Immortalized Through Memory: The Beauty of Aftersun by Peyton Trout This article contains spoilers for the movie. “[S]ometimes at playtime I’ll look up to the sky and if the sun is out, I’ll think about the fact that you can see the same sun. So that even if we aren’t in the same place, we…
By the Luna Negra Staff
2022 was a year of creativity, as reflected in the artwork produced. From releases of writing to movies to digital work, self-expression flourished in each of the forms it took…
To Read or Not to Read: Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho by Peyton Trout This review contains spoilers for the film and book. A Halloween costume classic. A TikTok trend. A crazed businessman. Patrick Bateman has had a grip on pop culture more in recent years than ever before. While most everyone knows Christian Bale…
By the Pricking of My Thumb — What to Read This Autumn by Leah Shepard As the wind begins to swell and the leaves begin to change, sending us indoors, autumn has set in on campus. With it, it brings the ambience of autumn—that spooky mood we all know too well—and for many, it brings…
By Chad Troyer
Known Unknown is an installation by senior Sculpture student Kennedy Deen. The installation has one main sculpture that you can enter, called Glow Within. . .
By Olivia Wachtel
Emelia Tallman’s Senior BFA Thesis Exhibition, Familiar Patterns, is a beautiful exercise of reflection. . .
By Michael Turle
Made up of five separate pieces of intricate multi-media art, the collection deals with themes of gender, sex, identity, body image, and much, much more. . .
By Jillian Bremner
Oozing with literary style from the first frame, The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s eleventh feature length film, delivers a story about a fictional magazine operating out of a small town in France jam packed with wry performances, stunning visuals, inventive story telling technique, and most importantly, a love of journalism. . .
By Peyton Trout
Thursday, March 24, Kent State art students gathered their families and friends to attend the university’s Annual Student Art Exhibition which features both graduate and undergraduate art. Each undergraduate artist was eligible for Best in Show, First Runner Up, Second Runner Up, and People’s Choice. . .
By Chad Troyer
Olivia Pace’s exhibition, Out of Body Experience, features 5 ceramic sculptures, four wall-hung and one supported by two pedestals. These sculptures are hand built, not castings, based on body parts, . . .