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Accepted Student Preview Day

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Join us for Accepted Student Preview Day and earn $1,000!

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

10am–3pm

Celebrate your acceptance to CIA! Visit current students' studios, tour your future living space, meet faculty, and get all your questions answered. You'll also be able to meet with our financial aid counselors to discuss your financial aid offer.

Ready to see why CIA is the place for you?

Register Today!
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Visit Award

Want to earn an extra $1,000?

As an admitted student, you are eligible to receive a CIA Visit Award just for visiting our campus. If you visited CIA in 2025 or visit before May 1, and you enroll at CIA for the fall 2026 semester, you will receive a CIA Visit Award worth $1,000 per year ($4,000 total).

Joining us at the Accepted Student Preview Day is the perfect way to earn your Visit Award!

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Travel Grants

Is the expense of traveling to Cleveland preventing you from visiting?

We'd like to help! In order to help you get to campus for our Accepted Student Preview Day, we are able to offer a select group of CIA admitted students a Travel Grant award. This award provides an opportunity to visit our campus while offsetting the cost of transportation and lodging.

Travel Grant amounts range from $50 to $500 and will be awarded exclusively to attend our Accepted Student Preview Day on March 28, 2026.

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Hotel Information

Coming to Cleveland for the weekend? Here's a few lodging options:

2021 Cornell Rd
Cleveland OH 44106

216.791.5678
marriott.com/clece

5-minute walk

1901 Ford Dr
Cleveland OH 44106

216.231.8900
gliddenhouse.com

5-minute walk

8650 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44106

216.707.4200
hiclevelandclinic.com

5-minute drive to CIA

9801 Carnegie Ave
Cleveland OH 44106

216.707.4100
ihg.com/intercontinental/cleveland

5-minute drive to CIA

1914 E 101st St
Cleveland OH 44106

216.249.9090
marriott.com/cleuv

5-minute drive to CIA

Happening in the CLE

Make a weekend of it and see all that Cleveland has to offer!

Cleveland Museum of Art:

Ann Hamilton: still and moving; the tactile image

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland:

Ohio Now: State of Nature

The Sculpture Center

Last day to see Surface and Structure featuring work from CIA alumni and faculty.

The Beachland Ballroom
Cleveland’s Waterloo District

The Grog Shop
Cleveland’s Coventry neighborhood

The Agora
Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood

The Cleveland Orchestra
University Circle

Playhouse Square
The largest theater district between New York and Chicago

Cleveland Play House
One of the oldest theater companies in the country

Wizbang Theater
Cabaret-style theater run by a CIA alum!

Dobama Theater
Regional theater company 

 

The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque is one of the country’s best repertory movie theaters, according to the New York Times.

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