Press Releases

April 23, 2024

Cleveland Institute of Art welcomes alum Omari Souza as 2024 Commencement speaker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2024 CLEVELAND—Accomplished professor and passionate communication designer Omari Souza—a Cleveland Institute of Art alum who's the visionary founder of the State of Black Design conference—will serve as Commencement speaker for CIA’s Class of 2024. Souza is... more

April 02, 2024

Cleveland Institute of Art students partner with Progressive Art Collection to exhibit Ready, Set, Relay!

This group show highlights CIA students' creativity while offering the public a rare opportunity to view the Progressive Art Collection. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2024 CLEVELAND—Seventeen students from the Cleveland Institute of Art are eager to present Ready, Set,... more

March 04, 2024

Cleveland Institute of Art announces Curlee Raven Holton Inclusion Scholar Program

First visiting scholar, celebrated international artist Clotilde Jiménez, will take part in public event March 7 at CIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 4, 2024 CLEVELAND—The Cleveland Institute of Art has launched the Curlee Raven Holton Inclusion Scholar Program, which provides established... more

August 18, 2023

Cinematheque co-founder, director John Ewing announces retirement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2023 CLEVELAND—John Ewing, co-founder of the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque and the driving force behind the theater for nearly four decades, announced he will retire as Cinematheque director effective June 30, 2024. Ewing screened his... more

June 15, 2023

Cleveland Institute of Art student’s mural selected for Cleveland Foundation’s MidTown Collaboration Center

Project partners include Assembly for the Arts, MidTown Cleveland and residents of Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood; mural located at future home of CIA's Interactive Media Lab FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2023 CLEVELAND—Cleveland Institute of Art student Aniyah King’s “Growth From Within,”... more