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Cuban artist discusses political activism and art; artivism

Holly Disch April 1, 2016

Students and faculty gathered in Kent State’s Center for the Visual Arts to listen to a persistent Cuban free speech advocate, performance, installation and video artist Tania Bruguera, on Friday afternoon.The...

Art Under the Microscope exhibition opens Wednesday

Holly Disch March 15, 2016

Luminous Forms: Art Under the Microscope, an exhibition created by School of Art assistant professor Davin Ebanks, will be featured in Kent’s downtown gallery opening Wednesday. The gallery will host...

Drink coffee, fight poverty

Anne-Marie Colant March 9, 2016

Coffee and community service go hand in hand during the month of March at Scribbles Coffee. It has partnered with ARM (Anonymous Relief Mission) and Paint Nite, a company that offers groups the chance...

Janice Lessman-Moss, Textile Professor in the School of Art at Kent State, sits at her loom from Norway while discussing the coming Textile Art Open House on Friday, March 4, 2016. Lessman-Moss was recently named an “individual artist” category winner for the 2016 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio.

Art professor of 35 years wins Governor’s Individual Artist’s Award

Holly Disch March 8, 2016

A Kent State art professor dedicated her work to textiles for the past 20 years, which paved the way for winning the Governor’s Individual Artists Award.At the start of her college career, Janice Lessman-Moss...

Kent State Museum adds new juried exhibition for display

Ile-Ife Okantah and Holly Disch February 19, 2016

The Kent State Museum added a brand new juried exhibition this month called “Focus: Fiber,” featuring 56 pieces of contemporary textile art for the public to see until July 3.“The school of arts...

Submission deadline nears for Stratosphere art competition

Holly Disch February 5, 2016

The Stratosphere, a juried art competition open to all undergraduate majors, will return this year with the theme of ‘environment.’  According to the competition's website, the display of work is...

Role Call: Urt Uppreciation

Role Call: Urt Uppreciation

Role Call - TV2 October 10, 2015

This entertainment sketch was created by Role Call on TV2, Kent State University's student-run television station. For more news and entertainment, go to TV2 KSU.

Brian Feltner performs at Fred Fuller Park during Art in the Park on Saturday Sept. 12, 2015.

Art in the Park brings art, music to downtown Kent

Bailey Purpura September 13, 2015

Kent’s 22nd annual Art in the Park at Fred Fuller Park included more than 80 booths of works like recycled jewelry, wooden clocks, clothing and decorations made with utensils.Allie M. Designs, located...

Fashion show teaches about human trafficking

Kathryn Rush September 13, 2015

Kent State University Stark Campus will host UNCHAINED, a human sex trafficking awareness fashion show Sept. 21.UNCHAINED is a non-profit Columbus-based organization founded by Felicia Kalan and Stephanie...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu.

Opinion: The use of art for political posturing

Amanda Anastasia Paniagua September 13, 2015

Art is political and politics inform art. This is most recently exhibited in statements made by band members of the ‘80s rock group Survivor against Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu.

Opinion: Make some room for art this semester

Amanda Anastasia Paniagua August 30, 2015

It is one thing to study a work of art in a textbook, but it is another experience encountering a work of art in real life. For example, when I had the opportunity to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris,...

Student art sale to raise money for Center for the Visual Arts

Dara Sander April 16, 2015

“Cups and Coasters” is a themed student art sale that will begin April 22 with an opening reception on April 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Downtown Gallery.The deadline for student submissions for the...