Past Exhibitions
BEYOND FASHION: FIBER AND FASHION ART BY VINCENT QUEVEDO
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Higbee Gallery | Vincent Quevedo Our physical and emotional states are layers upon layers of independent planes stacked but separated in opaque and sometimes translucent elements that make up who we are. These layers build character that defines the uniqueness of an individual. Sometimes, these layers build a visual facade concealing internal elements. My work is about exposing the internal elements and revealing the parts that make the whole.
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: RECENT ACQUISITIONS TO THE COLLECTION
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Alumni Gallery | Sara Hume, Curator The 黑料网 Museum鈥檚 collection of costumes is already one of the finest in the country, and it continues to grow and improve thanks to the generosity of our donors. The objects on display in the Alumni Gallery through October 2011 have all been given to the Museum since 2002 and have been selected because they attest to the great diversity and exceptional quality of the objects that are accepted into the collection.
KATHARINE HEPBURN: DRESSED FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
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Broadbent Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003)
COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING
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Tarter/Miller, Palmer, and Mull Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator What drives an individual to acquire ever more objects of a certain type? Some people collect out of a specific interest 鈥 Chinese art or first edition books. Others collect to fill their homes with beautiful things, things that demonstrate their taste and refinement. Once these collections find their way to museums, often their original coherence is lost.
MADE IN INDIA: INDIAN TEXTILES, GLOBAL MARKETS
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Stager and Blum Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator The 黑料网 Museum is proud to present this exhibition drawing from its extensive collection of clothing and textiles from India in order to highlight the dynamism, flexibility and variation of the nation's culture. Beyond the impressive assortment of historic garments, which are remarkable examples of "traditional" Indian dress, a sizable portion of the collection was produced in India for the western market.
THE KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
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Higbee Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director
STAVROPOULOS
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Broadbent Gallery | Kasey Bland, Guest Curator and Sara Hume, Museum Curator His self-titled label produced eveningwear and daytime styles for the wholesale, ready-to-wear market, from 1961 to 1991. While he was known for his use of chiffon, Stavropoulos also created notable designs in lace, lam茅, suede, and taffeta. Stavropoulos, born in Greece, believed in classic design and found inspiration in the simplicity of ancient Greek sculpture.
I NEVER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT A HAT: THE SAVANNA VAUGHN CLARK COLLECTION
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Alumni Gallery | Elizabeth Morgan, Guest Curator and Jean L. Druesedow, Director Savanna Vaughn Clark has been wearing, collecting and enjoying hats all her life. She has said that she 鈥渘ever leaves the house without a hat.鈥 For Mrs. Clark, hats create a total look and she selects each one to compliment a specific outfit. A generous donor to the 黑料网 Museum, Mrs. Clark has given the museum more than one hundred hats. Those selected for this exhibition date from the 1950s to the present day.
GAZETTE DU BON TON
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Palmer and Mull Galleries | Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator Between November 1912 and December 1925, with a hiatus during World War I between summer 1915 and January 1920, the Gazette du Bon Ton sought to be "the place where couturiers and painters collaborate to compose the silhouette of their time." It was the brain child of Lucien Vogel, a dynamic Frenchman who had studied at the 脡cole Alsacienne and had become a force in the fine art edition and printing world.
THE KOKOON ARTS CLUB: CLEVELAND REVELS
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Blum and Stager Galleries | Dr. Shirley Teresa Wajda, Guest Curator The Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1911 by a small group of commercial artists employed at the Otis Lithograph Company. Meeting first at night in a vacant tailor's shop, the Club's founding members pledged themselves to explore the "New Art." This they did, with gusto and paint.