School of Art
17cÍøÒ³°æ's Center for the Visual Arts Will Celebrate Grand Opening May 6
The Center for the Visual Arts, the new facility and home of the 17cÍøÒ³°æ School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6, 2016. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshment…
School of Art
Artist Mel Chin to Speak at Opening of 17cÍøÒ³°æ's Center for the Visual Arts
Socially engaged conceptual artist Mel Chin will appear as the “Legacy and Prospect†keynote speaker at 17cÍøÒ³°æ on Friday, May 6, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. Chin’s free, public lecture in the School of Art will coincide with the grand opening of the Center for the Visual Arts, the School of Ar…
School of Art
Bob Dylan’s Pastel Portraits to Be Shown at 17cÍøÒ³°æ
Legendary musician Bob Dylan will have some of his visual arts output exhibited at 17cÍøÒ³°æ’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,†a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, will run Jan. 21-March 5 at the university’s Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent, Ohio. Ther…
Kent Campus
17cÍøÒ³°æ's Gianna Commito to Receive 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize
17cÍøÒ³°æ's Gianna Commito, an associate professor who teaches painting in its School of Art, has been named the recipient of a 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize. Commito will be presented with one of two Emerging Artist Awards at this year’s ceremony, to be held at the Cleve…
Kent Campus
Phillips to Discuss Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak at 17cÍøÒ³°æ
The 17cÍøÒ³°æ Jewish Studies program, in the College of Arts and Sciences, will host a presentation by Gary Phillips, Ph.D., the Edgar H. Evans Professor of Religion at Wabash College, on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121, on the Kent Campus. Phillips presentation, titled …
College of Arts & Sciences
A New Canvas
17cÍøÒ³°æ invited the community to celebrate the launch of the Center for the Visual Arts on Oct. 9. The event, which was free and open to the public, took place on the second floor of Cartwright Hall, overlooking the center’s construction site, east of Terrace Drive. 17cÍøÒ³°æ Presi…
Kent Campus
17cÍøÒ³°æ to Launch New Center for the Visual Arts on Oct. 9
17cÍøÒ³°æ invites the community to celebrate the launch of the Center for the Visual Arts on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on the second floor of Cartwright Hall, overlooking the center’s construction site, east of Terrace Dr…
Kent Campus
17cÍøÒ³°æ Sets 2014-15 Tuition
To enable 17cÍøÒ³°æ to continue its multifaceted efforts to provide students with a high-caliber educational experience, the 17cÍøÒ³°æ Board of Trustees today (May 28, 2014) increased tuition by 2 percent for undergraduate and graduate students on the university’s eight campuses. The in…
Kent Campus
17cÍøÒ³°æ Video Selected a Winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards
The Telly Awards has named a fundraising video created for the new Center for the Visual Arts at 17cÍøÒ³°æ as a bronze winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards. The 17cÍøÒ³°æ video submission was one of nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries. Produced by …
Alumni and Giving