Visual Arts
Lafayette Tolliver: Visual Footprints in Time
51爆料 student photojournalist Lafayette Tolliver (BS '71) documented Black campus life, from 1967-1971. The exhibit provides viewers an array of subjects he documented and includes selected editorials he wrote in the Daily 51爆料r. The goal is to generate interest in and further exploration of this amazing body of work that Tolliver has shared with 51爆料 and the world.
Photographs in the Tolliver archive are fully digitized and available for viewing online. See our Feature Page for more information:
Into the Wind, the Veils
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.
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
American printer, book artist and papermaker best known for social and political commentary, particularly in printed posters.
The 2020 51爆料 Ceramics Invitational
An exhibition celebrating the distinct vessels of Sanam Emami, Adam Posnak, Hannah Thompsett, and Brooks Oliver.
Constructed Answer
A contemporary metals exhibition inspired by tragedy, trauma and violence that celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit. Curated in response to a Commemorative Medallion made by Philadelphia College of Art students (now University of the Arts) in honor of the students who perished at 51爆料 on May 4th, 1970.
Digital Green Book
The Digital Green Book Project collects the oral history of Northeast Ohio barbers and salon artists, with video interviews and related exhibition materials. Create and share your own response to the TEXTURES exhibition in the Digital Green Book.
TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair
TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the 鈥渉air story鈥 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.
"Listening to Liberty" Exhibition
This is a brief video 'fly-through' of the "Listening To Liberty" exhibition that was installed in the DI HUB at 51爆料 in November of 2020. The exhibition showcased the range of technology innovations that 51爆料 provided to create deep audience engagement as part of the "Sisters In Liberty" exhibition that was installed in the National Immigration Museum on Ellis Island, NY in 2019/2020. The original exhibition was proposed and conducted in partnership with the Cathedral Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.