Arts & Culture

Runway Creations Dazzle at Annual Fashion Show
A sea of silk and satin, leather and lace floated down the runway as 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Annual Fashion Show debuted to an enthusiastic crowd filling the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night.

IN A FLASH: Avatars Walk the Runway
Students from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab.

Victoria’s Secret: The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Museum Houses Many Surprises
When 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Today asked 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Museum Director Sarah Rogers to put together a list of her ‘Top Five Finds’ at the museum – must-see items, her favorite pieces, or cool or unusual items that might surprise visitors – she did not disappoint

‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’
A soon-to-be 51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduate has had a busy semester preparing for the School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show and job hunting after graduation.

IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech
Students in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel.

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling
Cemetery Calling, the newest play by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame
The School of Fashion at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art
An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Wick Poetry Center.
Flash of Darkness: 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun
It was a party 218 years in the making.
The thousands of people who came to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

The Festival of Love, Colors and Spring
In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.