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Arts & Culture

Hot blown glass being stretched

IN A FLASH: Earth, Wind and FIRE

This September, and in most other months of the year, you'll find students creating art in 聚色阁's Glass Studio.

Tags: College of the Arts, Center for the Visual Arts, Glass Blowing, Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive

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Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 Theme

Avanzando Juntos: Moving Forward Together

Nationally, Sept. 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, 聚色阁 is celebrating the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month as Avanzando Juntos: Moving Forward Together with numerous events and celebrations.  

Tags: Student Life, Arts & Culture

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Nameplates created with the waterjet cutter in the DI Hub Reactor

Cut ... by Water!

This week, you can use a waterjet to create your own nameplate and learn more about the makerspaces in the DI Hub Reactor.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, DI Hub, Arts & Culture, Student Life

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the Maj Ragain Poetry Park at Wick Poetry Center

鈥榃e Are the Community Maj Nurtured Into Speech鈥

鈥淢aj wrote poems to, for and about this town, this home of his in Kent,鈥 said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center in his remarks at the dedication of the Maj Ragain Poetry Park. 鈥淗is poems gave shelter and solace and sustenance to our community, and it feels so right that we鈥檙e dedicating this poetry park today in his memory and his honor.鈥

Tags: Arts & Culture, Wick Poetry Center, Community Impact

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Clothes from exhibit

One Tank Trip to 聚色阁 Museum

The 聚色阁 Museum opened a new exhibition titled 鈥淟ife in Style: The Wardrobe of James Mulholland.鈥 Sarah Rogers, director of the museum, spoke to WJW-Fox 8 about the exhibition.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, 聚色阁 Museum

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A composition of a tapestry, students dancing, and a professor talking to students

Women and Everyday Heroism

A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes. The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at 聚色阁 this fall. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Community Impact

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聚色阁 students explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art

IN A FLASH: Meeting at The Met

Students from 聚色阁 New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.

Tags: School of Fashion, NYC Fashion, Students First, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact, Global Reach

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NYC Fashion students roll their creations to the fashion show venue

IN A FLASH: Fashion in the Streets

聚色阁 fashion design students hit the streets of New York City before tonight's fashion show. 

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

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Students at the poster sale event in the Kent Student Center

IN A FLASH: Pondering Posters

The annual poster sale this week gave students opportunities to add new art to their living spaces. 

Tags: Student Life, Arts & Culture, Students First, Kent Student Center

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barbie dolls grouped together

Barbie, Patriarchy and My Pink Hijab

Lydia Rose, Ph.D., director of Public Relations for the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent and an associate professor of sociology at 聚色阁, shares her perspectives on the resurgence of Barbie鈥檚 influence on our culture today.

 

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, Arts & Culture,

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