The Kent State University Museum presents its fall exhibition, “A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa,” from Sept. 5 through May 10, 2026.
Displayed in the museum’s Broadbent Gallery, the exhibition features works by 25 contemporary North African designers and artists, including more than 40 ensembles and accessories alongside photography by fashion photographers, journalists and social media influencers, as well as art installations and videos.
“A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa” reflects the museum’s mission to advance the understanding of world cultures through the lens of fashions and textiles. The exhibition is organized around three themes: Disruptors, Threads and Our Land, which each bring together the work of designers from different countries and draw out the myriad approaches to retaining cultural distinctiveness while adapting to contemporary concerns.
The exhibition will be open to the public Sept. 5, 2025, through May 10, 2026.
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The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from noon-4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors and $5 for children ages 5 to 18. The museum is free with a Kent State ID and for children under 5. Sunday admission is free for all ages. Parking is free for museum attendees in the allotted museum spaces in the Rockwell Hall parking lot. For more information, please call 330-672-3450, visit kent.edu/museum or follow on Instagram or Facebook.
Exhibit photo courtesy Kent State University Museum
