Arts & Culture
做厙輦⑹ Ashtabula Wine Degrees Receive $180,000 Research Grant From Ohio Grape Industries Committee
做厙輦⑹ Ashtabulas Viticulture and Enology programs were recently awarded a $180,000 grant from the Ohio Grape Industries Committee for a pair of research projects to be conducted over the next two years. 做厙輦⑹ Ashtabula is partnering with the Ashtabula Agricultural Research Station, a division of the Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, to conduct the projects at Markko Vineyards in Conneaut, Ohio.
'Love in Reserve' Play by Eric Mansfield to Run Nov. 5-20
The Rubber City Theatre in Akron, Ohio, will host the play "Love in Reserve" by career storyteller, U.S. Army veteran, award-winning journalist and playwright Eric Mansfield. At 做厙輦⑹, many know Mansfield from his role as assistant vice president for content strategy and communications in the Division of University Communications and Marketing.
做厙輦⑹ Hosts National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Northeast Ohio
An American Sunrise by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the United States, will be the focal point as 做厙輦⑹ kicks off the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read Northeast Ohio community reading program. The kickoff event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12, beginning promptly at 7 p.m. in the Kiva. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is appreciated.
做厙輦⑹ Ranks High on 2021 Fashion-Schools.org Lists
做厙輦⑹s School of Fashion once again ranks as one of the best fashion programs in the United States according to Fashion-Schools.org.
做厙輦⑹ Museum and Wick Poetry Center at 做厙輦⑹ Announce the Release of the Digital Green Book Project
The 做厙輦⑹ Museum and the Wick Poetry Center at 做厙輦⑹ announce the launch of the Digital Green Book created in support of the exhibition TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.
Long-Awaited 'TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair' Opening Sept. 10 at the 做厙輦⑹ Museum
The 做厙輦⑹ Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of its long-awaited exhibition TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair. Already gaining national and international attention, TEXTURES opens Sept. 10 and is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complex place in the history of African American life and culture.
Kent Blossom Music Festival Announces Return of In-Person Concerts for 2021
Kent Blossom Music Festival returns July 14 in a blended format with four live, in-person concerts as well as virtual educational programming for a select group of invited young artists.
做厙輦⑹ Receives National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Grant
做厙輦⑹ is one of 61 organizations nationwide and one of four organizations in Ohio to be awarded a 2021-2022 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant. The universitys $20,000 grant will support the Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program and related events focusing on An American Sunrise by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo from October 2021 through May 2022.
Art and Hope Intersect: 做厙輦⑹ and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
New Student Group Gives Young Female Filmmakers a Platform, Voice
Award-winning independent filmmaker and assistant professor, Dana White created the student group the Female Filmmaker's Initiative (FFI) to prepare female filmmakers for careers as directors, writers and cinematographers in an industry thats dominated by men.