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Drawing Faculty

Sarah Kabot

Title Associate Professor | Chair
Department Drawing
Phone 216.421.7355

Courses  2D Design | 3D Design | Advanced Drawing: Senior Major Day | Image + Form II: Reproducibility | Life Drawing | Observational Drawing

Degree MFA, Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art
BFA, University of Michigan

Sarah's work has been exhibited in galleries such as Vermont Studio Center; the Cultural Center of Polecni, Pieksamaki, Finland; Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art; and SPACES gallery, Cleveland, among others. Her awards have included a CAA Tuition Grant (2000-2002); a Merit Scholarship and Grant to the Vermont Studio Center (1999); and a Merit Scholarship for the University of Michigan (1998).

Amber Kempthorn

Amber Kempthorn

Title Lecturer
Department Drawing
Phone 216.421.7355

Courses  BFA Statement + Exhibition | Role of the Artist as Producer (EP) | Systems Drawing

Degree MFA, Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Maryland Institute College of Art
BA, Art, Hiram College

Amber Kempthorn explores memory and cultural mythology through drawing and collage. Her work is exhibited regionally and nationally. She is a graduate of Hiram College, the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she received her MFA in Sculpture in 2008. Amber has been an adjunct member of the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the College of Wooster since 2011.

Zachary Smolko

Title Technical Specialist
Department Drawing
Phone 216.421.7355

Corrie Slawson

Title Adjunct, Drawing
Department Drawing
Phone

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