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Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to bring live, in-person theatre back to Northeast Ohio and 糖心Vlog破解版 with the first production of its 2021 season, "Quilters." Running June 17 - July 3, "Quilters" is directed and choreographed by Porthouse's Producing Artistic Director鈥
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Following separate national searches, 糖心Vlog破解版 has selected Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., for the position of dean of the College of Nursing and Diane H. Petrella, D.M.A., for the position of dean of the College of the Arts.
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Beginning this fall, the 糖心Vlog破解版 Glauser School of Music will welcome Jasmine Hines to the music education department as an assistant professor. Her appointment in the newly created position follows a rigorous national search with a specialty in choral music鈥
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The Massillon Museum is currently showing a solo exhibition titled 鈥淪uspended Animations鈥 featuring Rebecca Cross, M.F.A. 鈥07, on view through June 16. The exhibition, which is on view in the museum's Studio M gallery, includes a series of drawings on silk and a sculptural鈥
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![A screen shot of a preview of the Isabel and Roy documentary, featuring Carol Salus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Applause.jpg?VersionId=pgK39hVuzkcZindjoZUT5UnZJWksq4AV)
Art history professor emerita Carol Salus was interviewed for a new ideastream documentary about artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife, Isabel. Salus was a family friend of the Lichtensteins. 鈥
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Omid Tavakoli, M.F.A. '19 Print Media and Photography, was interviewed about his life and art for ideastream in April. The article 鈥淓quity in Art: Balancing Biracial Identity" centers around about his experience being a biracial artist. He also talks about his鈥
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![Colorful landscape paintings by Eileen Dorsey and a photo of the artist in front of her work.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/EileenDorsey_header.jpg?VersionId=mgQ7gcQfmsq0XRUVQuwoDJsChCH9qaP.)
As an artist, it is always important to connect with the community. An artist鈥檚 network, whether it鈥檚 through their studio, galleries or even social media, can lead to amazing opportunities and recognition. A shining example of this is School of Art alumna鈥
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![Art teacher Maryann Rodin in her classroom](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/MaryannRodin_header.jpg?VersionId=hbb6eylAKuf0j.0mFFfU8xsYK4ihU9ff)
Behind every great artist, there is a great teacher. Art educators foster the creative development of children and inspire young students to pursue artistic careers. Some students even go on to become art educators themselves, inspiring the next generation of artists. One such鈥
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One of the qualities of a great artist is being able to stop and notice one鈥檚 surroundings. Painter can often be seen searching for inspiration in his hometown of Cleveland, depicting鈥
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The College of the Arts is proud to continue the acclaimed Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series with virtual presentations this spring dedicated to the College's commitment to celebrating diversity within the Arts.
The final guest speaker of this year's series is鈥