Cleveland Institute of Art
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Private university
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college of art and design
Art school
Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...
located in University Circle
University Circle
University Circle, is a neighborhood located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is best known for its world-class cultural, educational and medical institutions, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Museum of Art, Lakeview Cemetery, and University...
, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. It was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. From 1891 until 1948 it was named Cleveland School of Art. During the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
the school participated in the WPA
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects...
Federal Art Project
Federal Art Project
The Federal Art Project was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal Works Progress Administration Federal One program in the United States. It operated from August 29, 1935, until June 30, 1943. Reputed to have created more than 200,000 separate works, FAP artists created...
in the Cleveland area. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
mapmaking
Cartography
Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
and medical drawing
Medical illustrator
A medical illustrator is a professional artist who interprets and creates visual material to help record and disseminate medical, biological and related knowledge. Medical illustrators not only produce such material but can also function as consultants and administrators within the field of...
were added to the usual curriculum in drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
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It is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...
and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
The National Association of Schools of Art and Design , founded in 1944, is an accrediting organization of colleges, schools and universities in the United States. The organization establishes standards for graduate and undergraduate degrees. Member institutions complete periodic peer review...
and is also a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design is a non-profit consortium of 41 leading art and design colleges in the United States and Canada. All AICAD member institutions have a curriculum with full liberal arts and sciences requirements complementing studio work, and all are...
and the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
The Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education is the consortium of colleges and universities in the 16-county region that makes up Northeast Ohio. NOCHE's member schools range from large public and private universities, to two-year community colleges and a medical school...
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In addition to being an historically acclaimed art school and arguably a valuable component of the cultural community of University Circle, the Cleveland Institute of Art also houses the main exposition center of the Cleveland Cinematheque
Cleveland Cinematheque
The Cleveland Cinematheque is an alternative film theatre located in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1984, it is a part of the Cleveland Institute of Art. It releases a film schedule every other month.-External links:*...
. It counts among its graduates such notable artists as Viktor Schreckengost
Viktor Schreckengost
Viktor Schreckengost was a noted American industrial designer and teacher, sculptor, and artist. His wide-ranging work included noted pottery designs, industrial design, bicycle design and seminal research on radar feedback...
, Richard Anuszkiewicz
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Richard Anuszkiewicz is an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.-Life and work:Richard Anuszkiewicz trained at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio , and then with Josef Albers at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut where he earned his...
, Robert Mangold
Robert Mangold
Robert Mangold is an American minimalist artist.- Works :“Robert Mangold’s paintings,” wrote Michael Kimmelman in the New York Times in 1997, “are more complicated to describe than they seem, which is partly what’s good about them: the way they invite intense scrutiny, which, in the nature of good...
, Julian Stanczak
Julian Stanczak
Julian Stanczak is an American painter and printmaker. The artist lives and works in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, the sculptor, Barbara Stanczak.- Biography :...
, Winifred Lutz, Eric Stoddard
Eric Stoddard
Eric Stoddard, born , is an automobile and industrial designer who has worked for DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.-Background:...
and Dana Schutz
Dana Schutz
Dana Schutz is a painter in New York.She graduated with a BFA the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2000 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2002. She grew up in Livonia, Michigan a suburb of Detroit and graduated in 1995 from Adlai E...
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Reinberger Galleries
The CIA's Reinberger Galleries offer free changing art exhibits, events and lectures. Visiting artists often present slide lectures and symposia. The galleries are located in the Gund Building at 11141 East Boulevard. The galleries are closed on Sunday and Monday.The Student Coffee House gallery in the McCullough Center for the Visual Arts no longer exists due to remodeling begun in 2009.
History
Originally concentrating on 'practical' rather than 'academic' skills, the Cleveland School of Art aimed to train designers and craftspeople. The school began offering a Bachelor of Fine ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
degree in 1947, just before the name change in 1948. The Institute gradually incorporated more lecture-based courses into the curriculum, such as literature and art history, and the program expanded to five years by 1969. Since the 2006 school year the Institute has transitioned from a five-year to a four-year degree track. The Institute has recently focused funding on new facilities. Financial struggles have forced the Institute to incrementally raise tuition and decrease scholarship availability. In 2007 the tuition was raised twenty-percent.
Majors
- Biomedical Art (non-accredited)
- CeramicsCeramic artIn art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
- Communication DesignCommunication designCommunication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media intermission such as printed, crafted, electronic media or presentations communicate with people...
- DrawingDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
- Enameling
- Fiber & Material Studies
- Film, Video, & Photographic ArtsFilm theoryFilm theory is an academic discipline that aims to explore the essence of the cinema and provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large...
- GlassGlassGlass is an amorphous solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives...
- IllustrationIllustrationAn illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
- Interior DesignInterior designInterior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
- Industrial DesignIndustrial designIndustrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...
- Jewelry & Metals
- PaintingPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
- PrintmakingPrintmakingPrintmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
- SculptureSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
- T.I.M.E. Digital ArtDigital artDigital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
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Selected faculty
- Amanda Almon - Department Chair of Biomedical Arts
- Kristen Baumlier - Department Chair of Technology Integrated Media (known as TIME)
- Dan Cuffaro - Environmental Chair of Design
- Gretchen Goss - Environmental Chair of Material Culture
- Knut Hybinette - Professor of Game Design
- Sarah Kabot - Department Chair of Drawing
- Joyce Kessler, Ph.D. - Environmental Chair of Liberal Arts
- Julie Langsam - Department Chair of Painting
- Grafton Nunes - President
- Saul OstrowSaul OstrowSaul Ostrow is an art critic and Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Technologies at The Cleveland Institute of Art Trained as an artist, he is best known as a critic and curator, having curated over 80 exhibitions.-Education and professional experience:...
- Environmental Chair of Visual Arts and Technology (V.A.T.) - Petra Soesemann - Environmental Chair of Foundations
- Charles E. Tucker - Environmental Chair of Integrated Media Environment (I.M.E.)
- Barry Underwood - Department Chair FIlm, Video, Photographic Arts
- Brent Kee Young - Department Chair of Glass
Notable professors and students
- Samuel BookatzSamuel BookatzSamuel Bookatz was a prolific painter who defied the demands of his blue collar, Orthodox Jewish upbringing to study art in the United States and Europe...
, artist - Brian BramBrian bramBrian Bram, born May 9, 1955 in Chicago and raised in Deerfield, Illinois, played a minor role in the underground comix movement with his contributions to American Splendor, the comic book series written and published by Harvey Pekar and, in 2003, made into an award-winning motion picture starring...
, artist for American SplendorAmerican SplendorAmerican Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by the late Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the most recent in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals... - Marc BrownMarc BrownMarc Brown may refer to:People:*Marc Brown , American author, creator of the Arthur books and television show*Marc Brown , American news anchor for KABC-TV...
, creator of the popular children's books and animated series ArthurArthur ReadArthur Timothy Read is the title character of both the book series and the PBS children's television show Arthur which was created by Marc Brown. On the show, he is eight years old, in Mr. Ratburn's third grade class, and lives in Elwood City...
. - Giuseppe Delena, chief designer at Ford Motor Co.
- Jerry Hirschberg, designer of the Infiniti J30 and the 1971 boatail Buick RivieraBuick RivieraThe Riviera by Buick is an automobile produced by Buick in the United States from the 1963 to 1999 model years, with 1,127,261 produced.A full-size coupé or personal luxury car, the early models of the Riviera in particular have been highly praised by automotive journalists and writers.A common...
- Hughie Lee-SmithHughie Lee-SmithHughie Lee-Smith was an American artist and teacher whose signature works were slightly surreal in mood, often featuring distant figures seen under vast skies in desolate urban settings.-Life:...
, artist and teacher - Larry Nagode, principal designer, Fisher Price
- Ryan NagodeRyan NagodeRyan Christopher Nagode was the exterior designer of the Dodge Avenger and the Dodge Journey, as well as the lead interior designer of the 2009 Dodge Ram....
, chief designer, Chrysler - Joe OrosJoe OrosJoseph E. Oros was an automobile stylist for Ford Motor Company over a period of 21 years — known as the Chief Designer of the team at Ford that styled the original Mustang, and for his contributions to the 1955 Ford Thunderbird.Oros was born to non-English speaking Romanian parents...
, design chief of the team that styled the 1965 Ford Mustang - Betty Thatcher Oros, America's first female automotive designer.
- Sid RamnaraceSid RamnaraceSid Ramnarace is a Canadian-born designer. He has designed automobiles for Ford, furniture, jewelry, textiles, glassware, and home decor....
, designer of the Ford EdgeFord EdgeThe Ford Edge is a mid-size crossover SUV manufactured by Ford, based on the Ford CD3 platform shared with previous generation Mazda6 and marketed in rebadged form as the Lincoln MKX...
and Ford MustangFord MustangThe Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A... - Viktor SchreckengostViktor SchreckengostViktor Schreckengost was a noted American industrial designer and teacher, sculptor, and artist. His wide-ranging work included noted pottery designs, industrial design, bicycle design and seminal research on radar feedback...
, creator of the largest freestanding ceramic sculpture in the world - Walter SinzWalter SinzWalter A. Sinz was an American sculptor. His best known work was the Thompson Trophy. He was educated at the Cleveland School of Art, where he also taught from 1911 to 1952. In addition to his bronze and medal work, he designed figures for Cowan Pottery.-References:* from the Cleveland Museum of Art...
, designer of the Thompson TrophyThompson trophyThe Thompson Trophy race was one of the National Air Races of the heyday of early airplane racing in the 1930s. Established in 1929, the last race was held in 1961. The race was long with pylons marking the turns, and emphasized low altitude flying and maneuverability at high speeds...
and teacher at the school from 1911 to 1952 - Eric StoddardEric StoddardEric Stoddard, born , is an automobile and industrial designer who has worked for DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.-Background:...
, designer of the Chrysler CrossfireChrysler CrossfireThe Chrysler Crossfire is a rear-wheel drive sports car marketed by Chrysler as both coupé and roadster and was built for Chrysler by Karmann of Germany.-Design:...
and Hyundai Genesis CoupeHyundai Genesis CoupeThe Hyundai Genesis Coupé is a rear-wheel drive sports coupe from Hyundai Motor Company, released on October 13, 2008 for the Korean market. It is Hyundai's first rear-wheel drive sports coupe, and shares its basic platform with the Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan.... - Toshiko TakaezuToshiko TakaezuToshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist.She was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, in 1922. She studied at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and at the University of Hawaii under Claude Horan from 1948-1951...
(1922–2011), American ceramic artist - Paul TimmanPaul TimmanPaul Patterson Timman is an American tattoo artist and award winning dinnerware designer. Paul's tribal designs, hand painted tattoo work in movies and celebrity clients have made him one of the "giants in the industry" called the 'Rembrant of Sunset Strip' by the Wall Street Journal...
, prominent American tattoo artist and tableware designer - John Nottingham and John Spirk, founders of innovation firm Nottingham SpirkNottingham SpirkNottingham Spirk is an open innovation and product development firm established in 1972 by John Nottingham and John Spirk in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm currently has over 70 employees that work in disciplines such as: market strategy, product invention, design and engineering, user research, rapid...