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Nobody chooses to pursue art and design by accident. Embark on your creative journey, broaden and deepen your abilities, collaborate among a supportive community, and build the foundation for your creative future. Do all of that and more at CIA. Do it on purpose.
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I Love
"capturing joy"
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Julissa Bruno,
Drawing
"carving my own path"
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Nat Lenington,
Sculpture + Expanded Media
"sharing my knowledge"
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Cullen Williams-Freeman,
Life Sciences Illustration
"overcoming my fears"
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Robin Sutherland,
Graphic Design
"being myself"
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Tristen Kovacs,
Painting
"discovering my passion"
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Cale Ours,
Photography
"crafting with purpose"
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Jaime Clampitt,
Craft + Design
"creating new worlds"
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Kadirah McJunkins,
Animation
"designing the future"
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Owen Gray,
Industrial Design
Makerspaces
For almost any material imaginable, CIA has the tools to shape, craft, and elevate it into a unique creation.
Interactive Media Lab
One of only a few at a college of art and design.
Metals Studio
Dedicated studio for fabricating in metals.
Glass Studios
Capabilities to work in hot glass, cold glass, fusion processes and flameworking.
Wood Shop
Fabrication space for working with wood.
Ceramics Studios
Surfacing, cutting, shaping, sanding, turning, drilling and fastening.
Digital Forming
Use technology to form in ceramic, glass metal, wood and more.
Wood Kiln
One of only a few at a college of art and design.
Jewelry + Metals Studio
Traditional and digital tools for producing wearable art and small-scale sculpture.
Sewing + Felting Studios
Tools and equipment for producing soft sculpture, fashion and conceptual work.
Possibility for Repair
A focused group exhibition that explores how artists consider repair as a prospect.
Juicy
Illustration Department seniors present a new gallery exhibition showing off all of the explosive and juicy ways to use the medium.
Bespoke
Students from two CIA courses will have work on view in an exhibition inspired by designer, artist and author Sara Hendren’s research and writing.
Featured Stories
Read more about our community of artists and designers!
Cleveland Institute of Art announces $35 million Transformation Campaign
November 6, 2024Comprehensive campaign will significantly support five impact areas that bolster the College's mission and drive its academic offerings in art and design; $27 million in gifts and commitments already secured
Vergez ’05 uplifts Cleveland neighborhoods through Transformative Art Fund project
October 14, 2024Vergez plans to use this opportunity to highlight community-based art by recruiting local youth to learn and contribute to his project through his No Pressure, No Diamonds program.
Cleveland Institute of Art announces historic $7 million gift from the Joan Yellen Horvitz Trust
October 24, 2024Representing the largest one-time gift in CIA's nearly 142-year history, the funds will establish the Joan Yellen Horvitz Scholarship
Student-alum connection inspires artwork on view at Progressive
July 26, 2024As part of CIA’s Role of the Artist as Producer course, 17 CIA students developed, curated, marketed and installed Ready, Set, Relay!
AICAD teaching fellows bring new insights, experience
September 10, 2024Three new faculty members joined the Cleveland Institute of Art this year through a teaching fellowship program that aims to help increase racial and ethnic diversity in art school faculty.
Alum gives to bolster futures
July 26, 2024Mark Nichols ’93 has supported CIA since 1995. His passion for giving back to his alma mater increased when his son, Oliver Nichols ’24, enrolled at CIA.
CIA selects Amanda Fronek as new Dean of Students
July 29, 2024Amanda Fronek is an experienced student affairs leader and administrator dedicated to the mission of access and opportunity in education space.