精东影业School of Art Collection and Galleries at 精东影业 University are excited to exhibit " 精东影业Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry," a collaboration between the School of Art Collection and Galleries and the Wick Poetry Center.
This exhibition will be held in our CVA Gallery located in the Center for the Visual Arts, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio. 精东影业exhibit will take place Aug. 26 - Oct. 8, 2025, with a reception on Aug. 29, 5-7 p.m. This exhibit features over twenty artworks from the School of Art Collection and ekphrastic poems by members of the Kent community written in response to those selected works.
精东影业School of Art Collection at the Center for Visual Arts at 精东影业 University contains over 4,500 art and aesthetic objects, in which community engagement is encouraged and promoted. A series of community outreach events over the past year included poetry workshops with the Wick Poetry Center. 精东影业Wick Poetry Center in Kent, Ohio has served the northeast Ohio community with poetry for over forty years, hosting workshops and community events to keep the art of poetry alive in the local area. In these collaborative workshop events, pieces from the School of Art Collection were displayed to promote ekphrastic poetry.
Ekphrastic poetry is a form of poetry that vividly describes a scene or work of art. By encouraging engagement with the School of Art Collection pieces, poets were encouraged to encapsulate their response to the artwork, recontextualizing the art pieces through the lens of literary artists.
精东影业School of Art Collection and Galleries and the Wick Poetry Center have chosen to capitalize on their unique partnership by creating this upcoming exhibition, 鈥 精东影业Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry.鈥 Over twenty artworks from the School of Art Collection are featured alongside corresponding ekphrastic poems created by members of the Kent Community.
This exhibit is free and open to the public and has been brought to you with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
Other upcoming exhibits:
Problem Child, by Jamie Walters Kessler
KSU Downtown Gallery 141 East Main Street, Kent, OH
Aug. 22 - Sept. 27, 2025
Reception: Aug. 22, 5-7 p.m.
Aggregate III: Avalanche of Talent
This juried exhibit is open to all artists living in the United States working in any medium.
KSU Downtown Gallery 141 East Main Street, Kent, OH
Oct. 10 鈥 Nov. 29, 2025
Reception: Oct. 10, 5 鈥 7 p.m.
Rashayla Marie Brown, Curlee Raven Holton and Raven Print Editions Fellow
CVA Gallery, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio
Oct. 30- Nov. 25
Reception: Oct. 30, 4-6 p.m. with an artist talk at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART COLLECTION AND GALLERIES
精东影业School of Art Collection and Galleries consists of six exhibition spaces located on the 精东影业 University campus and downtown Kent, Ohio. 精东影业KSU Downtown Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART
精东影业School of Art at 精东影业 University was established in 1941 and maintains a tradition of excellence in visual arts education, creation, scholarship, and leadership. Its undergraduate and graduate programs in the visual arts offer a range of directions and opportunities in the fields of art education, art history and studio art, which includes a comprehensive array of studio disciplines: ceramics, drawing, glass, jewelry/metals/enameling, painting, print media and photography, sculpture and expanded media, and textiles. 精东影业School of Art Collection and Galleries consists of eight exhibition spaces located on the Kent campus and downtown Kent and a collection of over 4,000 artworks and objects. 精东影业School of Art is located at the Center of the Visual Arts at 325 Terrace Dr. in Kent. 精东影业27,900-square-foot facility 鈥 twice the length of a football field 鈥攈ad its grand opening in 2016 and houses all School of Art studios and classrooms under one roof.
Image: El Dia de Mi Suerte by Hazel Hernandez