After decades of stasis, cultural changes around gender identity are now moving as if on a high-speed train. The scope and range of the female voice is expanding right along with it. That’s all to say that Living Dangerously: Angela Dufresne and Nicola Tyson— on view through Dec. 16 at CIA’s Reinberger Gallery — offers a fresh look at the figure, landscape, […]
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Art galleries: They can be settings for divine experience and transportive beauty. And they can be showcases for donkeys and donkey doo. What to make of such contradictions? That’s a question for Bruce Checefsky. The director of Reinberger Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of Art is the host of “Gallery Guy,” a short-video series highlighting artists and exhibitions. The episodes […]
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On one of the first summery Saturdays in spring, Laura Yurko draped herself in vibrant fabric and walked slowly around the gallery at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Waterloo. A crocheted shroud hid most of her face. For hours, Laura and a pair of friends created her performance piece, Ensnare/Drift. They walked and crawled in the space, peeking through eyeholes. They […]
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“Our values today are not very different from the values of Viktor Schreckengost. We believe in discipline, a close reading of the reality around you, a connection with the viewer and end user. We give our students traditional drawing skills, and knowledge of color theory, composition, and perspective. Today these very important foundational skills are being applied to 3D animation, […]
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Spring 2016 brings mind-expanding shows to the exhibit spaces at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s new Gund Building. Reinberger Gallery is a centerpiece for artworks of all media, but the new building also creates showcase spaces in corridors and atrium areas. Haven’t seen the new CIA? These exhibits are reason enough to visit. All are free and open to […]
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A ceramicist who is also an industrial designer, an illustrator who loves character development, a writer with a sci-fi bent, and a painter represented by a New York gallery have all been appointed to faculty positions at Cleveland Institute of Art. The new appointees promise to add additional depth to CIA’s “already strong and dedicated faculty,” said Christopher Whittey, vice […]
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