Kent State University Museum

🎗️ Exciting announcement, our wonderful exhibition, “LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style,” has been extended by 2 weeks! Plan your visit today to catch it before it moves on to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago!

🗓️On view now through July 12th at the Kent State University Museum
📍515 Hilltop Drive, Kent, Ohio
🕒Open Tuesday–Saturday, 11 – 5 Sunday, 12 – 4

✒️Curated by Sara Hume and presented in partnership with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation in New York City. This exhibition is supported by the Robert H. Reakirt Foundation and a sustainability grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

📣 We are excited to announce that the Cardinal Quartet, a musical ensemble of Kent State students and graduates, will be performing at the KSU museums’ June 25th opening of “Quilts & Coverlets: Art for the American Home.”

🇺🇲Come celebrate at our opening reception and enjoy refreshments and a special live performance of all-American classics, ranging from Samual Barber’s Adagio for Strings to Sousa’s Stars & Stripes Forever.

✨Limited space available, make sure to RVSP for the opening, June 25th 5–7 p.m. now: https://connect.kent.edu/register/quilts-and-coverlets

🏀As the NBA season comes to an exciting close, it’s important to recognize all the people that make a winning team happen! LeRoy Neiman paid attention to them all: especially the coaches.

🧑‍🎨As the KSU Museum’s “LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style,” exhibition comes to a close, 🚨only open through June 28th, 2026 🚨, it’s time to highlight another piece you can come see today!

🏅LeRoy Neiman is often regarded as the “Father of Sports Art,” with his dynamic compositions capturing every motion in the split second he focuses on. He is well known for basketball pieces focused on the center of action. Here, he takes our attention courtside. He highlights the coach, creating a radiating energy through his crouched form—ready to spring up at any minute. He reminds us to recognize all there is around us, not just what pulls our attention first. Come see it in person today at the KSU Museum!

✒️Curated by Sara Hume and presented in partnership with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation in New York City. This exhibition is supported by the Robert H. Reakirt Foundation and a sustainability grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

🗓️On view now through June 28 at the Kent State University Museum
📍515 Hilltop Drive, Kent, Ohio
🕒Open Tuesday–Saturday, 11 – 5 Sunday, 12 – 4
📷The Basketball Coach, 2001, Felt pen, 14 ⅛” x 9 ¾”. Courtesy of LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation.