Foundation

Courses  Digital Color | Digital Photo Imaging I | Image, Narrative, & Sequence | Image, Narrative, and Sequence | Photo: Alternative Processes | Visual Organization & Media

Degree BFA in Photography and Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and MFA degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Toles has contributed in her field as an arts educator for over two decades. Recognized for her development of experimental processes related to high-voltage photographic imagery, she is an inventive contributor in her field. Her work can be located in collections nationally, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, First National Collection in Chicago, State of Illinois, State of Florida. Her work has been published in the US, Japan and Germany. Exhibitions include the Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C, Boston Photographic Resource Center, SPACES Gallery, MOCA-Cleveland, and the Kohler, Akron, Cleveland, Columbus, and Grand Rapids Art Museums. Current work engages digital print technologies with early nineteenth century photography and optics, often combining photographic images with sculptural components. She creates digital negatives from an assortment of optical equipment and inventions, coupling these with unique alternative processes for both chemical and digital output. Inspired by her experiences in Provence, heart of photography’s early inventions, with a love of art, science, and critical thinking, she is an alchemist among photographers, with a desire to engage the multidisciplinary scope and interconnections inherent in this media.

Prof. Toles is a recipient of Ohio, Florida and Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships and National Endowment for the Humanities project grant. She represented the state of Ohio as an Artist in Residence at Cimelice, in the Czech Republic.

Courses  Charette: Self & Other Voices | Digital Synthesis | Writing and Inquiry III: Narrative Forms

Barbara Chira

Title Visiting Instructor and Color Curriculum Coordinator, Foundation Department
Department Foundation
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Courses  Charette: Self & Other Voices | Digital Synthesis | Drawing II | Intro Printmkg: Image Construct'n II: Color/Form | Material Color

Degree BA, Studio Art, Ursuline College
MA student, Advanced Inquiry, Miami University

Courses  Design I

Degree MFA Painting Boston University; BFA Studio Art New York University

Richard Fiorelli

Title Professor
Department Foundation
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Courses  Charette: Collaboration & Community | Design I | Design II

Degree BFA, Painting from The Cleveland Institute of Art; MFA, Sculpture from Syracuse University

Richard is a professor in the Foundation Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was a sketch artist for the Baltimore Police Department in the Homicide Unit for a year. Here at CIA he has worked in our Continuing Education Program, the Portfolio Preparation Program and the Visiting Artist Program

Courses  Charette: Self & Other Voices | Digital Color | Digital Synthesis

Jimmy Kuehnle

Title Assistant Professor
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7000

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Courses  Charette: Collaboration & Community | Design I | Design II | Digital Synthesis | Drawing II

Degree MFA, University of Texas at San Antonio; BFA, Truman State University

In 2008, Jimmy researched public art and practiced sculpture as a Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow in Japan. His recent work features public performance treks through rural and urban cities in the U.S. such as Chicago, Detroit, Austin, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Antonio, Dallas, and New York as well as international performances in Japan, Italy, and Finland. He worked as a resident artist at Sculpture Space, Albion College, and Ateljé Stundars. In 2010, he exhibited in a survey of international artists in residence at the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan, Italy.