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Downtown Gallery to hold Planned Parenthood benefit auction

Cody Patton June 26, 2017

Kent State School of Art’s Downtown Gallery is hosting You, Me, Us, We, a silent auction and art exhibition benefiting Planned Parenthood of Ohio, on Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.The gallery, located...

Photo of Christine Havice, courtesy of Kent State University.

School of Art director to retire

Holly Disch May 4, 2016

Christine Havice, director of the School of Art, is set to retire following this spring semester after being with the Kent State community since 2003.Havice was an art history professor along with being...

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...

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...

The construction sight outside of Van Deusen Hall on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015. The construction is supposed to bring the School of Art under one roof.

Center for the Visual Arts: bringing the School of Art under one roof

Eric Poston November 5, 2015

For the start of the spring semester, the entire School of Art will soon be under one roof for the first time in 50 years.HOW IT BEGANIn 2009, the university began looking at the Foundation of Excellence...

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Art professor unexpectedly dies Tuesday

Megan Hermensky October 28, 2015

Gingr Vaughan, an assistant professor of art history, suddenly passed away Tuesday evening.According to LinkedIn, Vaughan began teaching at Kent State in 1984. One class she taught this semester was Art...

Kent State photography exhibit features Massillon High School football

Stephen Means II September 1, 2015

Kent State’s School of Art Galleries will feature the Massillon High School football team in a display called “Tiger Legacy: Playing for Your City.”The display highlights the culture of high school...

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...

 A construction worker for Canton Floors Inc. measures a beam outside of the Art Annex on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. Construction on the art building is set to be complete in early June.

School of Art to have a place to call home

Andrea Delph February 8, 2015

Renovations and additions for the Center for the Visual Arts are to be completed by Spring 2016 to bring all visual arts programs and disciplines under one roof for the first time in decades —will be...

Students and professors gather around the School of Art Gallery during the graduate student biennial reception on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The gallery features works of art from graduate students in the School of Art.

School of Art hosts month-long exhibit of graduate students’ work

Katie Nix January 15, 2015

The Kent State School of Art Galleries will host the “M.F.A. 2015” exhibit until Feb. 13.The exhibit, which takes place every two years, opened Jan. 14 and a reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m....

Nick Cave, artist and professor at the Art Institute of Chicago, speaks about his artwork know as Soundsuits in Cartwright Hall on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014.

Sculpture artist engages audience with Soundsuits

Felicia Ssempala November 21, 2014

Visual artist Nick Cave, known for his work with wearable sculptures, told a mixed audience about his passion for visual arts Thursday night in the Cartwright Hall auditorium.Cave, a professor at the School...

Visiting artist tells students how to sculpt the modern age

Brittany Rees November 15, 2014

Do you need a certain material for something to be art? This was a question that Dutch artist Rachel de Joode challenged her audience with Friday afternoon during the School of Art visiting artist lecture...