Artist Henry Halem joins Kent history with contemporary art

“The imagery was based on the shootings at Kent State and the blindness that the political system had in relationship to what young people were about in protesting the war. They were blind to the generation that was protesting,” Halem said. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

Artist Henry Halem joins Kent history with contemporary art

- Jeremy Brown

More than 50 years after Henry Halem designed a series of white glass sculptures inspired by the Kent State shootings, he decided to bring the imagery back to life, but for a different reason.

In 1969, Halem, a graduate with a BFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from George Washington University, founded the glass art program at Kent State University.

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