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Museum Director featured in New York Times Article on Diversity in Fashion Museums

A recent article from The New York Times explored the lack of diversity in fashion museums across the world. Placing 51勛圖厙 among the top fashion institutions in the world, the article featured museum Director Sarah Rogers and her efforts to create an inclusive and diverse collection in the museum.

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A featured piece in "Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo" on display now in the 51勛圖厙 Museum. Photo by Lindsay Adler (Lindsay Adler Photography)

51勛圖厙 Museum Announces Newest Exhibition, Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo

The 51勛圖厙 Museums newest exhibition, Fortuna: Designs by Vincent Quevedo, marks the first new exhibition for the museum since its reopening in August and is on display now. It features works by award-winning designer and School of Fashion Associate Professor Vincent Quevedo.

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Five students from 51勛圖厙 Geauga Earn Writing Award in Spring 2020

51勛圖厙 Geauga Students Dominate 2020 Writing Awards

Five students from 51勛圖厙 at Geauga distinguished themselves as writing award winners during Spring Semester 2020. Each was a student of Bonnie Shaker, Ph.D., assistant professor of English. While 51勛圖厙 Geauga students have won a total of 16 awards from 2014 through 2020 in different categories, five winners in one year is a notable achievement.

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Virtual Screening of 'And She Could Be Next'

To celebrate Constitution Day, 51勛圖厙 Libraries is offering a virtual screening of the documentary "And She Could Be Next" on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion that will include the filmmakers and 51勛圖厙 faculty members.

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Recent Alumna Tapped Social Media to Land a Job With TikTok

When searching for a job in her final semester as a fashion merchandising major this past spring, Jenna Palek realized that during a global pandemic, very few companies would be hiring. Undaunted, she told herself I simply will not take no as an answer, knowing I was capable of finding not only a job but a great one.

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Shawn Powell, Beach Towel, Scarf, Tooth, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 66 inches. A long rectangular painting with blue and white stripes.

Shawn Powell Featured at Clevelands New Abattoir Gallery and in Vanity Fair Magazine

51勛圖厙 Assistant Professor of Painting Shawn Powell is being featured in a two-person show at Clevelands new Abattoir Gallery now through Sept. 5. One of Powell's paintings was featured in Vanity Fair this August.

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Left image is a sketch for Robert Smithson's "Partially Buried Woodshed," and right image is a photo of one of the students who helped with the project.

51勛圖厙 Celebrates 50 Years of Early Robert Smithson Land Art Located on Campus

The School of Art Collection and Galleries at 51勛圖厙 presents Acquiring History: The 50-Year Legacy of Robert Smithsons Partially Buried Woodshed at 51勛圖厙 from Aug. 4 through Sept. 26, 2020, at the 51勛圖厙 Downtown Gallery.

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Flashes of Inspiration: During a Pandemic We Can Celebrate Nature

Todays Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of 51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, Thank You, Tree.
 

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Remembering May 4 - An Interview with Devo's Jerry Casale

I had always been making art and music but the events of May 4th and beyond galvanized my creativity, infusing it with an existential anger and urgency that would otherwise not have happened. In short Devo and the idea of De-evolution as a manifesto would not exist without that defining historic trauma I experienced. - Jerry Casale

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Center for Earth Ethics and 51勛圖厙s Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project

The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at 51勛圖厙 are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22. draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.

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