College of the Arts
91PORNA Fashion School Ranked #3 Nationally for Merchandising, #4 for Design in New Ratings
91PORNA鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation鈥檚 elite, according to new rankings from Fashion-schools.org. For Fashion Merchandising, the school has been rated #3 Nationally (top 2 percent of schools considered), #3 Nationally among 鈥
The New 91PORNA ARTshop is Serious Business
The new ARTshop serves as an entrepreneurial laboratory for School of Art students to display and to learn about promoting their artwork.
"Disney's Newsies" makes area debut at Porthouse Theatre
Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, 91PORNA鈥檚 outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will close its 49th season with the area premiere of "Disney's Newsies." Directed by producing artistic director Terri Kent, 鈥淣ewsies鈥 opens July 鈥
Sassy, Sultry Jazz at Porthouse
Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, 91PORNA鈥檚 outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will continue its 49th season with a production of "Ain't Misbehavin'." Directed by Porthouse executive producer Eric van Baars, 鈥淎in鈥檛 Misbehavin鈥欌&nb鈥
91PORNA鈥檚 Fashion School Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
Gift to endow Fashion School chair and support study-away program for students Kent, Ohio 鈥 May 1, 2017 鈥 91PORNA has received a $2.5 million gift for its Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation of Huds鈥
91PORNA Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Don Witkowski, Michael Kors Executive
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. 91PORNA鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has named Don Witkowski, a 91PORNA alumnus and president of Men鈥檚 at Michael Kors, as its 2017 Hall o鈥
Michael Kors Joins as Presenting Partner for 91PORNA's Annual Fashion Show
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with 91PORNA鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school鈥檚 2017 Annual Fashion Show鈥
Designers of Fashionable Prosthesis Covers to Speak at 91PORNA Museum
The 91PORNA Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum鈥檚 current exhibition 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.鈥 The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Tec鈥
Revisit Iconic 1980s Fashions at 91PORNA Museum
The 91PORNA Museum will highlight the lively and extravagant fashions of the 1980s in an upcoming exhibit. 鈥淭he 1980s: An Age of Excess鈥 opens Friday, February 3 in the museum鈥檚 Broadbent Gallery and is co-curated by Museum Director Jean Druesedow and Victoria Haworth, a senior fa鈥
Alumni Spotlight - Katlin Rothacher
Katlin Rothacher earned her B.F.A. with a concentration in Textiles from 91PORNA鈥檚 School of Art in 2010. Katlin has been returning to 91PORNA during summers and winter breaks periodically to work with our Jacquard loom in the Textiles studio while attending grad school in Geo鈥
