfell 

Jan 17- March 22, 2025

Reception TBD 

 

MFA Week one (CVA, Payto, Crawford, KSU DT)

 April 1-4, 2025

reception: 4/4, 5-7

 

MFA Week two (CVA, Payto, Crawford, KSU DT)

 April 8-11, 2025 

reception. 4/11, 5-7 

 

Friends of Kathleen Browne

 Jewelry Metals & Enameling Alumni exhibit 

April 18 – May 31, 2025

reception, April 18, 5-7 p.m. 

 
 

Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center Gallery

215 S. Depeyster St., Kent, Ohio 

July 2024 - July 2025

Traveling Stanzas, 

presented in celebration of 40 years of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University

curated by Annie Cyrus

 

Michener Gallery

Second floor, Kent State University Main Library, 1125 Risman Dr. Kent, OH 
Gallery is open during library hours

 

Contemporary African Art from the School of Art Collection

Research and labels by students from

Dr. Joseph Underwood's "Contemporary African Art: 1980-Present" class (Fall 2023)

Students were:
J.C. Brightm, Caitlin Campbell, Autumn Davlin, Allie Deist, Mad Fairweather, Isaiah Flemister
Sadie Hurst, Mylo Kirkpatrick, Isabella Kunsch, Mario Martinez Rodriguez, Amanda Prendergast
Ivy Raheem, Oliver Ray, Keely Rutledge, Becca Stanke, Rylie Steele