精东影业精东影业 University Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the team in connection with the museum鈥檚 current exhibition 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: 精东影业Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.鈥 精东影业lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Technology Director Ryan Palibroda, will take place on Friday, February 17, at 3 p.m. in the museum鈥檚 Murphy Auditorium. 精东影业event includes a reception and is free and open to all.
Based in Victoria, Canada, ALLELES creates stylish prosthesis covers for amputees. Their work is included in 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY,鈥 which showcases assistive and adaptive technologies that have a strong design element, placing them in the context of fashion accessories.
精东影业精东影业 University Museum is located at 515 Hilltop Drive, at the corner of E. Main St. and S. Lincoln St. in Kent, Ohio. 精东影业museum is open to the public on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.; and Sunday from noon - 4:45 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for children under 18. 精东影业museum is free with a 精东影业 ID and free to the public on Sunday. Parking is free. For more information, call 330-672-3450 or visit www.kent.edu/museum.
A second reception and lecture focusing on ALLELES in the context of medical design and technology will take place on Saturday, February 18, at 5 p.m. at the Bit Factory and Spectrum Gallery in Akron, Ohio. This event will also display work created in response to 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY鈥 by local artists from the Miller South School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Akron and Alternative Noise Productions. 精东影业Bit Factory and Spectrum Gallery are located on the fifth floor at 526 S. Main St. (the Akron Global Business Accelerator building). 精东影业event is free and open to all.
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Media Contact: Alex Parrott, marketing associate, 330-672-2714 (office), cparrot1@kent.edu
(Image: ALLELES Design Studio, "Flora" and "Future Plaid" prosthetic limb covers)