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Karen Wellman

Karen graduated with a BA in Art, with a concentration in Painting, and focus in Art History, from Cleveland State University. Karen worked at several galleries in the Cleveland area, then at the Cleveland Museum of Art in the Development Department before starting in the Admissions office at CIA in the Fall of 2008. As […]

James Malley

James earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace University. He also earned a Master of Education from Vandercook College in Chicago, IL. Originally born in Manhattan NY, he barely remembers this time in his life, and truly is a Clevelander – raised on the West side and an alum of St. […]

Davon Brantley

Brantley is a Cleveland based artist, implementing self-portraiture and psychology within his work and draws inspiration from the dissociative behaviors that happen as a result of life experiences and trauma. Brantley states that he is “guiding the audience through my own narratives involving experiences of colorism, racial stereotyping, and meditations on death, life, sexuality and […]

Daly Horton

Yvette Sobky Shaffer

Yvette Sobky Shaffer most recently served as the Director of Admission at Parsons School of Design at The New School. An Ohio native, she began her career as a student tour guide at Bowling Green State University while completing her undergraduate studies in Liberal Studies and Fine Art Photography. She earned her MFA in Writing […]