Exhibitions that invite regional and national perspectives and center student work highlight the Cleveland Institute of Art’s winter offerings.

Possibility for Repair is a group exhibition that explores how artists consider repair as a prospect that features work by Lyndon Barrois Jr. (Pittsburgh), Mark Thomas Gibson (Philadelphia), Sarah Kabot (Cleveland), M. Carmen Lane (Cleveland) and Jessica Pinsky (Cleveland). Acknowledging the 2024 election as a backdrop, each artist questions dominant systems and reflects on ways of seeing and experiencing the world in order to inspire new perspectives.

“Possibility for Repair represents perspectives from local and national artists,” says Reinberger Gallery Director Nikki Woods. “I think it’s important to both center and celebrate local creatives alongside artists from outside the region in order to continue, expand and support dialogue and scholarship across regions.”

The exhibition also represents several collaborations across CIA. Reinberger Gallery partnered with the college’s Jane B. Nord Center for Teaching + Learning as well as the Drawing, Graphic Design, Liberal Arts and Sculpture + Expanded Media departments to develop meaningful curricular engagement.

“Students are helping to design the exhibition didactics, formulate student-led workshops and generate reading lists, and they developed Bespoke, a responsive exhibition,” Woods says.

Possibility for Repair is on view through February 9, 2025 in Reinberger Gallery. Bespoke is up through December 12 in the Ann and Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery.

Back in the Dayz, the third annual Black History Month exhibition organized by Black Scholars and Artists (BSA) students, will respond to the theme of “nostalgia” and what that looks like through the memories of Black personhood.

In their exhibition statement, BSA students explain that “nostalgia is the threshold of both the little things and developmental turning points. Black family relationships and gatherings, our mental and physical environment, musical influences, the era of Black nationality juxtaposed with our origin, as well as emotional and intellectual intensity are factors that will become visible throughout the exhibition space.”
“I’ve been BSA president for three years and seeing how far we’ve come with this annual exhibition keeps me hopeful for the future of not only my Black peers at CIA, but also the spaces we are able to occupy and connect with through expressing creativity to this community,” says Jazzee Rozier, a senior Drawing major.

Back in the Dayz will open from 5 to 8 pm February 7, 2025 in the Ann and Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery.

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EVENTS
Bespoke, through Thursday, December 12 in Ann and Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery

Possibility for Repair, through Sunday, February 9, 2025 in Reinberger Gallery

Back in the Dayz, Opening 5-8pm Friday, February 7, 2025 in Ann and Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery

2025 Student Independent Exhibition, February 28, 2025