It’s one of the unofficial markers of the start of the new academic year: the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Faculty Exhibition. The 2019 show opens Thursday, August 29, and remains on view in Reinberger Gallery through October 6. “It’s equal parts a welcome-to-CIA tradition and an extraordinary overview of recent work by our current faculty,” said Nikki Woods, director of […]
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With four years of critiques and lectures and countless hours of studio work under their belts, recent graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art are ready to dive into the real world. Meet a few of them and find out what they’re bringing to wherever they next land. Ross Brunetti Ask Ross Brunetti what industry most needs help from an […]
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Initially, William Harper’s new exhibit at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery evokes the inner chambers of a pyramid wherein magnificent treasures languish in wait for their pharaoh and his concubines to arrive in the afterlife. It’s not by accident. “I wanted it to look like a tomb,” Harper says of the exhibit The Beautiful and the Grotesque. To that […]
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The Beautiful & the Grotesque Reinberger Gallery April 4 through June 14 Reception 6:00–8:00pm Thursday, April 4 Two kinds of sounds can be on in the background when William Harper is making jewelry: classical music or tedious television. The creating side of Harper’s brain likes a certain type of side stimulation but not so much as to be distracting. Repetitiveness […]
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It’s autumn in Timothy Callaghan’s temporary studio at The Madison apartment building in Glenville. Afternoon sun illuminates a wall filled with walnut-ink streetscape studies. Around the apartment, Callaghan also has hung gouache paintings depicting scenes from the surrounding neighborhood. A large sketchbook contains the beginnings of future paintings; tubes of acrylic gouache hint at how they’ll be finished. Callaghan grew […]
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Aimed at students, artists and educators, the ThinkCraft Symposium at the Cleveland Institute of Art, September 20 through 22, will focus on issues critical in craft today. Visitors may attend one day or all three, and hear from top thinkers and makers in contemporary craft. Day One will focus on contemporary practice. Day Two will focus on education and theory […]
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As a CIA student in the 1980s, Pamela Argentieri remembers that graphic design was a common default for students who thought they needed a “real job” so they could practice their art of choice on the side. But Argentieri graduated with a BFA in jewelry and metals, and has earned her living doing the thing she most loves. She is […]
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An exhibition title like Portals_Thresholds naturally raises the question, “Portals to where?” To give away the game: They take us back to where we are already, but via an unfamiliar route, offering new perspectives. Portals_Thresholds is now on display at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery. It features works by Sara Ludy, Rachel Rossin, Rafaël Rozendaal, and the collaborative […]
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As changes in technology and social movements have taken hold in craft disciplines, what is the role of professional education? How does “traditional” craft evolve? What does it mean for makers, collectors and critics? Such questions go to the core of Cleveland Institute of Art’s ThinkCraft biennial, a yearlong exploration of contemporary craft that starts with a three-day symposium this […]
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New shows on view at the Cleveland Institute of Art this season celebrate the college’s legacy and seek to explore our perception of our present and future reality. The CIA Alumni Exhibition is on view March 2–29 in the Ann and Norman Roulet Alumni + Student Gallery and the Gary Johnson and Brenda Ashley Central Corridor. And opening March 29 […]
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