School of Art Alumni
![Art from Foster, Johnson and Powell](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/23ART_OAC%20IndiividualAwards_web.jpg?VersionId=o64c_IGwAkgTObco_RVkhwNbSy98jONo&itok=bd7EsIYQ)
Eight 抖M女仆 School of Art faculty and alumni have been awarded the for 2023.
Sam Gibbons, who studied Fine Art at 抖M女仆, had one of his paintings featured on the cover of Hi-Fructose Magazine, Vol. 9 and inside a .
![Gallery view of artwork by Davin Ebanks in the Pittsburgh Glass Center](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Ebanks_fullspectrum_header_0.jpg?VersionId=qf3_58QGraJ7lDBw_yvMUHs8LKo2GswZ&h=4a7d1ed4&itok=GQRbzfIv)
Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass and M.F.A. alumnus, has been selected for the group exhibition "Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art, Craft, and Design" on view at the through May 23, 2022.
![Drawings on silk by Rebecca Cross - a finished piece on the left and the artist in process on the right](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/RebeccaCross_MassMu_header.jpg?VersionId=XRWo6pfALTyKQP2TcpYzFvALdkT9ycPQ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=719a2nl7)
The Massillon Museum is currently showing a solo exhibition titled 鈥淪uspended Animations鈥 featuring Rebecca Cross, M.F.A. 鈥07, on view through June 16. The exhibition, which is on view in the museum's Studio M gallery, includes a series of drawings on silk and a sculptural installation.
![Omid Tavakoli in front of his work at his MFA thesis exhibition](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Omid_MFAshow_header_0.jpg?VersionId=hTmzvZx1AusIdcdjWrFDW_8KGHY4pzf_&h=e6f36a9c&itok=rxk1TPxM)
Omid Tavakoli, M.F.A. '19 Print Media and Photography, was interviewed about his life and art for ideastream in April. The article 鈥淓quity in Art: Balancing Biracial Identity" centers around about his experience being a biracial artist. He also talks about his time studying at 抖M女仆.
![Dan Alexander in front of his glass artwork, images of glass art by Dan, a blue vase and a tall cup with lid](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DanAlexander_header2.jpg?VersionId=XeQZdiQ85DO06NZLeloQOUPHByNKF6in&h=e6f36a9c&itok=nYfikc5m)
In his professional career as a glassblower, 抖M女仆 alumnus Dan Alexander has done a lot in the decade since graduating with a B.F.A. in Craft in 2010.