Sharpen your artistic skills. Experiment with new media. Build your portfolio. And focus on your art this summer during CIA’s Pre-College Program. Classes run July 8-20 and July 22-August 3.
Our campus is located in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, a park-like setting that's home to more than 20 cultural, healthcare, and educational institutions.
Approximately 130 first-year students live in CIA's new Uptown Residence Hall located on Euclid Avenue in the heart of the Uptown development in University Circle.
Kenny Crumpton of “Kickin’ it with Kenny” on Fox 8 News broadcasted live from CIA on February 24, 2016 for a tour of our new campus.
Cleveland Institute of Art's Career Center helps students prepare for careers, especially by helping them secure challenging and fulfilling internships.
Creativity Works is a unique internship program for juniors majoring in the Visual Art and Craft areas. The goal of the program is to provide a critical piece of professional development, as many of these emerging artists’ futures may be characterized by self-employment.
As a student in the Cleveland Institute of Art's Animation program, you will work with innovative production tec...
The Biomedical Art program at the Cleveland Institute of Art is one of only a few BFA degrees of its kind in the...
The Cleveland Institute of Art's Ceramics program builds on the age-old medium of ceramic art by teaching both t...
As a Drawing major at the Cleveland Institute of Art you will explore traditional and unconventional materials, ...
In CIA’s Game Design major, you’ll develop incredible game experiences and build the foundation for a career in ...
As a student in the Cleveland Institute of Art's Glass program, your training will center around three processes...
As an Illustration major at the Cleveland Institute of Art, you will learn how to creatively translate conceptua...
The Industrial Design program at the Cleveland Institute of Art consistently ranks as one of the top programs in...
Cleveland Institute of Art's Interior Architecture program emphasizes commercial retail, architectural, function...
As a Graphic Design major at the Cleveland Institute of Art, you will explore both innovative and traditional me...
As a Jewelry + Metals student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, you will develop a thorough understanding of yo...
At the Cleveland Institute of Art, our Department of Painting has a long and illustrious history of producing su...
In CIA’s Photography major, coursework will expose you to rich and varied techniques and aesthetics essential to...
As a Printmaking major at the Cleveland Institute of Art, you will develop a comprehensive approach to understan...
In the Sculpture major, you’ll hone a set of construction skills, working with wood, fabricating with textiles a...
At the Cleveland Institute of Art, all first-year students begin with our Foundation program, a yearlong introdu...
Submitting your portfolio of work might sound intimidating, but don't let that prevent you from applying to art ...
Submitting your portfolio of work might sound intimidating, but don't let that prevent you from applying to art ...
Submitting your portfolio of work might sound intimidating, but don't let that prevent you from applying to art ...
Actor Willem Dafoe gave CIA’s Commencement address on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at the Cleveland Museum of Art. His mantra to students: "The work itself is what will sustain you."
Kevin Snipes '94 is a full-time ceramic artist working in Cleveland. He shows his work in solo gallery exhibitio...
Trisha Barkman graduated from Cleveland Institute of Art in 2006, and is currently producing documentary films a...
Chris and Shelley (Slick) Harvan graduated from CIA in 1997 and currently are co-owners, designers and sculptors...
Sreshta Rit Premnath graduated from CIA in 2003 and is now an installation artist and assistant professor at Par...
Kurt Koeple '92 found a way to combine all of his interests – design, writing and new media – into one ever-tran...
Heather Moore ’93 founded a Cleveland-based jewelry company, Heather Moore Jewelry, that has national following,...
Michelle Murphy ’04 works as a photographer at Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center, a job she has had since g...
George Kozmon ’82, the internationally collected artist who created a brilliant alpine landscape on an 80-foot-l...
As founder and president of a multi-disciplinary design firm, René’s portfolio includes hundreds of successful p...
As one of the leading tattoo artists in the country, Paul Timman has tattooed many celebrities including Angelin...
Lisa Pascolini DeRousse scours the international design market to find antique and contemporary designs that she...
Working in a professional glass studio in Los Angeles, Nate Cotterman is learning the ropes of running a glass b...
John Chuldenko just released his first feature film, Nesting, which he wrote and directed. As a student at CIA h...
Wesley Burt turned his passion for drawing into an amazing career. As a concept artist at Massive Black, Wesley ...
A CIA elective class in ceramics sparked Antonia Campanella’s dream of working in a storefront studio. Her CIA e...
Patty Hume creates multi-million dollar water features around the world and works on a scale she never thought p...
Carlita Alexander has her 'dream job' as a senior designer at Rockwell Group in New York City, which she landed ...
Valerie Mayen graduated from CIA in 2005 in Illustration and Graphic Design. Today she operates Yellow Cake, her...
Thu Tran, a 2005 graduate of the Institute, along with a group of fellow CIA alums, created the Independent Film...
After a successful career as an artist and a creative director at American Greetings, Steven Tatar ’85 has resur...
Join New York-based artist Mark Reigelman ’06 in his Brooklyn studio as he describes his already prolific, self-...
Jennifer Trausch, a 2000 Cleveland Institute of Art graduate, is the Director of Photography at the 20X24 Studio...
Less than 10 years after graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Scott Colosimo’s design and manufacturi...
Alex Pakis is the designer and owner of Greenpoint Craftworks, a custom jewelry and bike boutique in Brooklyn, N...
Doan Buu ’04 graduated from CIA in TIME–Digital Arts and currently works for the Food Network's Rachael Ray tele...
Ben Grasso '03 is leading a creative life as an artist. Based in New York City, Ben has exhibited his paintings ...
CIA alums Ryan Nagode ’03 and Scott Krugger ’01 on the 2013 Viper that they led design on at the 2013 Cleveland Auto Show.
Kirk Bennion ’84, Jonathan Janke ’11, Aaron Riggs ’12 and Brian Stoeckel ’09 talk about their automotive design careers.
Joe Dehner ’88, Dan Zimmermann ’96, Nico Vardis ’99, Bill Zheng ’00 and Irina Zavatski ’01 talk about automotive design careers.
Eric Stoddard ’98 and Chris Mikalauskas ’13 talk about their automotive design careers.
William Harper ’67, a New York artist whose works in metals and enamels are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, t...
Cleveland Institute of Art congratulates Professor Emerita Franny Taft, who was the special honoree at the 2013 ...
Ed Mieczkowski, a 1957 CIA graduate and faculty member for nearly 40 years, has long been considered a founding...
Julian Stanczak, a 1954 CIA graduate and 30-year-plus CIA faculty member, is a true master colorist who produced...
John Paul Miller, a 1940 Cleveland Institute of Art graduate and longtime faculty member, works in his studio an...
International development expert and Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Stephen Vetter spent a week at CIA from Octo...
Visiting artist Brett Douville is a 16-year veteran of the game design industry, having served as a programmer, ...
Visiting artist Cathie Bleck talks about her experience working as an artist-in-residence in the Printmaking Dep...
Internationally recognized glass artist Marc Petrovic '91 is an assistant professor and chair of the Cleveland I...
Swiss-born artist Beat Zoderer made his United States solo show debut in CIA's Reinberger Galleries in 2013. In ...
Molly Hatch is a ceramist and designer whose Signature Collection appears in Anthropologie stores nationwide. w...
Nick Cave is an international sound costume designer.
Five CIA students collaborated with performance artist Kate Gilmore at MOCA Cleveland in April 2013.
In a work commissioned by CIA, Artist Dave Cole builds a one-ton working Music Box from a 13-ton smooth drum soi...