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 […]

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

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 […]

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Heidemann Takes the Helm at CIA

When the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) went looking for a new president on the heels of Grafton Nunes’ retirement, they found the ultimate candidate in their own house, but Kathryn Heidemann only landed there after a life lived on the world stage. The Detroit native grew up at points across the globe courtesy of her father’s career with Jeep […]

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FRONT in Cleveland: A view from Chicago

If you asked me at the beginning of my summer in Cleveland what my expectations were for local activities, I would have off-handedly mentioned something about a baseball outing or maybe a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I am a student at the University of Chicago, and I’ve been spoiled by the plethora of public art […]

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Satterwhite, Alumni Among CIA’s FRONT Artists

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 […]

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Alex Vlasov: I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow

Especially for young artists, a solo exhibit often provides a window into what is going on in the artist’s life.  Alex Vlasov’s I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow—on view in the Massillon Museum’s Studio M Gallery—is one of those.  Indeed, it is inescapably a student show, and not just because the artist describes himself in a biographical statement […]

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Faculty Exhibition Invites Community to Connect with CIA

  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 […]

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