School of Art
J. Leigh Garcia, assistant professor of print media and photography, was recently commissioned to create a public art project in Cleveland. The piece Garcia contributed called "My Sister's Tortillas" is a 376” x 121.5” digital print of a work originally made with corn husk, handmade washi paper, screenprint, cast paper, digital output, illustration board.
Luanne Redeye grew up on the Allegany Indian Reservation in Western New York. It is from here where she draws inspiration incorporating community and family members into her paintings, which gives her works a strong personal and emotional component.
“As a figurative artist my work is an intersection of autobiography and community. I depict my culture and the relationship between perception and experience through genre scenes and portraits of people from my home reservation in New York." - Luanne Redeye
Visual arts teacher Stephen Tomero and choir director Mary Meese and are among the finalists for the 2022 Stark County Art and Music Educator Awards. Both are alumni of Kent State’s College of the Arts.
Dr. Linda Hoeptner Poling, associate professor of art education, edited and authored several chapters in “Lobby Activism: Feminism(s) + Art Education” alongside her colleagues in the NAEA Women’s Caucus.
Tabitha Ott: Imaginarium
January 28 - March 5, 2022
KSU Downtown Gallery
Tabitha Ott, M.F.A. '12, is a metalsmith who currently resides in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She transforms objects and materials that would normally be thought of as waste into wearable art through repurposing and upcycling. By utilizing color, movement, and tactile qualities, she encourages a playful interaction between the wearer/viewer and the artwork.
"Line by Line," presented by Kent State University School of Art Galleries, features artists Erin M. Riley, Samantha Bittman, Crystal Gregory, Diedrick Brackens, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, and collaborators Barrow Parke. The exhibition, curated by Janice Lessman-Moss, will be on view at the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) Gallery from Jan. 25 through March 11, 2022, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 28 from 5-7 p.m.