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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It’s fun to hear artist Suzanne Head talk about her younger self. Poised and thoughtful, Head is a newly minted graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art with a plan for making her life as a fine artist. She spends weeks on exquisitely rendered drawings of animals or the female form, or some combination of the two. And with […]
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For over a century, the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) has provided essential training for many of Northern Ohio’s most vibrant and productive women artists. Their artistic work encompassed a wide range of media: oil and watercolor, sculpture, illustration and design, silversmithing and jewelry-making, enameling, ceramics and textiles. Many of the women had successful careers as designers and illustrators; some […]
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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 photo of an empty movie theater appears on the July bulletin of the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Typed across the photo is -30-, which old-time newspaper reporters used to tap out on their Smith Coronas to signal a story’s end. And -30- is how John Ewing, co-founder and director of the Cinematheque, marked the end of an era […]
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