Media Coverage

June 08, 2015

Student's documentary featured on British pop culture website

For his BFA Thesis project, Akeem Pennicooke directed a documentary about footwork, a style of street music and dance that originated in Chicago. Factmag.com, a British website covering music and youth culture, picked up the story. more

Factmag.com

May 22, 2015

Reelin' in South Korea: Young J'can film-maker to hone craft in Asia

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star” ...by all accounts, this was the motto of Jamaican-born film-maker Akeem Pennicooke. The 23-year-old Montego Bay native recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art more

Jamaica Observer

May 15, 2015

Six Cleveland Institute of Art seniors win $24,000 in traveling scholarships

Six members of Cleveland Institute of Art's Class of 2015 have won $24,000 in Presidents Traveling Scholarships, awarded annually to outstanding students. more

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

May 11, 2015

Hard Work Pays Off

Geemay Chia, a senior industrial design major at the Cleveland Institute of Art, was one of five U.S. college students to be recognized by the Industrial Designers Society of America with a Student Merit Award. more

By Scott Suttell, Crain's Cleveland Business

May 07, 2015

Humanizing Healthcare through Art

Students in CIA's new Engaged Practice course, Drawn to Care, created portraits of Cleveland Clinic dialysis patients and, in the process, discovered the people within the patients. more

By David C. Barnett, WCPN