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Kent State ​UԾٲ’s cultural offerings have a reach far beyond the borders of Ohio. There’s always something new to experience at the many events held at Kent State, at off-campus locations year-round, ​or virtually. Explore below to find live or digital exhibitions on a wide range of topics.

Featured Live Experiences

 

  • Image of Tiffany & Co. Necklace
    Sparkle: The Style and Jewelry of Aileen Mehle Exhibiton
    In honor of the 91Թ Museum’s 40th anniversary, this exhibition pays tribute to Aileen Mehle, a friend of the museum founders and widely syndicated society columnist. The exhibition features evening dresses and jewelry from Mehle that will be displayed in the museum’s historic Higbee Gallery from July 18, 2025, through Aug. 23, 2026. Mehle, who lived from 1918 to 2016, wrote under the pseudonym Suzy Knickerbocker and enjoyed a career spanning five decades – from the 1950s until her final column in 2005, which she wrote at the age of 87. Mehle dressed in Pauline Trigère,
  • A vibrant painting with textured pink rectangles and two bars of neon lights set below it.
    "Problem Child"

    "Problem Child" By Jamie Walters Kessler 

    August 22 - September 27, 2025, at the KSU Downtown Gallery 
    Reception: August 22, 5-7 p.m. 

    Exhibition Description:

    Problem Child is an exhibition featuring a selection of works from Kessler’s Urban South series. Urban South explores the thematic and historical connections between abstraction in painting and ideologies of existentialism and transcendence by reexamining philosophical and spiritual reverence thr

Featured Digital Experiences

 

  • TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers, and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. The exhibition is organized by the KSU Museum with KSU faculty and co-curators, Dr. Joseph L. Underwood (Art History) and Dr. Tameka N. Ellington.

  • Into the Wind, the Veils is a survey of photography, digital collage, and performance/videos by Franco-Moroccan artist Mehdi-Georges Lahlou whose themes include religiosity and queerness.

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