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Stephanie Lunka

Erick De Santiago

Crystal Johnson

Crystal is a high school Language Arts teacher turned higher education professional whose passion lies in helping people see themselves as learners above all else. She joined CIA in 2024 after almost a decade at Notre Dame College serving students and the institution in the areas of Advising, Admissions, Adult & Online Education, Graduate Education, […]

Jeff Yost

Richard Sarian

Eric Reitz

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 […]

Davon Brantley

Brantley is a Cleveland-based artist, implementing self-portraiture and psychology within his work and drawing 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 masculinity.” […]

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 […]