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Kent State Museum

New Grant Helps Â鶹´«Ã½ Museum Preserve Fashion And Textile History

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Museum currently houses extraordinary collections of historic dress, fashion, textiles and decorative arts. More than 29,000 objects from many of the world’s great artists and designers, known and unknown, from across time and continents can be found at the museum. A new grant will help protect the longevity of these artifacts for generations to come.

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Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Strutting Our Stuff: Kent State’s School of Fashion to Help Raise Money for Ronald McDonald House Charities

Students, faculty and alumni from Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Global Reach, Community & Society, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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The Michael Weber Show

Michael Weber Knows How to Rock ’n’ Bowl

The 2019 Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate and award-winning musician can now add film score composer to his resume.

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Kent State All-Star Band Weekend 2024

IN A FLASH: Strike Up the (All-Star) Band!

Students from area high schools came to campus for the Kent State All-Star Band weekend.

Tags: College of the Arts, Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Cartwright, High School Students, Community Impact, Arts & Culture

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Author L.M. Elliott poses with a horse

L.M. Elliott Wins The Scott O'Dell Award For Historical Fiction

The Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Selection Committee is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2024 award is Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott.

Tags: Reinberger Children's Library Center, Arts & Culture, historical fiction, children's literature, young adult literature, School of Information

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Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture

IN A FLASH: Here Comes the Sun

A photgrapher captured Earth's star shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture near Franklin Hall.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Distinctive Kent State, Arts & Culture, Franklin Hall, Art Walk along Sculpture Mile and Percent for Art Projects, Sculpture

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Director and Kent State alumnus Samuel "Blitz" Bazawule

‘The Color Purple’ From a Golden Flash

Director behind the new musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel is a 2005 Kent State graduate.

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Kent State NYC Fashion students visiting The Big Button

Visiting the Big Button

Students at Kent State's New York City Fashion location experience what it's like to live and work in the city's fashion industry. 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, College of the Arts, Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive

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Flags at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Airport

IN A FLASH: Flying Colors

An antique lens provides unique depth and detail to the photos it captures. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Â鶹´«Ã½ Airport, Arts & Culture, University Communications and Marketing

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Student-made blown glass items at the School of Art Holiday Sale

Buy Flash-Made at The School of Art Holiday Sale

The School of Art Holiday Sale is Dec. 7 and 8 in the Center for the Visual Arts Gallery.

Tags: Students First, School of Art, Center for the Visual Arts, College of the Arts, University News, holidays, Arts & Culture

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