Kent State University Museum: The Collection as a Source of Inspiration

Imagine: The Collection as a Source of Inspiration

Since its founding fifteen years ago, the Kent State University Museum has been a source of inspiration for artists. Through research appointments or via the Internet, the Museum's 20,000 piece collection and its ever-changing exhibitions have attracted students and professionals in thefields of fashion design, theatrical costuming and interior design from around the world.

Access to collection and exhibition objects sparks the fuel of creative energy. Here are a few examples of design projects based on Museum originals.

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Class Projects Inspired by the Exhibition Toledo/Toledo
Assistant Professor Hanna Hall's Junior Fashion Design, Fall 2001
The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising
Kent State University
Designs seen above by Alison Bartless

Quilted Winter Coat Inspired by a Mid 18th Century Petticoat
Machine quilted tissue nylon and polyester batting
Winter 1999-2000
Design by Anne Bissonnette, Curator, Kent State University Museum

Class Projects Included in the Exhibition 2000 Spangles: Dresses for the Party of the Millennium
Assistant Professor Hanna Hall's Senior Fashion Design, Spring 1999.
The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising
Kent State University

The instructor of the Fashion Design class, Ms. Hanna Hall, assigned her students to design a garment for
the inauguration of the first woman President of the United States of America.
Without a doubt, that will be the party, and the garment, that will be remembered in the new millenium.

Designs, left to right by: Nathalie Land, 2500 , Jennifer L. Noe, 2020, Zac Tischbein, 5000.