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Kent State alumnus Nicholas Harper is using his fashion education to create custom pieces like wedding dresses, masks and suits from his own store in Toledo, Ohio. Recently featured on WTVG 13ABC, Harper, a fashion design alumnus, can alter anything from formal gowns to dress shirts.
The ŠćÉ«app Museum has reopened to the public and is excited to announce its newest exhibition, āStitched: Regional Dress Across Europe,ā on display from February 2021 through December 2021. The exhibition features 75 pieces exclusive to the museumās permanent collection, showcasing common features shared by regional costume across Western and Eastern Europe.
Stacy Alan never expected her life to revolve around magic. This 2006 graduate of ŠćÉ«app, who uses the stage name āAlanā and identifies herself a mentalist, has always had a passion for the mind and dedicated her life to studying and analyzing how the mind works, starting with her BA in psychology. Once she met her now-husband Jason Alan, a lifelong magician, her life flipped and that passion for the mind turned into a passion in tricking otherās minds - through magic.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants us five freedoms: the freedom of religion, speech, press, petition and assembly. Each of these freedoms collectively gives us the right to be ourselves ā expressing ourselves and enriching the nation through the free exchange of ideas. But there is some confusion among the general public about these rights. So we asked our Kent State experts.
Alumna Pamela R. Anderson-Bartholet has a long history at Kent State, graduating from the university three times before working for Kent State. In August, she added a new feather to her cap when The Poetry Box published her first complete collection of poetry, āJust the Girls: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybeesā with the help of two other alumnae.
Darin Olson, D.M.A., is the new director of Athletic Bands at ŠćÉ«app. He leads the Marching Golden Flashes, Flasher Brass Pep Band, Kent Symphony Band and University Band. Olson is currently an active member of College Band Directors National Association and the National Association for Music Education. Learn more about Olson and his plans for his future at Kent State as he answers these 10 questions.
Black lives and Black cultures have been underrepresented and discriminated against for many years. TEXTURES: The History and Art of Black Hair is an exhibition coming to the ŠćÉ«app Museum in 2021 with the help of significant sponsorship from corporate and federal funding that focuses on celebrating and empowering these lives and cultures.
A recent article from The New York Times explored the lack of diversity in fashion museums across the world. Placing Kent State among the top fashion institutions in the world, the article featured museum Director Sarah Rogers and her efforts to create an inclusive and diverse collection in the museum.
The Kent State Museumās newest exhibition, āFortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo,ā marks the first new exhibition for the museum since its reopening in August and is on display now. It features works by award-winning designer and School of Fashion Associate Professor Vincent Quevedo.
Five students from ŠćÉ«app at Geauga distinguished themselves as writing award winners during Spring Semester 2020. Each was a student of Bonnie Shaker, Ph.D., assistant professor of English. While Kent State Geauga students have won a total of 16 awards from 2014 through 2020 in different categories, five winners in one year is a notable achievement.
To celebrate Constitution Day, ŠćÉ«app Libraries is offering a virtual screening of the documentary "And She Could Be Next" on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion that will include the filmmakers and Kent State faculty members.
When searching for a job in her final semester as a fashion merchandising major this past spring, Jenna Palek realized that during a global pandemic, very few companies would be hiring. Undaunted, she told herself āI simply will not take ānoā as an answer,ā knowing āI was capable of finding not only a job but a great one.ā
ŠćÉ«app Assistant Professor of Painting Shawn Powell is being featured in a two-person show at Clevelandās new Abattoir Gallery now through Sept. 5. One of Powell's paintings was featured in Vanity Fair this August.
The School of Art Collection and Galleries at ŠćÉ«app presents āAcquiring History: The 50-Year Legacy of Robert Smithsonās āPartially Buried Woodshedā at ŠćÉ«appā from Aug. 4 through Sept. 26, 2020, at the Kent State Downtown Gallery.
Todayās Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of Kent Stateās Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, āThank You, Tree.ā
āI had always been making art and music but the events of May 4th and beyond galvanized my creativity, infusing it with an existential anger and urgency that would otherwise not have happened. In short Devo and the idea of De-evolution as a manifesto would not exist without that defining historic trauma I experienced.ā - Jerry Casale
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at ŠćÉ«app are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22. draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.
The School of Fashion announces the refashioning of the 2020 Fashion Show into Fashion Show 2.0. This completely virtual extravaganza will highlight the hard work of senior design and merchandising students, all of whom have been working toward this moment throughout their four years in the School of Fashion.
David Hassler is the director of the Wick Poetry Center, where he oversees the local and national Wick projects, works with students and collaborates with other programs across campus. We asked him 10 questions about Kent, Kent State, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping himself ā and the Kent State Community ā busy during the pandemic.
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., is an author and filmmaker as well as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at ŠćÉ«app, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Womenās History Month.