Arts & Culture
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.
做厙輦⑹ Named One of Nations Best for Fashion Merchandising
做厙輦⑹s School of Fashion has once again been ranked as one of the nations best programs in fashion merchandising according to the educational online learning platform, Study.com.
做厙輦⑹ School of Fashion to Induct Kenneth Cole Into Hall of Fame
The visionary global fashion designer and activist Kenneth Cole is named as the 做厙輦⑹ School of Fashions 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee. In its 32nd year, the prestigious award celebrates the outstanding contribution to fashion made by an individual. The accolade honors the unique qualities of their leadership.
Creating Global Community Through T-Shirts
What do friendship, academics and T-shirts have in common? For the students at the American Academy, 做厙輦⑹ and the PUCPRs undergraduate program in Brazil, a student-led T-shirt design contest created that missing piece of camaraderie during the pandemic between students and their two schools.
Faculty Premiere Film at 2021 Cleveland International Film Festival
Turning Blue, a short film by 做厙輦⑹'s School of Media and Journalism faculty filmmakers Dana White and Christopher Knoblock, will be featured at the prestigious 45th annual Cleveland International Film Festival.