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. The exhibition, curated by Corey Pemberton, Nisha Blackwell and April Felipe, showcases visionary makers of color from around the country who are producing extraordinary craft objects, while illustrating the vast number of pathways to a successful and meaningful career. Artists included in the exhibition are Natalia Arbelaez, Ana Armengod, N.E. Brown, Eunsuh Choi, Tany...

Scrolling through Instagram led Kent State alumnus Liam Reis, '18, to the opportunity of a lifetime: serving as a Youth Ambassador for the USA Pavilion at World Expo in Dubai from Jan. 7 until April 2, 2022.   Reis felt drawn to this amazing opportunity after seeing the Instagram ad — a photo of the USA Pavilion in which he would work if selected as an Ambassador. He learned that Youth Ambassadors would be representing the United States at the Global Expo and be a part of a program with the U.S. Department of State.   Liam was competitively selected for this hono...

During National Autism Acceptance Month, Kent State University will hold a film screening of “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. “Loving Lampposts” is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying “if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.”  This year marks the 10th anniversary of the documentary. A neurodiversity panel discussion featuring Drezner and Kent State alumni, students and staff w...

Kent, OH – The nationally and internationally ranked Kent State University School of Fashion is thrilled to announce the return of its acclaimed in-person Fashion Show, April 28-30, 2022, in Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus. The presenting sponsor of the 2022 show is renowned American department store, Dillard’s Inc. Dillard’s is a long-time supporter of the School of Fashion, and the Dillard family was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2019. The Annual Fashion Show isn't just any fashion show – it's the Kent State Fashion Show. On view for all to see will be the exceptiona...

Born from a summer workshop comprising teachers from across the country, a new website aims to educate elementary, middle and high school students and demonstrate the meaning of May 4, more than 50 years after the tragedy. The website features educational materials that were presented and created during the National Endowment for the Humanities and Kent State-supported summer 2021 workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 Kent State Shootings in U.S. History." Sixty-nine K-12 educators from more than 250 applicants across the nation remotely explored May 4 with the best scholar-experts to...

Anne Berry is an Assistant Professor at Cleveland State University and Penina Acayo Laker is an Assistant Professor at Washington University in Saint Louis    The summer of 2020 was filled with tension and a desire for justice. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Lives Matter protests grew from a local response in Minneapolis to a global movement. Tensions around the world were running high and the COVID-19 virus continued to spread. As these events played out, two alumnae from Kent State University’s School of Visual Communication Design’s M...