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Ceramics designers learned skills and gained confidence at C...

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Events: Jan 19, 2015 @ Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in Cleveland, OH

CIA Freshman Mail Art at MOCA

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CIA students create appealing designs for co-working space

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CIA Exhibition: Feb 13, 2015

69th Annual Student Independent Exhibition

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CIA 1991 grad, and our 2015 commencement speaker Brian Michael Bendis dishes on Spider-Man and The Avengers in this article from The Plain Dealer.

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CIA Financial Aid Nights

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CIA video shows off new Uptown Residence Hall

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Sarah McKenzie Artist Talk

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CIA again named to "Best in the Midwest" list

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Illustration Courses

Program of Study

Jewelry + Metals: Settings - Advanced + Basic

Course No. MET 265-365-465 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Kathy Buszkiewicz
Prerequisite(s) Jewelry + Metals: Settings

This course extends the subject as well as the processes of setting by revisiting some of the basics and presenting more advanced setting techniques including bead, reverse, flush, and tension. Basic-level techniques and materials are presented for novices. Individual investigations result in several pieces of jewelry or objects. The course addresses multiple sources for gems, and includes assistance with acquisitions. Demonstrations, samples and a visiting artist supplement the course. Open to sophomore Jewelry + Metals majors all electives. Prerequisite: MET 262 Jewelry + Metals: Settings.

Illustration students wow the crowd at comics con

Illustration students in Adjunct Professor Bradley Ricca's Graphic Narratives class wowed the crowd at the fifth annual Genghis Con Comics and Arts Festival.

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James Mravec is an award winning illustrator who has worked locally for American Greetings doing greeting card...more

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