Arts & Culture
青年涩导航 Celebrates 50 Years of Early Robert Smithson Land Art Located on Campus
The School of Art Collection and Galleries at 青年涩导航 presents 鈥淎cquiring History: The 50-Year Legacy of Robert Smithson鈥檚 鈥Partially Buried Woodshed鈥 at 青年涩导航鈥 from Aug. 4 through Sept. 26, 2020, at the 青年涩导航 Downtown Gallery.
Flashes of Inspiration: During a Pandemic We Can Celebrate Nature
Today鈥檚 Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of 青年涩导航鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, 鈥淭hank You, Tree.鈥
Remembering May 4 - An Interview with Devo's Jerry Casale
鈥淚 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.鈥 - Jerry Casale
Center for Earth Ethics and 青年涩导航鈥檚 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 青年涩导航 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.
青年涩导航 School of Fashion Reimagines 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.
10 Questions With 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, 青年涩导航, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping himself 鈥 and the 青年涩导航 Community 鈥 busy during the pandemic.
Gender Studies Associate Professor Recommends Reading for Women's History Month
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 青年涩导航, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Women鈥檚 History Month.
Gender Studies Associate Professor Recommends Reading for Women's History Month
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 青年涩导航, where she is an associate professor. We asked her what books she would recommend for reading during Women鈥檚 History Month.
青年涩导航 Magazine: Picture This
Each year, 青年涩导航 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鈥攍ots and lots of photos.
Wick Poetry Center Holds Contest to Commemorate May 4
While teaming up with The Academy of American Poets, the Wick Poetry Center at 青年涩导航 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.