- Videos
Sara Hume speaks about the exhibit 'On the Home Front' and Civil War fashions.
News segment on "Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen" on WEWS-TV.
Jean Druesedow and Jim Harris speak about Katharine Hepburn and the exhibit.
Short history of the Kent State University Museum, focusing on the founders.
News and Events
Events
- Fashion and Fandom: A Downton Abbey Evening Free Season 3 screening event of Downton Abbey at the Kent State University Museum on Thursday, December 13 from 6:30-9 pm. - Posted Nov. 29, 2012
- Kent State University Museum Opens Exhibit Featuring Historic Fashions in "Fashion Timeline" The newest exhibit, "Fashion Timeline," showcases the Kent State University Museum's world-class collection of historic fashions and is currently available for viewing in the Palmer and Mull Galleries through June 2013. The museum is located at 515 Hilltop Drive on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. - Posted Jul. 20, 2012
- "Dancing Pants" An Articulated Mannequin for Katharine Hepburn's Pants Jim William's presentation on creating an articulated mannequin for the Katharine Hepburn exhibition. - Posted Apr. 24, 2012
- The Kent State University Museum to Host Concert Featuring Civil War Music The KSU Museum presents "Mother, Is the Battle Over?" at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 15 in Murphy Auditorium in Rockwell Hall in the Museum building located at 515 Hilltop Drive, at the corner of E. Main and S. Lincoln Streets, in Kent, OH. This event is free and open to the public. - Posted Mar. 27, 2012
- Kent State Museum and Akron Art Museum Celebrate the Age of Impressionism - Posted Nov. 14, 2011
- Kent State University Museum Opens Exhibit of Civil War Fashion in Observance of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War The KSU Museum will open the exhibition On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life on Sept. 30, 2011. A special preview reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the Museum Library and is free and open to the public. Reservations are requested and may be made by calling 330-672-3450. - Posted Sep. 27, 2011
- Kent State University Museum Opens Exhibit of Civil War Fashion - Posted Sep. 12, 2011
- Last Chance to See "Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen" at Kent State University Museum - Posted Aug. 22, 2011
- Kent State University Museum’s Aug. 19 “Movie Date with Kate” Features “On Golden Pond” Screening at PlayhouseSquare On Friday, Aug. 19, Kent State University Museum’s “Movie Date with Kate” regional film series presents a 7:30 p.m. screening of “On Golden Pond” (1981) at the Palace Theater at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland. - Posted Aug. 15, 2011
- Kent State University Museum Director and Noted Dress Historian to Discuss Katharine Hepburn's Influence on Fashion On April 28, Kent State University Museum Director Jean Druesedow will hold a public conversation with dress historian Patricia Campbell Warner following the 6 p.m. screening of the 1952 romantic sports comedy Pat and Mike. - Posted Apr. 19, 2011
- Museum and Women’s Studies Program Partner via Hepburn Class In cooperation with Kent State University Museum’s nationally recognized exhibition “Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen,” the Kent State University’s Women’s Studies Program (WMST) is offering a special course during this spring semester on the life and work of the great film star. - Posted Mar. 29, 2011
- Movie Dates with Kate The Kent State University Museum presents Movie Dates with Kate in conjunction with the exhibition 'Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen.' - Posted Feb. 24, 2011
- New Kent State Museum Exhibit Focuses on Collecting The Kent State University Museum is currently featuring the exhibit Collectors and Collecting in the museum's Tarter/Miller, Mull and Palmer Galleries. - Posted Aug. 23, 2010
In the Media
- Liturgical garments highlighted at Kent State University Museum (Streetsboro Gateway News)The exhibit, which can be seen through Feb. 9, 2014, highlights religious garments and textiles from the museum's collection. Druesedow said the exhibit "represents really extraordinary textiles from the 17th and 18th century."
- NYC exhibition features stage and film costumers from Katharine Hepburn's private collection (Fox News)A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unconventional in the 1930s and 40s, when girdles and stockings were the order of the day.
- Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic (Huffington Post)It seems improbable for a new slant on Katharine Hepburn to emerge, but the upcoming exhibit Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center and the five excellent essays in the new Skira/Rizzoli companion book "Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic" are provocative and eye-opening.
- Exhibition on Katharine Hepburn (New York Times)“A STAR practically always asks for a designer, if she has any sense,” Katharine Hepburn said in an unpublished interview from the mid 1970s. No one would dispute that Hepburn had heaps of sense, or be surprised that she had a lot to say about her legendary style. That is the subject of an exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center until Jan. 12.
- Civil War fashions at Kent State Museum help tell story of home front"On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life" offers a fascinating peek into the way life went on in the North, especially Ohio. The exhibit, curated by Sara Hume, brings together clothing, jewelry, photographs, letters and diaries to show how the war changed and influenced fashion for both men and women.
- Civil War fashion on display at KSU (Record-Courier)The exhibit "On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life" currently is on display at the Kent State University Museum.
- Kent State museum to exhibit Civil War fashions, Mary Todd Lincoln quiltThe Kent State University Museum is bringing back fashions from the Civil War with “On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life.” The exhibition will focus on the daily life and experiences of the American civilian population during the Civil War.
- Kent State University Museum explores Earth-friendly style in 'Sustainable Fashion' exhibitSustainable fashion might not be as trendy as the sustainable-food movement, but the latest exhibit at the Kent State University Museum aims to change all that.
- Get Out! Event picks so you're not bored this week: Your Date with Kate (Cleveland Scene)What better way to wrap up Women's History Month than with a screening of the 1942 classic Woman of the Year, starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy? The film screens at 3 and 6 p.m. in the Murphy Auditorium at the Kent State University Museum (515 Hilltop Dr.).
- Kent professor Vincent Quevedo shows his fashion art at school's museum (Plain Dealer)What kind of clothes could anyone possibly create with a heat gun and a respirator? The stunning answer is on display at the Kent State University Museum, in Quevedo's new solo show, "Beyond Fashion: Fiber and Fashion Art," running through Feb. 12.
- Fashion museums from NYC to LA, Paris and more (Yahoo! News)NEW YORK – Boohoo, so you didn't get a front-row seat for New York Fashion Week! Fortunately, for fashionistas who love couture but can't afford to buy it, there are many museums in the U.S. and abroad where you can get your fashion fix without presenting credentials at the door.
- The Clothes That Helped Make Kate Great: Hepburn Costume Exhibit Is an Eyeful in Ohio (Playbill)A Kent State University Museum exhibition of Katharine Hepburn's film and theatre costumes offers a dazzling display of the legendary actress' elegance and style. We go on a walking tour of it.
- Kent State museum exhibits Hepburn's stage, screen costumes (WITH VIDEOS)Fans of Katharine Hepburn can see the costumes she wore in many of her stage and screen appearances, as well as view what she donned for publicity pictures at the Kent State University Museum through Sept. 4, 2011.
- Katharine Hepburn exhibit at Kent State features legendary actress' costumes (Plain Dealer)Hepburn, the consummate Connecticut Yankee with thrifty ways who died in 2003 at 96, had kept so many of the movie, Broadway and television clothes she wore over an eight-decade career, they filled a Connecticut warehouse.
- New Katharine Hepburn Stamp Adopted as Official Stamp for Kent State University Museum Exhibit (ArtDaily)The Kent State University Museum will be adopting the United States Postal Service’s newly-issued commemorative stamp on Katharine Hepburn as the official stamp for its highly anticipated exhibition on the legendary star’s personal collection of stage and film costumes.
- Couture to khaki, Katharine Hepburn kept it all (WKSU)Kent State University Museum unveils Hepburn performance clothing exhibit this weekend. Includes interview with Jean Druesedow, museum director, and photos.
- Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen (WITH VIDEO) (WEWS-TV)It was that gorgeous face. The unforgettable roles on stage and screen. A personal sense of style that broke through restrictive notions about what women could wear. It's all there in glorious detail at the Kent State University Museum exhibition "Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen."
Museum News
- Raiment for Liturgy Opens March 8 at the Kent State University Museum - Posted Mar. 4, 2013
- Raiment for Liturgy Opens March 8 in the Kent State University Museum Exhibition to showcase religious garments from Museum collection - Posted Feb. 15, 2013
- The Kent State University Museum Opens Fandemonium New exhibition to showcase fans from the permanent collection opens Nov. 16 in the Alumni Gallery - Posted Oct. 22, 2012
- The Kent State University Museum opens UNDRESS: Shaping Fashion and Private Life The Kent State University Museum presents UNDRESS: Shaping Fashion and Private Life in the Broadbent Gallery, Sept. 28, 2012 through Sept. 1, 2013. The museum is located at 515 Hilltop Drive and is open to the public Wed., Fri and Sat. 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8:45 p.m.; and Sun. noon to 4:45 p.m. - Posted Sep. 7, 2012
- Largest Cash Gift Ever Made to Kent State University Museum The Kent State University Museum has received a $1.1 million donation – its largest cash gift ever – from local business leader and Kent State alumnus Gerald Schweigert. The donation, in the form of a charitable gift annuity, will be instrumental in the preservation and future support of museum collections and activities. - Posted May. 23, 2012
- The Kent State University Museum and Akron Art Museum Celebrate the Age of Impressionism New exhibits will feature clothing and paintings from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Opening Nov. 18 in the KSU Museum, A DAY AT THE BEACH explores the reality of summer tourism between 1860s and 1910s with a selection of actual garments that would have been worn near and at the beach. The exhibit coincides with LANDSCAPES FROM THE AGE OF IMPRESSIONISM, a collection of paintings at the Akron Art Museum. For more information call 330-672-3450. - Posted Oct. 31, 2011
- Kent State University Museum Opens Exhibit of Civil War Fashion - Posted Oct. 3, 2011
- Kent State Museum Opens Sustainable Fashion Exhibit The Kent State University Museum presents Sustainable Fashion: Exploring the Paradox, April 8, 2011 through March 18, 2012, Stager and Blum Galleries. Two opening receptions will be held and are open and free to the public, 3-5 p.m. on April 13 and 6-8 p.m. on April 14. - Posted Mar. 29, 2011
- Beyond Fashion: Fiber and Fashion Art by Vincent Quevedo blurs line between art and fashion From March 4 through February 12, 2012, the Kent State University Museum presents the much anticipated exhibit - "Beyond Fashion - Fiber and Fashion Art by Vincent Quevedo" which features the intricate work of well-known local fashion designer and Kent State University professor Vincent Quevedo. The opening reception, from 6-8 p.m., will include a lecture by Prof. Quevedo. The exhibit will run March 4 through Feb. 12, 2012 in the Higbee Gallery of the Museum. - Posted Mar. 2, 2011
- Kent State University Museum Receives Accreditation During the spring semester 2010, the Kent State University Museum, which houses important collections of fashion and decorative arts, received accreditation by the American Association of Museums’ (AAM) Accreditation Commission for meeting high standards in the museum field. - Posted Jun. 15, 2010
- Fashion Show Benefits Kent State University Museum On May 12, a sold-out fashion show produced by Dillard’s, Inc. was held at Sammy’s at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst, Ohio, to benefit the Kent State University Museum. The fashion show was applauded by a capacity crowd of 250 guests and raised $8,000 for the museum. - Posted May. 28, 2010
