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May 26, 2023

Heights High’s Rich-Drehs recognized by Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Heights High School art teacher Nancy Rich-Drehs was one of three educators presented with a Cleveland Institute of Art Excellence in Teaching Award, presented at a ceremony on May 12 during CIA’s 2023 BFA Celebration. Yvette Sobky... more

Becky Raspe | Cleveland Jewish News

May 25, 2023

Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown: A Children’s Book Deferred

In 1936, the writer Langston Hughes and the artist Elmer W. Brown — two Black men, one famous and the other not — wanted to publish a book. CIA faculty member David C. Hart, PhD discusses Brown and... more

Erik Piepenburg | The New York Times

May 25, 2023

A forgotten children's book by Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown emerges in Cleveland

Students from Northeast Ohio are learning the basics of art curation as they share a forgotten story about two artistic legends of Cleveland, artist Elmer W. Brown and writer Langston Hughes. Liberal Arts faculty member David C. Hart... more

Dave DeOreo, Jean-Marie Papoi | Ideastream Public Media

May 18, 2023

Cleveland Institute of Art incorporates AI to spur creativity

Jimmy Kuehnle said artificial intelligence can be a form of art. He’s a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art and said AI can modify artwork, even a doodling of a rabbit. He snapped a photo of his... more

Steve Maugeri | Spectrum News 1

May 15, 2023

Cleveland students get taste of art school, prep for SATs through after-school program

Earlier this year in a classroom at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Ajatara Aniton-Carney, a Cleveland School of the Arts senior, rolled paint on a stamp design she carved of a cat bearing a moon symbol - a... more

Conor Morris | Ideastream Public Media