Cleveland Institute of Art

Congratulations to our alumni and staff who were selected to receive 2024 Creative Impact Fund grants–Gabrielle Banzhaf ‘10, Sequoia Bostick ’14, David Buttram ’89, Amber N. Ford ’16 and Alberto Veronica Lopez! 🎉

Assembly for the Arts awarded the grants and they are made possible by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture! Each grantee will receive $10,000 cash plus professional and business development opportunities, mentorship and networking opportunities, and memberships to Assembly for the Arts and the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE).

Learn more: https://ow.ly/7rCz50TrSHA

From the classroom to the ballpark, CIA students and alums are turning baseball games into an event! ⚾🤩

They have been partnering with the Cleveland Guardians Minor League team the Lake County Captains to create posters for different games!

Tune into to WVIZ/ideastream Arts tonight at 8:30 pm or visit their website to view the full story: https://bit.ly/CaptainsPosterArt

Meet our incredible AICAD fellows – Ariel Wills, Charles Lee and Laura Medina – joining the CIA community this year! 🙌

Coming from renowned art institutions, their diverse backgrounds and experiences are set to inspire and energize our community and students!

Check out the full story: https://ow.ly/WLsS50Tlx3u

📸: McKinley Wiley/The Dark Room Co.

Thanks for the feature! We are so excited to be apart of the MidTown community! 🧡

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of both our Faculty Exhibition and Studio Operations Exhibition last Thursday! 🧡

The Studio Operations Exhibition is open through September 22 and the Faculty Exhibition is open through October 2. Learn more: https://ow.ly/z4YW50TefOP

📸: The Dark Room Co.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Maggie Denk-Leigh for being featured on the cover of the Fall issue of Canvas Magazine! 🎉

P.S. Be sure to stop by the Faculty exhibition opening on Thursday evening at 6pm in Reinberger Gallery to see more of Maggie's work.

We officially welcomed all incoming students on Tuesday at Convocation! We are so excited to have all of you on campus and cannot wait to see your creativity fly! 🧡

📸: Leah Trznadel

Introducing the class of 2028! Join us in welcoming them all to CIA! 🎉🧡

📸: Leah Trznadel

First year move-in was a success!! Welcome to campus! 🧡🥳

📸: Mandy Schulien

A huge congratulations to CIA alum Amber Ford '16 on being one of the 2024 Cleveland Arts Prize Winners! She is being awarded the Emerging Artist Prize! ⭐ 💫

We would also like to congratulate CIA supporter Ellen Mavec for being awarded the Barbara Robinson Prize for the Advancement of the Arts. Join us in congratulating them both!

📸: Asia Simmons

CIA is so excited to welcome Amanda Fronek as our new Dean of Students! Join us in welcoming Amanda back to the CIA community! 🎉🧡

"I am extremely excited about coming back to CIA and joining the team in this new capacity because my experience as a graduate assistant 15 years ago set the tone for how I have professionally interacted with students and the college environment as a whole for my entire career," Fronek says. "CIA provides the perfect combination of education, creativity and student development, and that is an energizing prospect for any higher education practitioner."

Visit our website to learn more about Amanda: https://ow.ly/M2Om50SPaKs

Less than 4 weeks until classes begin! We're so excited to have everyone back on campus! 🤩 🧡

Did you know? The NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo, affectionately called "The Meatball" was designed 65 years ago by CIA grad James Modarelli!

He was the Chief of the Management Services Division at the time and won an open design contest for the new agency!

Don't miss the chance to experience Allison Hall's captivating "Alchemy Dreams" exhibition at BAYarts! This is the last week! Visit BAYarts before July 6th to witness the magic firsthand. ✨

Read more about her wonderful work in this wonderful CAN Journal article: https://ow.ly/Bgfk50Su6X2

Perpetual Alchemy: Allison Bogard Hall at BAYarts - Collective Arts Network - CAN Journal BAYarts chose former student Allison Bogard Hall for a CAN Triennial Exhibition Prize, on view in Summer 2024.

Lights, camera, transition! 🎞️ 🎬

Join us in celebrating this changing of the guard at the Cinematheque with a weekend of film favorites, introductions, and fond farewells.

Read this full Q+A with retiring director John Ewing and incoming director Bilgesu Sisman:

CIA Cinematheque saying goodbye to Ewing, hello to Sisman this weekend On June 30, John Ewing will retire as director of the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque after more than four decades and — wait for it — 9,000-plus films shown. That’s a lot of American class…

Foundation professor Scott Goss is doing some incredible work!! 🔥🧡 Check out more below!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the opening of the 2024 Alumni Exhibition! 🧡 🎉

"Are We There Yet?" was curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz and will be on view through August 9! Visit Reinberger Gallery to check out the fantastic work by 40 of our alums!

📸: Leah Trznadel ‘19

Happy first official day of summer! We're kicking things off with blazing heat that feels like we're walking on the sun! ☀️🔥

CIA is proud to celebrate and observe Juneteenth as an official school holiday! In observance of Juneteenth, CIA is closed today.

This day provides an opportunity for us all to reflect on the importance of freedom, equality, and the ongoing pursuit of justice for all communities. Visit WKYC for a full list of events happening in our communities: https://ow.ly/z2pK50SlPwr

It is with profound sadness that we share news of the passing of longtime faculty member Tina Cassara. Tina retired in 2020 after teaching at CIA for nearly 36 years and co-founded the Sculpture + Expanded Media program.

In addition to being a creative force in our community, Tina was loyal and supportive to CIA colleagues within and across departments as well as to the generations of students whose careers were seeded by her visionary classroom and studio work. Our community was fortunate to have Tina at the heart of its educational culture for so many years.

Faculty member Sarah Paul remembers Tina fondly: “Tina’s tremendous knowledge of traditional fiber processes coupled with her boundless curiosity regarding new media created a fertile atmosphere within which her students were empowered to take risks and effect change. As a colleague and friend, I am deeply thankful to have learned from her humor, empathy and brazen advocacy for the individual voice.”

To help celebrate Tina's life, we invite you to share your beautiful memories and stories of her in the comments below.

Lights, Camera, Retirement! 🎬 💖

What an unforgettable evening filled with laughter and cherished memories as we celebrated John Ewing's incredible legacy. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us!

📸: Leah Trznadel ‘19

Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art

Thanks to The Land for visiting campus back in May and featuring “Ready, Set, Relay!" ✨

This exhibition is a multidisciplinary, CIA student-curated exhibition that celebrates the legacy of artworks in the Progressive Art Collection. It's only on view through September! Be sure to stop by!

Learn more:

Cleveland Institute of Art, Progressive Insurance collaborate to inspire next generation of artists “Ready, Set, Relay," a student-created program inspired by works featured in the Progressive Art Collection, is now on display at Progressive's main campus.

Congratulations to all the 2024 Greater Cleveland region Scholastic Art & Writing award winners! 🧡 🎉

📸: Hannah Lambert '24

We recently had the chance to follow up with some of our recent alums and their post graduation President Traveling Scholarship experiences!

Alison Alsup ’23 biked the length of the Ohio River; hiked 1,100 miles of the Buckeye Trail and biked the remaining 344 miles; cycled the perimeter of Lake Erie and half of the Ohio to Erie Trail and wrapped up the last 140 miles on rollerblades with a friend.

Read more about her journey: https://ow.ly/1HVW50SbR2z

to our Stellantis North America alums visiting campus for student presentations and critiques! 🧡

We were so excited to welcome them all back to campus during finals week, inspiring students to unleash their creativity!

We march with purpose, passion, pride and love for all! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Thanks to our faculty, staff, students, alumni and community who joined us to march at Pride in the CLE 2024!

We recently had the chance to follow up with some of our recent alums and their post graduation President Traveling Scholarship experiences! ✨

Chi (Irena) Wong's project took him back to Hong Kong and Fuzhou, China to explore where her family had lived before immigrating to the US. The plan is to use her travel sketches, photographs, and memories to inform new drawings and paintings with a focus on architecture!

Read more about her journey on our website: https://ow.ly/ehpz50S4mIY

President’s Traveling Scholarship: Chi (Irena) Wong ’20 | Cleveland Institute of Art By Karen Sandstrom ’12 The magic of travel often grows in the gap between expectations and experience. This proved true for Chi (Irena) Wong, who used her scholarship for a trip with her family to Hong Kong and Fuzhou, China to explore where they had lived before immigrating to the United...