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Katie Butler, a Kent State University Graduate (21') and adjunct professor, is opening her solo gallery Pomp and Circumstance, an exhibition of paintings at Hesse Flatow in New York City. The show will be opening on January 6, 2023 and will run through February 18, 2023.鈥
Sam Gibbons, who studied Fine Art at Kent State University, had one of his paintings featured on the cover of Hi-Fructose Magazine, Vol. 9 and inside a .
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Eileen Dorsey, KSU School of Art alumni, recently worked on a painting for NBC Studios. The broadcast and radio network commissioned a painting of the iconic Rockefeller Center to be given as holiday gifts to their executives.

Professor Gianna Commito has been awarded the Wayne P. Lawson Prize for Ohio Artists from The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA). She is known for her elaborate, intersecting paintings that utilize geometric shapes and an array of colors.

Linda Hoeptner-Poling, Ph.D., associate professor of art education at Kent State University, received the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award on October 21, 2022.

Assistant Professor of Print Media and Photography J. Leigh Garcia received the 2023 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award.

This exhibit focuses on former faculty, notable alums, and a juried selection of alumni from the 70-year history of the ceramics program at Kent State University. Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics will be on display through January 14, 2023,鈥
Kent State University School of Art senior lecturer, Juliann Dorff, has been named The Ohio Art Educator of the Year for her outstanding contributions and commitment to art education. The OAEA Art Educator of the Year award is given to art educators who have previously鈥