Students expand creativity, build community through publication

July 22, 2025

On a rainy morning in early May, Cleveland Institute of Art students gathered in CIA’s Nunes Student Plaza for their first glimpse of 11:59, a 168-page student magazine of writing, art, sculpture, design, philosophy and more. The occasion was a delight for Charlotte Smoley, an Interior Architecture major who with classmate Annie Koppitch, was in […]

Creativity Works Internship: Nick Birnie ’21

July 23, 2025

It’s lunchtime on a chilly April day when Nick Birnie ’21 props his cellphone on the floor of a scaffold, then conducts a video interview while he paints an advertising mural on the side of a building.  Mural-making is Birnie’s full-time job.  “Every day is a little different and presents its own challenges,” says Birnie, […]

Creativity Works Internship: James Negron ’24

July 23, 2025

When the Creativity Works internship applications opened in fall of 2022, James Negron already knew what he wanted to do: dog sweaters.  Negron’s project was the Warm Wait Mission, a four-month series of free crochet workshops, where attendees made granny squares that were then used to make dog sweaters. The project helped raise money for […]

Creativity Works Internship: Gwendolyn Putz ’25

July 23, 2025

Printmaking major Gwendolyn Putz didn’t know much about Creativity Works until her junior year, when she attended a talk by the previous year’s cohort.  “Sitting and watching the other students present their topics, I immediately knew that not only was this something for me, but that I already had such a clear idea of what […]

Creativity Works Internship: El Arvizu ’24

July 23, 2025

When El Arvizu applied for a Creativity Works internship in 2022, he saw it as an opportunity to learn more about himself as a ceramics artist. “I was really focused on challenging myself to work with traditional methods of ceramics,” Arvizu says. “So I was working with traditional methods like porcelain and plaster working. I […]

CIA leads exploration of AI in art and design, higher education

July 22, 2025

Throughout the 2024–25 academic year, a team of Cleveland Institute of Art faculty participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum. The year-long, fully online institute aimed to help colleges and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses and curricula. […]

Interactive Media Lab offers new and creative ways of learning

March 25, 2025

CIA alumni discuss the IML's potential and what it means for students

MOSAIC inspires CIA students to step into leadership roles

March 25, 2025

Students who participated in MOSAIC's first cohort now serve as mentors in the program

Cleveland Institute of Art hopes $13M media lab sparks creative, business growth

June 4, 2025

The IML is positioned to become both a teaching facility and a creative hub for the region, serving as a “welcome mat” to collaborate with CIA on new, novel technologies.