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Kent Blossom Music Festival 2025

IN A FLASH: Summer Symphonies

There's music in the summer breezes at 91²Ö¿â as the annual Kent Blossom Music Festival welcomes students from the U.S. and abroad to study with world class musicians to campus. 

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91²Ö¿â Youth Winds

91²Ö¿â Youth Winds Performs in Nation's Capital

91²Ö¿â Youth Winds had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians.

Tags: Community Impact , Arts & Culture , Student Life

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Writing Our Lives

Professors Help High School Students Succeed Through Poetry, Art and Virtual Reality

The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Arts & Culture

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Spring Opera 2025

IN A FLASH: Fairies, Fantasy and Song!

91²Ö¿â Opera Theatre's spring production featured scenes from a selection of famous operas with themes both natural and supernatural. 

Tags: School of Theatre and Dance , Community Impact , Community & Society , Arts & Culture , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , In a Flash

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Dancers at 2025 Juneteenth Jubilee

IN A FLASH: A Joyous Juneteenth Celebration

91²Ö¿â's fourth annual Juneteenth Jubilee welcomed the community to celebrate the rich history of Black Americans with live music, dance performances, food trucks, vendors and more. 

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A dress designed by a 91²Ö¿â School of Fashion student debuted along with a collection of Salvador Dali paintings.

Salvador Dalí Paintings Make Their Debut Alongside 91²Ö¿â Fashion School Creations

An exhibit of rare Salvador Dalí paintings and a collection of garments designed by 91²Ö¿â School of Fashion students inspired by the Dalí artwork has opened at Peg’s Gallery in Hudson, Ohio. 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , Design at 91²Ö¿â , Arts & Culture

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Spring Faculty Dance Concert and Student Dance Festival 2025

IN A FLASH: Stepping into Spring

The annual Spring Faculty Dance Concert and Student Dance Festival, presented the 91²Ö¿â School of Theatre and Dance is a highlight of the Spring Semester.

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Sarah Spinner (2nd from Right) receives award from Arts Alive in May, 2025

Lifting Up Others in the Arts

Sarah Spinner Liska, director of the 91²Ö¿â Museum, has been honored with the inaugural Artist Empowerment Award from Summit ArtSpace, recognizing her outstanding work in expanding access to the arts and championing inclusive creative spaces.

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A 91²Ö¿â fashion design student paints a piece of fabric before adding it to a Salvador Dalí-inspired garment. (Photo credit: Bob Christy for 91²Ö¿â)

Dalí Comes to Ohio: Peg’s Foundation & Gallery Debuts Surrealist Masterpieces in U.S. First

Thanks to a collaboration between Peg’s Foundation & Gallery, Scabal and 91²Ö¿â’s School of Fashion, Peg’s Foundation & Gallery will become the epicenter of international art, fashion and innovation this summer with the U.S. premiere of â€œDalí Beyond Time: Fashioning the Future.â€� The groundbreaking exhibit will bring 12 Salvador Dalí paintings commissioned for Scabal to Hudson, Ohio – and to American soil – for the very first time.

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Hand-painted butterflies on palazzo pants are junior fashion student Maya Settimi's Salvador Dali-inspired design.

91²Ö¿â School of Fashion Has Role in Bringing Rare Salvador Dali Paintings to Ohio

What started as a simple conversation between a 91²Ö¿â School of Fashion student and the American head of the global luxury menswear and fabric brand Scabal touched off a series of events that will result in a group of rarely seen Salvador Dali paintings having their North American debut in Northeast Ohio on June 12.

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