Michael C. Butz, Author at Collective Arts Network - CAN Journal

Work by New CIA Professors Always a Draw at Annual Faculty Exhibition

The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Faculty Exhibition is an annual favorite among Northeast Ohio art enthusiasts that, year after year, remains a fresh experience. That’s due in part to longtime faculty who evolve and experiment within their practices. But, CIA’s new faculty also deserve credit. Illustrator and folk artist Dinara Mirtalipova joined CIA’s Illustration Department as an assistant professor—and participated […]

12(3) Fall 2023

Come, Rest Here by My Side, CIA’s 2023 Alumni Exhibition, on View This Summer

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Clotilde Jiménez is no stranger to the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). The visual artist earned his BFA in printmaking from CIA in 2013. Since then, he’s established a successful practice in Mexico City and exhibited his work—multimedia collages that create visual narratives—in Paris and Chicago. In 2020, he was featured on the cover of Art in America. Now, he […]

12(2) Summer 2023

CIA Highlights 50 Years of Glass in Risk + Discovery

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The Cleveland Institute of Art enjoys a long and rich history with glass. One of its most high-profile alums is Clara Driscoll, best known for the stained-glass lamps she designed for the Tiffany Glass Company at the turn of the nineteenth century. While students have studied glass at CIA ever since, the college’s Glass program is much younger. It was […]

SIE at CIA: Back, and as Always, Brand New

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Regular attendees of the Cleveland Institute of Art’s (CIA) annual Student Independent Exhibition (SIE) know that no two years are alike. In fact, that’s part of the show’s draw. Organized entirely by students, who choose jurors and mount the exhibition, SIE is one of CIA’s most popular traditions. Why? It showcases work from all of CIA’s majors, and as a […]

11(4)Winter 2022-2023

Faculty Exhibition, Print Conference Highlight CIA’s Fall Offerings

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Printmaker Maggie Denk-Leigh, chair of the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Printmaking Department, has participated in the college’s annual Faculty Exhibition more than twenty times during her career. She finds the experience valuable. Like her colleagues, all of whom are practicing artists and designers, Denk-Leigh balances personal goals and her studio practice with responding to the learning environment at CIA. The […]

11(3) Fall 2022

Satterwhite, Alumni Among CIA’s FRONT Artists

Michael C. Butz

When FRONT International returns this summer, the Cleveland Institute of Art again serves as a partner and host site. What’s more is that CIA will be home to one of the triennial’s most anticipated exhibitions and will welcome back two alumni. Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows is the title for this year’s triennial, which opens Saturday, July 16 at […]

11(2) Summer 2022

MacPhee, Reinberger Invite Viewer Participation in We Want Everything

Michael C. Butz

The work of Brooklyn-based artist, designer, and archivist Josh MacPhee is socially engaged. So it’s no surprise that when his exhibition We Want Everything opens at the Cleveland Institute of Art, it will transform Reinberger Gallery into an active maker space and encourage visitors to be hands-on in the process. We caught up with MacPhee to learn more about […]

11(1) Spring 2022

Back in my day …, and SIE among upcoming shows at CIA

Michael C. Butz

Both an exhibition that highlights work by the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Class of 2020 and a show that represents one of the college’s most honored traditions can be enjoyed over the next several months in CIA’s Reinberger Gallery. Back in my day … Among the CIA experiences sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was the annual BFA Exhibition, […]

10(4) Winter 2021/2022

Faculty Exhibition Invites Community to Connect with CIA

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Artwork by Cleveland Institute of Art faculty members fills galleries, museums and institutions across the country. Just in the past year, their creations have been on view from New York to New Mexico and from Florida up to Michigan, allowing audiences near and far to catch glimpses of their exceptional artistry. Greater Clevelanders are fortunate, of course. For more […]

CIA Faculty’s Community-focused Projects Have Impact in and out of the Classroom

Michael C. Butz

The Cleveland Institute of Art’s world-renowned faculty are known for the difference they make in the classroom teaching and mentoring future generations of artists and designers. But their work at CIA represents only one facet of their creativity and ingenuity. They’re also highly-accomplished working artists, and their personal practices often involve projects in which community engagement is central. Interaction, connection, […]

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