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Dierdre “DD” Patton

Margaret Li

Margaret W. Li, a visual artist who specializes in illustration. I devote my time to creating art with any artistic style or medium that caught my interest. As I was completing my BFA in Video Game Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art, I continued my freelance career and co-founded Digital Morphnie Games in 2015. […]

Adrienne Jurick

Seneca Kuchar

Crystal Johnson

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)Master of Arts (M.A.)Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) 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 […]

Jeff Yost

Michelle Eisen

2021, West Liberty University, BSc Visual Communication Design (Illustration concentration) 2024, Kent State University, MFA Print Media and Photography Michelle Eisen is an Akron-based Zambian-American transdisciplinary teaching-artist working at the intersection of printmaking, textiles, and painting. She completed her Masters of Fine Art in 2024 at Kent State University. Both her studio and teaching practices […]

Valentino Oscar Quijano-Moeckel

Sami Rafferty

Miguel Rivera

Miguel Rivera-Vera is a Cleveland based Puerto Rican artist. Miguel graduated from CIA in Sculpture + Expanded Media in 2020.