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Broadbent, Palmer, and Mull Galleries | Anne Bissonnette, Curator Enter Isabel and Ruben Toledo's world and find two highly talented individuals working in synergy. Muse to her husband's sculpture, painting and illustration, Isabel Toledo conceives of shapes and structures to clothe the human body. Complementarily, Ruben Toledo's surreal view of life brings humor and unconventionality to her industrial world.

Stager Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director Flora & Fashion: Gardens Become Us! features a range of fashions influenced by botannicals and florals including 18th century costume, 19th and 20th century ballgowns, garden party dresses, floral hats, textiles, accessories, and elegant examples of couture from Dior, Balenciaga, Norell, and Chanel, among others.

Alumni Gallery | Anne Bissonnette, Curator Where will you be for the party of the millennium? The event that ushers in more than a change in the calendar but a new era: the inauguration of the first woman president of the United States. Few things are certain but some are inevitable.

Stager Gallery | Dr, Catherine Amidon, Exhibition Curator (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Different Voices: New Art from Poland is based on the works of twenty women artists whose activity is related to the fiber arts lineage. The exhibition and catalogue highlight the strength of their production, outline underlying themes, explore techniques and challenge the extent to which their participation in this lineage questions their relationship to 'contemporary art.'

Broadbent Gallery | Anne Bissonnette, Curator Revolutionaries of design Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo have fused east and west to establish an aesthetic that goes beyond national identity. Their innovative approaches to fashion have baffled and transformed us for the past three decades. Beneath a surface of metamorphosing modern forms, the intellectual core of their work is solidly informed by the traditional principles of Japanese design.

Mull Gallery | Jean L. Druesedow, Director Introduced on the air in Cleveland, Ohio at WEWS on January 13, 1949, as the "First Lady of Physical Fitness," Paige Palmer starred in her own television program for 25 years and kept women in Northeastern Ohio tuned in as she told them how to stay young looking, thin and glamorous. Decades ahead of her time, Paige Palmer was the first in the nation to bring a regular exercise regimen to her viewers complete with patented exercise equipment and apparel bearing her name.

Walter B. Denny, Curator In 1998 the Kent State University Museum presented an exhibition entitled "Court and Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the design for Handel's "Tamerlano" at the Glimmerglass Opera" featuring costumes designed by Judy Levin. The exhibition was organized by the Museum and the AXA Gallery (formerly the Equitable Gallery) with the cooperation of the Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, New York. The AXA Gallery is sponsored by the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.

Stager Gallery | Anne Bissonnette, Curator The woven journey through India's history of dress unravels into a splendid and diverse tale.  The second most populous country in the world, India is currently inhabited by over 950 million people. Indians exhibit phenomenally varied ethnicity and culture. At least two dozen major languages are spoken. The predominant religion is Hinduism (83%), but Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains represent important minority religions.

Jean L. Druesedow, Director A Brief Passage Erin Rachel Pincus was born June 10, 1981, younger by 47 seconds than her twin sister Jessie Amber, to Mike and Kathy Pincus. As their mother has written, "The first night home, a never to be forgotten dream came to my husband of a mischievous leprechaun sitting on top of a big bookshelf.