Kent State Museum Looks Back at Iconic Arts Club (03/10/2009)
Kent State Museum Looks Back at Iconic Arts Club (03/10/2009)
What: Exhibition “The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels”
When: March 19, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010
Where: Kent State University Museum, Stager and Blum Galleries
Background: The exhibition highlights the activities of the Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland, formed in 1911. Its most memorable events were the annual masked balls staged at venues around the city.
The exhibition will display the posters and costumes designed and worn by members and guests at these bohemian balls. Costume designs were based on the artistic and theatrical exploration of other places and times related to the ball’s annual theme. With jazz as the chosen music and a program of stunts, guest performances, and other surprises, these revels lasted well into the morning and were sometimes broadcast over radio.
Club members included commercial artists who collaborated to study and make art distinctive from their commercial work, look for display venues and embrace modernism not only as a distinctive form of art but as a way of life.
The Kent State University Museum is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
The Museum is located in Rockwell Hall on the corner of East Main and South Lincoln Streets on the Kent State University campus. Special guided tours are available for groups by reservation. Free on-site motor coach parking is available.
For additional information about the Kent State University Museum, go to www.kent.edu/museum, or call 330-672-3450.
When: March 19, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010
Where: Kent State University Museum, Stager and Blum Galleries
Background: The exhibition highlights the activities of the Kokoon Arts Club of Cleveland, formed in 1911. Its most memorable events were the annual masked balls staged at venues around the city.
The exhibition will display the posters and costumes designed and worn by members and guests at these bohemian balls. Costume designs were based on the artistic and theatrical exploration of other places and times related to the ball’s annual theme. With jazz as the chosen music and a program of stunts, guest performances, and other surprises, these revels lasted well into the morning and were sometimes broadcast over radio.
Club members included commercial artists who collaborated to study and make art distinctive from their commercial work, look for display venues and embrace modernism not only as a distinctive form of art but as a way of life.
The Kent State University Museum is open Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 4:45 p.m. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday.
The Museum is located in Rockwell Hall on the corner of East Main and South Lincoln Streets on the Kent State University campus. Special guided tours are available for groups by reservation. Free on-site motor coach parking is available.
For additional information about the Kent State University Museum, go to www.kent.edu/museum, or call 330-672-3450.