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Past Events

Dazzle 2025: Celebrating 40 Years of the ����ֱ�� State University Museum

 The ����ֱ�� State University Museum marked its 40th anniversary in spectacular style with Dazzle 2025, a sold-out celebration that brought together 250 guests from across the region and beyond. The event took place Thursday, Oct. 30 at the ����ֱ�� State University Museum. Hosted in Rockwell Hall, home to both the ����ֱ�� State University Museum and the School of Fashion, the event paid tribute to the museum’s inaugural 1985 “Dazzle” party while showcasing its vibrant future as a center for creativity, scholarship and community engagement.

Bringing Hollywood to the Classroom: Isis Mussenden

In September 2024, the KSU Museum brought renowned Hollywood costume designer, Isis Mussenden to campus for a series of workshops with students and a public talk. The events were sponsored by Dr. Christopher Sullivan through the KSU Museum's Jean Druesedow Fund for Costume and Textile Conservation and Preservation.

Elizabeth Keckley: From Enslavement to the White House 

The ����ֱ�� State University Museum, in partnership with the National First Ladies Library & Museum, held an election day program on November 5, 2024. The program traced the inspiring story of Elizabeth Keckley, who purchased her own freedom from slavery and became a successful entrepreneur and personal couturier to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. A cape made by Keckley for Lincoln was displayed at the event, as we uncovered how fashion can illuminate historical narratives, from the lives of First Ladies to often-overlooked histories.

“Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Micro/Macro”

This exhibition of the weavings of Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson is a fitting return of the artist to her Alma Mater. Jonsson received her B.F.A. and M.FA. from the textile program at the ����ֱ�� State University School of Art in the 1990s. Under the mentorship of Janice Lessman-Moss, Jónsson developed her innovative technique of painting on the warp and weft.