College of the Arts
Sassy, Sultry Jazz at Porthouse
Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will continue its 49th season with a production of "Ain't Misbehavin'." Directed by Porthouse executive producer Eric van Baars, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”&nb…
Porthouse Theatre
Kent State’s Fashion School Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
Gift to endow Fashion School chair and support study-away program for students Kent, Ohio – May 1, 2017 – Kent State University has received a $2.5 million gift for its Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation of Huds…
Alumni and Giving
Kent State Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Don Witkowski, Michael Kors Executive
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has named Don Witkowski, a Kent State alumnus and president of Men’s at Michael Kors, as its 2017 Hall o…
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Michael Kors Joins as Presenting Partner for Kent State's Annual Fashion Show
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 2017 Annual Fashion Show…
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Designers of Fashionable Prosthesis Covers to Speak at Kent State Museum
The Kent State University Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum’s current exhibition “(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.” The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Tec…
Kent State University Museum
Revisit Iconic 1980s Fashions at Kent State Museum
The Kent State University Museum will highlight the lively and extravagant fashions of the 1980s in an upcoming exhibit. “The 1980s: An Age of Excess” opens Friday, February 3 in the museum’s Broadbent Gallery and is co-curated by Museum Director Jean Druesedow and Victoria Haworth, a senior fa…
Kent State University Museum
Alumni Spotlight - Katlin Rothacher
Katlin Rothacher earned her B.F.A. with a concentration in Textiles from Kent State University’s School of Art in 2010. Katlin has been returning to Kent State during summers and winter breaks periodically to work with our Jacquard loom in the Textiles studio while attending grad school in Geo…
School of Art
KSU Metalsmiths featured in ALLOY
The upcoming exhibition, ALLOY: From Art to Artifact, will include spoons made by current School of Art Lecturer in Jewelry/Metals/Enameling, Rachel Smith, current J/M/E undergrad, Larry Staats, and almuna from the J/M/E MFA program, Corey Ackelmire. The exhibition will on view from Oct. …
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Mahwish Chishty Designs Central Scenic Element for GROUNDED
Assistant Professor in Foundations, Mahwish Chishty, is designing a central scenic element for the Company of Fools production of GROUNDED by award-winning playwright George Brant. The play will run Sept. 28-Oct. 13 at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey, Idaho. "I am delighted to be collab…
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Mahwish Chishty - Solo Exhibition at IWM London
Assistant Professor in Foundations, Mahwish Chishty, will have a solo exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London from October 19, 2016 through March 19, 2017. Chishty’s work combines silhouettes of military drones with decorative Pakistani folk art patterns to highlight the way in which t…
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