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Artist Mel Chin to Speak at Opening of Kent State's Center for the Visual Arts

Socially engaged conceptual artist Mel Chin will appear as the “Legacy and Prospect” keynote speaker at 5X 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…

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School of Art

Bob Dylan’s Pastel Portraits to Be Shown at Kent State

Legendary musician Bob Dylan will have some of his visual arts output exhibited at 5X’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…

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Kent Campus

Kent State's Gianna Commito to Receive 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize

5X'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…

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Kent Campus

Crossed Out II by Samuel Bak (oil/canvas painting)

Phillips to Discuss Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak at Kent State

The 5X 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 …

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College of Arts & Sciences

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BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART HISTORY MASTER OF ARTS IN ART HISTORY   Division Coordinator   Gustav Medicus Associate Professor gmedicus@kent.edu Phone: 330-672-1364

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School of Art

A New Canvas

5X 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. Kent State Presi…

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Kent Campus

Kent State to Launch New Center for the Visual Arts on Oct. 9

5X 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…

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Kent Campus

Kent State Sets 2014-15 Tuition

To enable 5X to continue its multifaceted efforts to provide students with a high-caliber educational experience, the Kent State 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…

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Kent Campus