Arts & Culture
Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th…
Kent State’s Fashion School Ranked No. 3 Nationally for Merchandising, No. 4 for Design in New Ratings
Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite.
Video: Fashions of the Forties
The Kent State University Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.
Wick Poetry Center’s Traveling Stanzas Poetry Kiosks Set Up On Campus
Poetry kiosks written for Traveling Stanzas through Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center have found their home in downtown Kent for months and recently expanded to eight Kent Campus locations.
Scenic Design Professor Tamara L. Honesty Designs Set for World Premiere of "Family Ties"
Kent State professor is helping bring a beloved 1980s television series to the stage in the Human Race Theatre Company's world premiere production of "Family Ties."
Scenic Design Class Designs Set for Regional Emmy Awards
Kent, OH – A group of undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Theatre and Dance’s scenery design course have been invited to design and build the set for the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Emmy Award ceremony taking place June 17 at th…
Environmentally Conscious: Kent State Student Confronts Manufacturing Trend That Impacts Climate Change
Kent State sophomore fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler launched a business that creates a more sustainable, lower carbon-footprint approach to making clothes.
The New Kent State ARTshop is Serious Business
The new ARTshop serves as an entrepreneurial laboratory for School of Art students to display and to learn about promoting their artwork.
Kent State’s Fashion School Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
The gift will fund two initiatives: $1.5 million to endow a chair to support the Fashion School’s director and a matching grant of up to $1 million to support the study-away program.
Video: FS²: Reverie 2017 - Kent State's Annual Fashion Show
The Annual Fashion Show, “FS²: Reverie 2017,” highlighted the outstanding talents of the Kent State University Fashion School’s design and merchandising students. Michael Kors was the Presenting Partner for this year's show.