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Visiting Artist: John T. Quinn Director of Character Art, Disney Consumer Products, visits CIA

09/30/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Illustrator John T. Quinn spoke to CIA students during a recent visit. Photo by Robert Muller/CIA By Karen SandstromAs Director of Character Art at Disney Consumer Products, John T. Quinn and his colleagues draw the Little...

Welcome Back! Students talk about Summer Internships at NBC and Universal Studios.

08/21/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Daniel Sevcik learned "how many different, talented people it takes in order to bring a single show to life." Scoring a summer internship at NBC in New York was the answer to a long-held dream for...

Nick Orsi, Artist on Zootopia, visits CIA

03/03/16  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

By Clint O’ConnorNick Orsi has spent a lot of time with foxes and rabbits. As a character designer in the visual development department at Disney Animation Studios, Orsi studied animals to help create the main...

Disney Animation Supervisor, Lino Di Salvo visits CIA

11/20/15  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Spend a lunch hour learning about the latest in art and design during these Friday lectures. These lectures feature artists, designers and authors from around the world, including CIA faculty and visiting artists. Free and...

CIA Community Projects: Dog Eat Dog, Deck of Dice, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

11/18/15  |  Posted by Mario Serrano  |  Posted in Animation

Five CIA Animation students will see their ideas play out in a major motion picture when director Paul Schrader’s latest film, Dog Eat Dog, is released in 2016. The students spent the first half of...