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Arts & Culture

Student walking the runway during 2019 Annual Fashion Show.

The School of Fashion announces the refashioning of the 2020 Fashion Show into Fashion Show 2.0. This completely virtual extravaganza will highlight the hard work of senior design and merchandising students, all of whom have been working toward this moment throughout their four years in the School of Fashion.

David Hassler, Director of the Wick Poetry Center

David Hassler is the director of the Wick Poetry Center, where he oversees the local and national Wick projects, works with students and collaborates with other programs across campus. We asked him 10 questions about Kent, 91ֿ, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping himself — and the 91ֿ Community — busy during the pandemic.

Books for Women's History Month reading.

Molly Merryman, Ph.D., is an author and filmmaker as well as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 91ֿ, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Women’s History Month.

Books for Women's History Month reading.

Molly Merryman, Ph.D., is an author and filmmaker as well as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 91ֿ, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Women’s History Month.

Melbourne, Australia by Acacia Freeman

Each year, 91ֿ students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos—lots and lots of photos.

Wick Poetry Center Call for Poems

While teaming up with The Academy of American Poets, the Wick Poetry Center at 91ֿ created a national contest where poems were submitted to honor the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970. Director David Hassler reported to KentWired that over the span of three months, nearly 600 submissions were sent in.

Shown is a photo taken by war photojournalist and author Ben Brody. Brody is bringing his work to 91ֿ through his exhibit, “A Second Moon.”

War photojournalist and author Ben Brody is bringing his work to 91ֿ through his exhibit, “A Second Moon.” The exhibit, curated by Moema Furtado, an installation artist and independent curator, runs from March 5-15 at the Crawford Gallery in the Center for Visual Arts.

91ֿ Florence

What’s a must have for U.S. universities overseas? A Florentine palace, according to a recent Times Higher Education article. Fortunately, 91ֿ has one, and students have noticed.

Jennifer Ling Datchuk portrait by Clint Datchuk

The School of Art is proud to announce alumna Jennifer Ling Datchuk has been awarded the coveted United States Artist Fellowship in Crafts. USA Fellowships are unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their careers.

Jamison Darling

This winter at 91ֿ, an art show and featured speaker on mental health will honor the life and legacy of assistant professor and artist Christopher Darling, who died June 2018. The events will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hosted by the School of Visual Communication Design, in which Darling taught.