2022-23 Annual Report
As I reflect on the 2022–23 academic year—and as we approach the holidays—I’m especially full of gratitude to be at the Cleveland Institute of Art and to have had the opportunity to get to know so many amazing CIA stakeholders during my inaugural year.
After wrapping 10 “presidential tour” alumni events; 25 listening sessions with students, faculty and staff; 10 speaking engagements; and more than 300 meetings with donors, Board members and community partners this past academic year, I have an abundance of inspiration, motivation and information to help me understand where we’ve come from so that I can help us get to where we are going.
On that note, we have a recently refreshed Strategic Plan to guide us through the next few years. I hope you will join us in supporting our strategic priorities and in cultivating creative leaders, advancing our college and strengthening our communities.
Also, in order to better tell our story, we introduced the Community Impact Report. This annual publication contextualizes the difference CIA makes across Greater Cleveland through strategic collaborations and contributions to the creative economy. I invite you to read our new report by visiting www.cia.edu/impact.
Thanks to our extended community of alumni, faculty, staff and students, CIA has changed lives, disrupted the arts and design sectors in all the right ways, fueled the engine of our creative economy, and contributed to innovation at all levels. Thank you for all that you’ve done as donors and partners in this process to pave the way in the past and to fuel the amazing impact that is to come.
Kathryn J. Heidemann
President + CEO