Local legend Charles Basham has been creating art for over fifty years—with forty of those also teaching at Kent State University. This August, Basham returns to Kent State for his exhibit with the School of Art Collection and Galleries, Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham.

Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham features fourteen oil paintings and pastels, an exclusive video interview with the artist, and a full color catalog that will be available for purchase. This exhibit will also include the work of eight former students and five of the artists Basham feels were most influential in his career as a painter.

Continuum runs through October, 2024, in the CVA, Payto and Crawford Galleries located in the Center for the Visual Arts (325 Terrace Drive, Kent). There will be a free reception from 5 to 7 pm on Friday, August 30, that is open to the public.

ABOUT CHARLES BASHAM

Charles Basham received his BFA in 1975 and MFA in 1979 from Kent State University in his native state of Ohio.

Basham’s landscapes have been aptly called “visually stimulating and emotionally charged.” His unique mark and ability to capture the captivating moments of morning and evening light in the Northeast Ohio landscape set his work apart.

“Throughout his career, Charles Basham has become more and more attuned to the subtle changes in weather and atmosphere. In his pastels and oil paintings, the energy and impact of light is realized in harmonized color whose saturation and temperature have been pushed and raised beyond previous limits,” states the Jerald Melberg Gallery (Charlotte, North Carolina).

Basham’s pastels and paintings have been widely exhibited for decades and his work is in numerous permanent collections.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART COLLECTION AND GALLERIES

The School of Art Collection and Galleries consists of six exhibition spaces located on the Kent State University campus and in downtown Kent.

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART COLLECTIONS AND GALLERIES
CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS
325 Terrace Drive
Kent, Ohio 44242
galleries.kent.edu
330.672.1369

Former students included in exhibit:

Nick Lee, Hilary Gent, Eileen Dorsey, Jack Tozzi, Joshua Bentley, Madeline O’Keefe, Michelle Doll and Maria McDonald

Influences included in exhibit:

Ben Bassham, Bill Quinn, Doug Unger, Robert Morrow and Craig Lucas

EVENTS:

Aggregate II: The Revenge of the Rock, October 18–December 7 at the KSU Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, Kent

Traveling Stanzas, July 2024-2025. Presented in celebration of 40 years of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, and curated by Annie Cyrus, at the KSU Hotel and Conference Center, 215 South Depeyster Street, Kent