The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University comprise seven spaces (CVA Gallery, Payto Gallery, Crawford Gallery, Michener Gallery, KSU Downtown Gallery, School of Art Collection and the Hotel and Conference Center Gallery) located on the Kent campus, downtown Kent and at the Blossom Music Center. The galleries exhibit art from local, regional, national and international artists with new exhibitions every four to six weeks throughout the calendar year.
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Kent State National Ceramics Invitational
2020Exhibition ran from March 6-April 11, 2020
Curated by Peter Pincus
Works by Sanam Emami, Brooks Oliver, Adam Posnak, Hannah Thompsett
MFA 2020
2020This catalog is a collaboration between MFA Studio Art candidates and MA Art History
candidates at Kent State University’s School of Art. Critical essays by the MA students
regarding the MFA students’ work are featured alongside images of MFA thesis exhibition
artwork, on view March 31 - April 10, 2020 in the galleries at the Center for the
Visual Arts.Kent State Glass @ 50
2019A national curated glass show celebrating 50 Years of glass at Kent State University
Exhibition ran: September 4 to October 4, 2019
Featuring: Sarah Blood, Steven Durow, Katherine Gray, Henry Halem, Allison Nicole Hoag, Jiyoung Lee, Carmen Lozar, Anna Mlasowsky, Kit Paulson, Mark Peiser, Marc Petrovic, Kari Russell-Pool, Einar & Jamex de la Torre, Brent Kee Young and Zac WeinbergCurated by glass professors Davin Ebanks (Kent State University) and Benjamin Johnson (Cleveland Institute of Art)
Kent State National Ceramics Invitational
2019Exhibition ran: February 21 – March 23, 2019
Featuring: Soojin Choi, Gabrielle Graber,
Michelle Laxalt & Andrew Stansbury