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Cleveland Institute of Art
Creativity Matters
ummer
Art Classes for
Adults +
Young Artists
Continuing Education +
Community Outreach
June–July
In-person and online offerings
2
Art + Design Visual Arts Courses
Summer at a Glance
+ Visit us at facebook.com/ciaceco
+ In-person and online adult class offerings are in the evenings and
weekends, June 6–August 1 (no class July 4)
+ In-person and online Young Artists class offerings are weekdays
and Saturdays, June 6–17
+ Summer registration closes Friday, May 20
Cleveland Institute of Art gratefully acknowledges the citizens of
Cuyahoga County for their support through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
Design: Trevor Marzella ’10 Photography: Robert Muller, Leah Trznadel, Sarah Tuttle
Summer 2022 Courses 1
CIA
Classes are held on the day of week indicated. Most classes run for multiple
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
weeks. Please refer to individual class descriptions for specific dates and times.
Registration closes Friday, May 20
Adults Young Artists
10OF%F!
Evenings + Weekends, Weekdays,
June 6–August 1 June 6–17
Saturdays,
Mondays June 11–July 30
3D Printing for Beginners
per household for
Acrylic Painting: Creative Self Expression
Drawing from the Figure Weekday Mornings
Beginning Painting
Tuesday
About Face: Portraits
Cartooning 101
Hidden Anatomy in the Figure
Intro to 3D Modeling
multiple course
Alternative Process Photography
Beginning Painting
Electronics & Physical Computing
Mixed-Media Portraits
Portfolio Preparation: Drawing from Life
registrations*
for Artists Screen Printing
Summer 2022
Organic Drawing Soft Sculpture Exploration
Wheel Throwing: Beginning + Advanced
Weekday Afternoons *Not valid with other CIA discounts
Wednesday 3D Printing Exploration Registration must be submitted
Bubble Basics Advanced Cartooning by mail by May 20
Designing Your Brand Advancing in Acrylic CIA alumni and US veterans
Drawing in Color Creative Coding can also receive a 10%!
Experimental Projects in Clay Creative Writing Inspired by Art
Jewelry + Metals: Etching Exploring Photoshop and Illustrator
Fun with Fabrics
Thursday Intro to Drawing from Nature
Abstract + Expressive Drawing
Figure Painting Saturdays
Jewelry + Metals: Cold Connections The Art of Portraiture
Stone Carving Digital Cartooning 5–8th Grade
Saturday Writers’ Week: Summer 2022
Atelier Drawing
Basics of Photography
(August 1–7) Teachers!
Creative Nonfiction
Eco-Art: An Introduction to Concepts Creative Writing Across Genres Earn up to 2.4 CEUs by tracking
and Materials Fiction Writing your attendance for your continuing
education class.
Graphic Narratives
Workshops
Poetry No extra application needed.
The Art of Shibori
Publication and Celebration Please email ce@cia.edu
Business of Art: Professional Practices
Screenwriting for more information.
Drawing from Observation Workshop
How to Create a Geolocated Sound Walk
Plein Air Workshop
2 Here’s what you’ll need What to expect for
Art + Design Visual Arts Courses for your online class: in-person classes:
• A smartphone, tablet or computer • Adult students will need to purchase
that has a camera their own supplies. Supplies usually
cost between $30–100. A supply list
• Internet access
will be shared with enrolled students
• Supplies, which vary by class. before the course begins.
Adults and young artists are
• Supplies for young artists are
responsible for purchasing their
covered—you do not need to bring
own supplies/software ahead
anything unless stated.
of time. Supplies usually cost
between $30–100. A supply list will • All students will be required to
be shared with enrolled students follow COVID-19 health & safety
before the course begins. protocol. This includes:
• Google Meet meeting link, which will - Anyone enrolled in an on-campus
be emailed prior to the start of class Continuing Education course
designated for Adults or Young
Artists is required to be fully
What to expect in vaccinated. Exemptions will not
your online class: be granted. More information
on how to upload your proof of
• Most classes will begin each session vaccination will be communicated to
with an instructor-led demonstration students prior to classes starting.
or lecture via Google Meet where you’ll
- Everyone who enters the campus
review the processes, techniques,
is required to wear a mask through
materials, and/or software that
the duration of their visit. Masks
you’ll be working with on your
should be worn over the nose and
assigned project(s).
mouth when in hallways, studios,
• Each class will then break out into classrooms, offices, galleries
studio time for you to create work and all common areas, including
from home and engage in individual lounges, restrooms and elevators.
check-ins with your instructor on the
- To be on campus, students and
progress of your work.
visitors are required to conduct
• In the last hour of class, the and present health assessments
group will sign back into Google upon entry of the building, including
Meet for virtual critiques and/or temperature checks and symptom
discussions, which are great ways monitoring via our Campus Clear
to engage with your classmates! app. More details on in-person
• Weekly assignments, supplemental requirements will be emailed prior
videos, tutorials, handouts, and to the start of classes. To view
resources will be emailed to you a full listing of CIA’s COVID-19
or available on your course’s web policies, visit cia.edu/covid.
page on myCIA. Information for
accessing myCIA will be emailed
prior to the start of class.
Alternative Process
Photography
Adult Courses Acrylic Painting: Creative Self Expression Tuesdays 3
CIA
Online course
CEPT 240 00
About Face: Portraits
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
Evenings + Weekends, June 6–August 1 (no class July 4)
Online course
June 6–August 1 6–9pm (EST)
CEPT 100 00
8 weeks
Registration Deadline: June 7–July 26
Cost: $295
Friday, May 20 6–9pm (EST)
Make your artistic visions a reality and explore 8 weeks
Please note: Most adult courses new ways of thinking about art and your Cost: $295
require students to purchase their own creative work. Through the lens of self-
This course is an exploration in the history
supplies ahead of time, and supplies expression, you will freely create artwork
and art of portraiture. Learn to open your
usually cost between $30–100. that holds personal significance in a relaxed
eye and steady your hand! We’ll focus on
Supply lists will be shared with enrolled and supportive atmosphere. Discover how
rendering skills while also exploring creative
students before the course begins. to artistically express yourself in a non-
ways to interpret personality and expression.
representational way while appreciating the
From realistic model drawing/painting to
styles and techniques of modern artists. You
more abstracted methods of representation,
Mondays will learn and apply basic concepts such as
this course is great for both practice and
composition, negative space, shading, color,
trying new things. All levels from beginners
and more to increase your visual vocabulary
3D Printing for Beginners to portraitists are welcome! This adult class
and range of creative expression. Works
This course meets in person also welcomes students in grades 10–12.
of current and past masters will serve as a
CEID 225 00 Melissa Harris
resource and springboard for your own art.
June 6–August 1 (no class July 4)
6–9pm David Verba
Alternative Process Photography
Summer 2022
8 weeks
Cost: $295 This course meets in person
Drawing from the Figure
CEPH 425 00
Take the mystery out of 3D printing! 3D printing This course meets in person
June 7–July 26
does not have to be expensive or difficult. In CEDR 330 00
6–9pm
this class, you’ll purchase and build your own June 6–August 1 (no class July 4)
8 weeks
inexpensive 3D printer while learning how to 6–9pm
Cost: $345
troubleshoot and repair common issues. We’ll 8 weeks
use free software to turn your ideas into a Cost: $355 Photography isn’t just for the computer! The
3-dimensional object and learn how to make term alternative process refers to any non-
Life drawing offers the opportunity to draw the
3D scans using a camera or cellphone that traditional or non-commercial photographic
human figure from real life. Figure models will
you can then print. This class will help even printing process. Alternative processes are
pose for each course session, which will involve
the absolute beginner learn how to create often called historical or non-silver processes,
short drawing exercises, demonstrations,
functional and decorative objects and print and many contemporary photographers are
and longer poses. This course will approach
them with ease. The final project will be based applying new digital technologies to these
drawing the human figure through gesture,
on each student’s individual preference, old processes to breathe new life into these
contour, and value, and will focus primarily on
but will incorporate multiple techniques and techniques. Learn the alternative process
dry media materials like charcoal and graphite
software taught in the class. The instructor can photography techniques of cyanotype,
on paper. Topics will include scale, proportion,
recommend inexpensive 3D printer options if anthotype, lumen printing, and photo transfer
and movement while also considering
you don’t currently have one! in this hands-on course.
contemporary and art historical approaches
Brian Driscoll to figurative art. Carolina Kane
Wesley Berg
4 Beginning Painting Organic Drawing Wednesdays
Art + Design Visual Arts Courses
This course meets in person This course meets in person
CEPT 110 00 CEDR 260 00
Bubble Basics
June 7–July 26 June 7–July 26
This course meets in person
6:30–9:30pm 6–9pm
CEGL 155 00
8 weeks 8 weeks
June 8–July 27
Cost: $325 Cost: $325
6–9pm
In this introductory painting course, students Organic Drawing puts the “life” back into 8 weeks
will learn the fundamental techniques and still life drawing by focusing on organic line Cost: $430
processes of painting with acrylic paint. Class and forms. This course will focus on mark-
Are you curious about the art of glassblowing?
projects will target basic painting principles making and expressive line work to convey
Maybe you’ve taken one or two workshops
and guide students to develop a better the energy of organic objects. Students
before and got hooked? This class will help
understanding of tools and materials, acrylic will explore gesture drawing, contour line,
beginner glassblowers operate safely in the
paint and mediums, basic color theory, and and organic line using graphite on paper.
shop and learn to manipulate blown glass in
two-dimensional design concepts. Discussions, This course is designed for beginner and
different ways to achieve results that bring their
demonstrations, and handouts will provide intermediate levels, but all are welcome!
sketches off the page and into a form. Get
students with valuable resources to facilitate Wesley Berg ready to experiment, practice, and have fun!
good painting practices and artistic growth.
Alicia Telzerow
Susan Danko
Wheel Throwing: Beginning + Advanced
This course meets in person
Designing Your Brand
Electronics & Physical Computing CECR 200 00
This course meets in person
for Artists June 7–July 26
CECG 145 00
This course meets in person 6–9pm
June 8–July 27
CEDA 380 00 8 weeks
6–9pm
June 7–July 26 Cost: $375
8 weeks
6–9pm
Learn how to throw on the potter’s wheel! Cost: $325
8 weeks
Students can choose from rustic stoneware
Cost: $325 Graphic Design applications are becoming
clay or smooth white porcelain. Beginners will
more and more user friendly. However, there
A hands-on introduction to physical computing, learn to make basic forms like cylinders, bowls,
are still challenges to learning design theory,
this course will provide artists with the basic and mugs on the wheel. Using colored slips
principles, and the professional software still
concepts and tools to add lights, motion, and glaze, inlay, texture, and carving, you will
used today. In this course, the instructor will
and interactivity to their sculptural and other learn various ways to finish your creations.
take you through a crash course in the basics
art works. Using the Arduino microcomputer Students with throwing experience will get
of three leading design software tools in today’s
platform, we will cover basic electronics, one-on-one instruction and help in developing
industry: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
electromechanical devices like motors and their own personal projects. Feel free to bring
You’ll learn how to prep photography, create
servos, and the basic programming skills sketches, drawings, or any inspiration for your
a logo, and use the knowledge and tools to
to control your artistic creations. No prior projects. You will need basic pottery tools,
build and promote a brand. This course is ideal
electronics or programming experience an apron, a towel, and plastic to cover your
for adults with little to no experience and are
necessary, but basic computer skills (opening pots (dry cleaning bags are best). Clay and
interested in Graphic Design.
& saving files etc.) is assumed. Also suitable tools are available in class for purchase.
for educators developing STEM curriculum Rachel Usmani
Amy Halko
and looking for an introduction to these
technologies. This adult course is also open
to students in Grades 10–12.
Bob Drake
Drawing in Color Jewelry + Metals: Etching Figure Painting 5
CIA
Online course This course meets in person This course meets in person
CEDR 255 00 CEJM 375 00 CEPT 235 00
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
June 8–July 27 June 8–July 27 June 9–July 28
6–9pm (EST) 6–9pm 6–9pm
8 weeks 8 weeks 8 weeks
Cost: $295 Cost: $375 Cost: $355
Using pastel, colored pencil, oil pastel, and/or Have a special document or image you This course is designed to develop abilities in
mixed media, students will develop a practical would like etched into metal? In this class, painting through observation and interpretation
understanding of color theory and improve students will learn the art of editing an image in of the human form. Studying from live, nude
observation and rendering skills through the photoshop, printing and transferring the image models and still life objects, you’ll learn to
creation of a substantial body of work. Projects to metal. Once etched, we will explore a variety develop expressive figurative paintings.
are ambitious, usually lasting three or four of ways to create unique jewelry or sculptural This course is designed for all skill levels.
sessions and are designed to challenge skilled objects through sawing, cutting bending, and Brian Driscoll
students while still offering beginners an entry soldering. Students can also expect ways to
point and a way to succeed. Students will also set up an etching system at home. So many
be introduced to the work in color of master endless possibilities when it comes to etching Jewelry + Metals: Cold Connections
artists and illustrators such as Degas, Manet and creating! This course meets in person
or Chris Van Allsburg. Class work is based on CEJM 325 00
Emily Joyce
observed reality, costumed figure, portrait, still June 9–July 28
life or a combination. Gain skill and confidence 6–9pm
with colored drawing media through exercises 8 weeks
Cost: $375
in design, texture and color theory. Thursdays
Summer 2022
Mark Krieger No soldering set up? No problem! This class
Abstract + Expressive Drawing is a great introduction to various processes for
Online course connecting metal without heat. We will begin
Experimental Projects in Clay
CEDR 315 00 with basic techniques such as sawing, filing,
This course meets in person
June 9–July 28 drilling, and sanding and then progress to
CECR 700 00
6–9pm (EST) riveting, folding, and tab construction. Texture
June 8–July 27
8 weeks and forming sheet metal will be introduced
6–9pm
Cost: $295 to give your ideas dynamic effects. What
8 weeks
do you want to make? Pendants, earrings,
Cost: $375 Get inspired and draw like you’ve always bracelets, boxes, sculptural objects… the
Have you ever wanted to try out handbuilding wanted! This class will encourage you to see the possibilities are endless. This class is great for
world and your work with new eyes. Students
techniques in your clay studio? Or are you beginners through advanced. It is also perfect
will work with a variety of drawing tools such
eyeing an experimental glaze combination, or for those that want to polish up on skills and
as pencils, conte crayons, markers, felt tip
want to get reps in on the wheel? In this course, techniques or would like to gather knowledge
pens, pastels, and willow charcoal to learn key
ceramic students will have the opportunity to about what is needed for a home studio.
techniques and concepts that will develop your
focus on a specific project or technique with appreciation and skills in non-representational Emily Joyce
guidance from the instructor. As a material, clay drawing. The course will pull inspiration
provides endless possibilities for exploration; from an eclectic array of sources, including
this is the perfect place to test those methods modern artists (Klee, Miro, and Kandinsky),
and create something truly unique. Propose a YouTube videos, and avant garde film.
project to develop throughout the course using
David Verba
the resourceful, open-studio environment of the
CIA ceramics facilities. Please bring in sketches
of your proposed project and inspirations on
the first day of class. Please bring dry cleaning
or garbage bags for covering your works in
progress. Clay and tools are available in class
for purchase.
Lynne Lofton
6 Stone Carving
Art + Design Visual Arts Courses
This course meets in person
CESC 145 00
June 9–July 28
6–9pm
8 weeks
Cost: $315
Learn to create a sculpture out of a colorful
alabaster stone. Experience the form emerging
from the center of your stone using the
reductive method. This class will teach you the
step-by-step process of designing, carving,
and polishing your stone. You will learn to use
special tools and techniques that will result in a
beautiful finished and polished stone.
Rick Rollenhagen
Saturdays
Atelier Drawing
Online course
CEDR 220 00
June 11–July 30
1–4pm (EST)
8 weeks
Cost: $295
Learn classical drawing techniques in the French
Academic method. For nearly 200 years, the
French Academy produced some of the world’s
greatest draftsmen and painters. Learning to
study light on form by drawing from plaster
casts, still lives, and copying master works,
students will gain a highly developed eye for
value and a technical mastery of the drawing
media. All levels welcome. For the online
platform, the instructor will provide photos
and reference materials to draw from.
Peter Green
Wheel Throwing:
Beginning + Advanced
Basics of Photography Workshops Drawing from Observation Workshop 7
CIA
This course meets in person This workshop meets in person
CEPH 175 00 YADR 125 00
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
June 11–July 30 Are you looking to explore your artistic Saturday, July 9
9:30am–12:30pm side while developing new ideas and 9am–4pm
8 weeks techniques? Our intensive workshops are Cost: $75
Cost: $325 just for you! Dive in during our workshops,
Join us for an intensive day of work on the skills
designed to give an immersive experience
Learn different forms of photography such that translate three-dimensional visual reality
in contemporary art-making processes.
as landscape, commercial, and portrait into two-dimensional drawings. This workshop
Daylong workshops will have a break from
photography. You’ll explore ways to shoot in is open for students in grades 9–12. Supplies
12–1pm for lunch.
a studio, at home, and in outdoor settings. will be provided.
With the option of learning both film and Mark Kreiger
digital photography, you will gain a better
understanding of traditional photography and The Art of Shibori
editing with programs like Adobe Photoshop. This workshop meets in person How to Create a Geolocated Sound Walk
CEFM 260 00 This workshop meets in person
Sydney Kay
Saturday + Sunday, July 16–17 CEDA 275 00
Cost: $185 Saturday, July 16
Eco-Art: An Introduction 9:30am–12:30pm
to Concepts and Materials The art of Shibori is one of the simplest yet Cost: $45
Online course most satisfying approaches to the dyeing
process. More controlled and with more Join us for a lecture/demonstration on
CEFD 255 00
options than Tie-Dye, Shibori allows Geolocated Sound Walks and how to create
June 11–July 16
you to work with techniques like discharge them. Sound walks are guided aural tours
10am–12pm (EST)
Summer 2022
or rust dyeing to obtain brilliant colors by of a specific environment, either focusing on
6 weeks
using cold water Procion Dyes. In this 2-day existing soundscapes or augmenting them with
Cost: $250
workshop, we will experiment on sample pieces pre-recorded narratives and/or sounds. Max
This online course prepares artists and art of cotton, bamboo cloth, rayon, and silk, then Neuhaus’s “Listen” and numerous walks by
educators to develop ways of thinking about graduate to projects such as scarves, napkins, Janet Cardiff are examples. Geolocated sound
sustainability in their artistic practice or table runners, pre-made garments, or yardage. walks use freely available software that allow
teaching. Learn essential tools for forming walkers to use their cell-phones and GPS to
your own sustainable art studio and practice. Robin VanLear trigger sounds based on their location, and can
By the end of the course, you will have an be used for self-guided tours, exploratory story-
understanding of various natural art processes Business of Art: Professional Practices telling, or interpretive walks. This workshop will
(such as natural watercolors, inks and dyes, This workshop meets in person show users how they can use the free software
handmade paper or woodblock printmaking) CEFD 230 00 to create and publish creative soundwalks of
and have a broad understanding of the Saturday, June 4 + June 11 their own.
possibilities that exist through the relationships 9am–3pm Bob Drake
and partnerships that can be developed Cost: $125
within your communities. This course is
You’re making your art… but now what? Plein Air Workshop
particularly designed and recommended for
What does it take to go from casual maker This workshop meets in person
those interested in integrating sustainability
to working artist? For many, the transition of CEPT 285 00
in their teaching and/or artistic practice.
getting your artwork out in public is daunting. Saturday + Sunday, July 9–10
Anna Chapman This workshop will teach the developing artist Cost: $175
how to present and promote their work, get
involved in the art community, and understand Plein Air is a French term for painting outside.
what it means to be a working artist today. We’ll explore painting from nature from an off-
This workshop includes topics such as site location, considering lighting, perspective,
pricing artwork, writing an artist statement, and composition while strengthening our
and presenting and promoting artwork. observational skills.
Mary Urbas Jesse Rhinehart
8
Art + Design
Young Artists Visual
Courses Arts Courses
for Young People
Advanced Cartooning
Young ArtistsYoung Artist Courses Cartooning 101 Intro to 3D Modeling 9
CIA
This course meets in person This course meets in person
YAIL 100 00 YADA 235 00
Weekdays, June 6–17
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
Grades 5–8 Grades 9–12
Saturdays, June 11–July 30
June 6–17 June 6–17
9:30am–12:30pm 9:30am–12:30pm
Registration Deadline:
10 sessions 10 sessions
Friday, May 20
Cost: $335 Cost: $365
This studio course for young, aspiring Learn the fundamentals of mesh modeling
Please note: Online courses require
cartoonists is designed to introduce and using the software Blender. We will cover mesh
students to purchase their own supplies
develop a diverse set of skills around this manipulation, materials and UV mapping,
ahead of time, and supplies usually cost
eclectic medium. We will create an original rendering still-images and video, and basic
between $30–100. Supply lists will be
comic book or strip and introduce a variety animation. Students will create static scenes
shared with enrolled students before the
of concepts, such as narrative visual and basic movement to create environments
course begins. Supplies are included for
storytelling, character design, world building, of their imagination! We will cover best
in-person courses.
story circles AKA the Hero’s Journey, basic practices and do modeling ’challenges’ to
You can also find courses open to high cartoon anatomy, layout/composition, and reinforce what we learn each day. Students
school students in the Adult Class listing! perspective. While the class is primarily a will gain an understanding of hard-edge
studio course, lectures will introduce students modeling techniques and 3D animation.
to the nature and history of cartooning – with We will also consider form, composition,
Weekday Mornings a specific focus on Cleveland’s influential color, and figure/ground relationships
cartooning and comics professionals. when composing our 3D environments.
Beginning Painting Josh Usmani James Waite
Summer 2022
Online course
YAPT 200 00 Hidden Anatomy in the Figure Mixed-Media Portraits
Grades 5–8 This course meets in person This course meets in person
June 6–17 YADR 375 00 YAFD 350 00
9:30am–12:30pm (EST) Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12
10 sessions June 6–17 June 6–17
Cost: $305 9:30am–12:30pm 9:30am–12:30pm
This is a great class for any student interested 10 sessions 10 sessions
in delving into the world of painting. You will Cost: $385 Cost: $375
learn the fundamentals of creating a painting How does our underlying surface anatomy This course is designed to teach portrait
including composition, color and application. support a believable figure? What are the making in various mediums, including drawing,
As a class, we will learn how to sketch ideas, prominent anatomical markers in the human painting and digital design. Students will create
mix colors, and explore multiple painting tools form? Where are the common mistakes a self-portrait and a portrait of someone they
and techniques. Paintings will be representational, and assumptions we draw without really are inspired by. The goal of this course is for
so each student will choose their own subject looking at the figure? In this course, we’ll each student to enhance their artistic skills by
matter ranging from landscapes, still lives, and explore the anatomy that completes the completing wonderful pieces to add to their art
human and animal portraits. structure and substance of the human portfolios! Students will be utilizing materials
Emma Anderson form. Each day, the figure drawing studio such as charcoal pencils, acrylic paints, mixed-
sessions will focus on different anatomical media paper, photo editing programs and more.
structures and their importance to drawing In creating, we will develop problem solving
and understanding the human body. skills, patience and teamwork & have lots of fun
Beth Halasz while doing so!
Kahzar Powell10 Portfolio Preparation: Drawing from Life Soft Sculpture Exploration Advanced Cartooning
Young Artists Courses for Young People
This course meets in person This course meets in person This course meets in person
YADR 700 00 YAFM 315 00 YAIL 400 00
Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12 Grades 5–8
June 6–17 June 6–17 June 6–17
9:30am–12:30pm 9:30am–12:30pm 1–4pm
10 sessions 10 sessions 10 sessions
Cost: $385 Cost: $375 Cost: $335
This course will guide you through the basics Take a walk on the soft side! In this course, Do you know a kid or teen who loves comics
of observational drawing to create high quality students will experiment with sculpture by and cartoons? In Advanced Cartooning,
and finished pieces that you can add to your utilizing soft materials such as fabric, foam, and we’ll explore the more technical side of this
art portfolio. You’ll utilize different drawing felt. We will start with individual processes such medium, both visually and conceptually.
materials and processes, from portraits, to still as wet felting, pattern making, and machine We will examine a variety of concepts, such
life, to landscape/nature/botanical drawing. sewing. Then we will combine these techniques as narrative visual storytelling, character
We will also practice critiquing your work in to design and create a piece of finished soft design, world building, story circles AKA
a constructive, fun and informative way. The sculpture. This course covers the basics of the Hero’s Journey, basic anatomy, layout/
goal of this course is to help you reach a higher sewing a plush, making a foam armature, as composition, script writing techniques, and
level of skill in the creation of your own artwork. well as wet and dry felting processes. Open to perspective, as well as the history of cartooning
Please note, for one of the sessions students artists of any skill level. and comics, with emphasis on Cleveland’s
will be working from a live, nude model. Alex Heard important role in the legacy. Following along
Parental permission is required for students with demonstrations and discussions,
to take part in this session. If students do not students will learn professional standards and
have permission, they will work on a different practices. Working independently, students
assignment in another classroom space. Weekday Afternoons will create their own original comic and
Eddie Mitchell receive individual feedback throughout the
process. This course is perfect for any kids
3D Printing Exploration
who take comics and cartoons seriously.
Screen Printing This course meets in person
YADA 240 00 Josh Usmani
This course meets in person
YAPM 300 00 Grades 9–12
Grades 7–12 June 6–17 Advancing in Acrylic
June 6–17 1–4pm Online course
9:30am–12:30pm 10 sessions YAPT 225 00
10 sessions Cost: $365 Grades 5–8
Cost: $375 Take the mystery out of 3D printing! In this June 6–17
class, we’ll use free software to turn your 1–4pm (EST)
Learn the basics of screen printing, covering
ideas into a 3-dimensional object and learn 10 sessions
all aspects of production from start to finish.
how to make 3D scans using a camera or Cost: $305
Students will master printing with water based
inks and learn how to create multi-layer screen cellphone that you can then print. This class This course is designed for students who want
prints. Finished projects will include prints on will help even the absolute beginner to learn to take their art to a more advanced level. You
paper as well as fabric printing on materials of how to create functional and decorative will utilize your knowledge of painting and ability
the students’ choice—canvas bags, t-shirts, objects and print them with ease. A field trip to to conceptualize to take your work to the next
or other found material. Special study and Sears think[Box] will also allow us to explore level. You will develop a theme or idea and
consideration will be given to the rich history of local 3D printing resources. The final project create a cohesive body of work consisting of
screen printing and exploring key artists and will be based on each student’s individual approximately 5–7 pieces. You will also learn
movements. Of all the visual arts, printmaking preference, but will incorporate multiple to discuss the ideas and concepts behind
perhaps has been the most influential in techniques and software taught in the class. the artwork you create. This course is ideal
shaping our world due to the medium’s inherent Brian Driscoll for students who have taken the Introduction
nature of mass production, duplication, and to Painting course and/or the Intermediate
its subsequent affordability. This course will Painting course, but is open to all students at
focus on teaching not only technical skills, but an intermediate or more advanced level.
exploring real-world printmaking applications Emma Anderson
and their impact.
Stevie TannerCreative Coding Exploring Photoshop and Illustrator 11
CIA
This course meets in person This course meets in person
YADA 225 00 YADA 315 00
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
Grades 9–12 Grades 9–12
June 6–17 June 6–17
1–4pm 1–4pm
10 sessions 10 sessions
Cost: $365 Cost: $365
Creative Coding introduces JavaScript and The “Exploring Photoshop and Illustrator”
HTML/CSS to create fun, interactive projects course explores the Adobe Creative Suite
through a web browser! We will start with the software of Photoshop and Illustrator. This
fundamentals of programming so no prior course will guide new users as they learn
knowledge is required. At the end of this course the interface of these two powerful programs.
you will have created three interactive projects The first week we will explore Photoshop,
that will be shared via the Internet. We will also the second week we will explore Illustrator.
look at contemporary artists working with code, Beth Halasz
discuss user experience, and how viewers
interact with interactive artworks.
Fun with Fabrics
James Waite
This course meets in person
YAFM 135 00
Creative Writing Inspired by Art Grades 5–8
This course meets in person June 6–17
YAFD 200 00 1–4pm
Summer 2022
Grades 9–12 10 sessions
June 6–17 Cost: $355
1–4pm
This class will give students hands-on
10 sessions
experience in the different methods and
Cost: $355
techniques of applying image, color, and
What happens when creative writing responds other surface embellishments to fabric.
to visual art? In this course, students will write The finished cloth can be incorporated
original pieces that explore “ekphrasis”—a term into fashion accessories, your favorite new
for imaginative writing that engages with art. wardrobe piece, or a unique piece of art to
They’ll receive close feedback about their work hang in your room. Explore a wide range of
in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and other forms ways to create pattern on fabric, using dye,
of writing, while considering how close looking paint and a mixture of printing processes.
can inspire new insights about writing and the Use the silkscreen as a drawing and printing
arts. Writers of all backgrounds—and with all tool. Experiment with hand cut stencils,
areas of interest—are encouraged to join. and learn how to transfer your ideas and
Zach Savich designs onto a t-shirt, tote bag, bandana,
and paper. Please bring a blank t-shirt that
you’d like to turn into a unique piece of art!
Other fabric and supplies will be provided.
Mary Urbas
Portfolio Preparation12 Intro to Drawing from Nature
Art + Design Visual Arts Courses
This course meets in person
YADR 110 00
Grades 5–8
June 6–17
1–4pm
10 sessions
Cost: $355
Learn the basics of drawing using diverse
tools such as graphite, conte, charcoal pencils
(and sticks), hard and soft pastels, pen and
ink (and more)! Students will explore different
techniques such as pointillism, crosshatching,
and modeling using smudge sticks and erasers.
With an emphasis on “drawing from nature”
students will practice observational drawing
(from real objects), and will explore subjects at a
museum field trip in University Circle. This class
will go over the art principles of perspective,
values, light and shadow and composition.
Feel confident knowing that once these basic
skills are established, the sky is the limit.
Candice Dangerfield
Saturday Courses
The Art of Portraiture
This course meets in person
YAPH 265 00
Grades 9–12
June 11–July 30
1–4pm
8 sessions
Cost: $345
In this class, students will play with form and
shape with images considered portraiture.
By taking photographs of people, places,
or things, we’ll experiment with cutting out
forms within the images and playing with
what is in the negative spaces to better
understand the element of form in art.
Working in different mediums such as digital
and/or film, you’ll learn to push the idea of
portraiture and storytelling. Students will work
in digital photography and with large format
cameras. Students should bring their own
digital cameras to learn from, or contact .
Sydney KayDigital Cartooning 5–8th Grade that will help you find your voice, write pieces Graphic Narratives 13
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Online course that matter to you, and advance your skills Thursday, August 4
YAIL 350 00 as a writer. It is designed for students from
This session will offer an introduction to
Continuing Education + Community Outreach
Grades 5–8 all backgrounds and levels of experience.
comics, the art of telling stories that combine
June 11–July 30
image and text. During this class we’ll explore
9:30am–12:30pm (EST)
Creative Writing Across Genres ways to place drawn images, photographs,
8 sessions
Monday, August 1 video and other visuals forms in conversation
Cost: $315
with text and together we will create our own
Writers’ Week will begin with an exploration
Looking to develop your digital art and autobiographical graphic narratives.
of skills and techniques that are relevant
cartooning skills in a fun, supportive and Valentino Zullo
across genres. We’ll get to know one another
collaborative online environment? Digital
and discuss our goals and interests for
Cartooning is a studio course designed
the week ahead—while considering topics Screenwriting
to introduce young, aspiring cartoonists
such as writing’s place in our lives and Friday, August 5
to digital art tools, such as drawing and
in the world, strategies for creativity, and
painting software and drawing tablets and In this fun and intensive screenwriting course,
what it can mean to “think like a writer.”
pen displays. By the end of the course, students will learn how to put spoken words,
students will have completed at least a Alyssa Perry
visual scenes, and a strong narrative on
one-page comic digitally, incorporating the page, while leaving room for interpretation
their original characters, environments, and Creative Nonfiction by filmmakers.
stories. This unique class offers students Tuesday, August 2
the opportunity to improve a variety of We’ll discuss elements that make up a
skills, including character design, narrative This session will highlight techniques for screenplay, such as character, narrative, and
storytelling and digital art, and design skills. writing about your life—in specific, we’ll dialogue, and what producers and directors
think about ways to jumpstart inspiration look for in a screenplay. And we’ll practice
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Digital Cartooning is designed to build upon and to get comfortable writing from our own how to format an industry-standard screenplay
the lessons of Cartooning 101 and Advanced experiences. We’ll consider how writing with free Mac or PC software.
Cartooning, but there is no prerequisite to about personal experience can connect to Scott Lax
this course. However, students should have readers while helping you look deeply into the
a strong foundation of drawing skills, as life you’ve lived. Inspired by traditional and
that will not be the focus of the course. experimental examples, students will generate Poetry
Josh + Rachel Usmani original work that shows what happens when Saturday, August 6
we turn our attention to our own lives. In this session, we’ll think about how poetic
Alyssa Perry structure can inspire new discoveries. We’ll read
contemporary experiments with poetic forms,
Writers’ Week: Summer 2022 asking questions like: How can limitations
Fiction Writing
free us up to write? How can structure help
Wednesday, August 3
Writers’ Week us sing? Through structure-based strategies
Online course What are the secrets to a compelling for generating new poems, we’ll consider how
YAFD 355 00 plot? How can you develop characters poetic techniques can lead to meaningful
Grades 9–12 and settings that propel a story forward? insights, expression, and surprises.
August 1–7 This session will focus on the key skills of Alyssa Perry
1–4pm (EST) fiction writing. We’ll discuss samples from
7 sessions diverse, contemporary authors and begin
Cost: $375 original pieces that could develop into short Publication and Celebration
stories, novels, and other forms of fiction. Sunday, August 7
Writers’ Week offers a chance to explore
creative writing across genres. Students will Zach Savich We’ll conclude Writers’ Week with a day
generate original work and receive feedback focused on publication, presentation, and
from published writers who are expert celebration. We’ll also discuss where your
teachers in fiction, screenwriting, poetry, writing could go in the months ahead, along
creative nonfiction, and comics. The course with practical next steps for continuing to
offers an intensive, supportive environment develop your work from the course.
for gaining experience with writing strategies Alyssa Perry14 Instructor Biographies
Emma Anderson (CIA ’16) received her been recognized regionally and nationally. classes as well as running the weekly open 15
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MFA from Kent State in 2018. Most recently, Most recently awarded “Best in Show” in figure drawing sessions. His work combines
Emma curated a show, “Show Me What Shaker Heights, her other exhibitions include traditional drawing, installation and 3D printing
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You Got” at Prama Gallery in Parma, Ohio. the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland processes. He is currently represented by
Her work has recently shown at the 2019 Hopkins International Airport, and The multiple galleries and does freelance 3D
Summer Mash-Up Exhibition at the Florence Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C. design work. His work has been shown
O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College nationally and collected internationally.
Susan Danko is a painter and installation
in Pepper Pike, Ohio, the People’s Choice
artist based in Parma, Ohio. She received a Peter Green is originally from southern
Artist Showdown at Gallery Plus in Cleveland,
BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998, Ohio and studied Drawing at Cleveland
Ohio. She exhibits her work regionally and
and has built a successful career as an artist State and Illustration at the Academy of Art
internationally and has become active in the
and educator. Career honors include 2021 and in San Francisco. He specializes in figures
area by bringing the arts to the community.
2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence and portraits, utilizing traditional media and
Wesley Berg (b. 1980, USA) is a visual artist Awards, residencies at the Fine Arts Work techniques. He has shown his work in galleries
working in Cleveland, Ohio. Berg has been Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and nationally and has been featured in various
an artist-in-residence at several national and at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. She publications. He is a member of the International
international residencies, including: the Vermont has been awarded two Ohio Percent for Art Guild of Realism and the Portrait Society.
Studio Center, the Santa Fe Art Institute, the commission projects. Susan has exhibited
Beth Halasz is a medical illustrator and
Baer Art Center (Iceland), the Nelimarkka- in solo and group exhibitions at venues
assistant professor in the Life Science/
Museo (Finland), ARNA (Sweden), Earthskin including the Museum of Contemporary
Biomedical Illustration department at
Muriwai Beach (New Zealand), and JOYA Art, Cleveland, Moss Arts Center at Virginia
Cleveland Institute of Art. She is a graduate
Arte+Ecologia (Spain). Berg has exhibited Tech, The Butler Museum of American Art,
of CIA with both a BFA and MFA in medical
widely across the U.S. with notable exhibitions The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, and
illustration. Beth is a professional member of
at the Watermill Center (NY), PULSE Miami the Cleveland Foundation. Her work is held
the Association of Medical Illustrators and a
Beach, Adah Rose Gallery (D.C.), and Drawing in prominent art collections including the
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Certified Medical Illustrator. Before her full-
Discourse (UNC Asheville). Berg has an MFA Cleveland Clinic, the Ohio Arts Council, the
time teaching position at CIA, she was a staff
from the University of Florida and a BFA from Cleveland Hilton Hotel and Convention Center,
medical illustrator at Cleveland Clinic for 14
Miami University of Ohio. Berg began his and the US Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
years concurrent with an adjunct appointment
teaching career in 2015 at the University of Her work is represented by Bonfoey Gallery
at CIA in the Biomedical illustration department.
Dayton (OH) before becoming the Drawing Area in Cleveland. More of her work may be
Advisor at Stephen F. Austin State University viewed on her website: susandanko.com Amy Halko is a studio potter with a BFA
(TX). In 2021, Berg returned to his home state of and on Instagram at susan_danko. from Bowling Green State University and
Ohio. Berg’s studio is located at the Cleveland MFA from The Ohio State University, she
Bob Drake is an improvising musician,
Twist Building in downtown Cleveland. has taught at Southern Methodist University,
composer, and electro-acoustic luthier from
Eastfield College, community education
Anna Chapman is a painter and teaching Cleveland Ohio. He designs, builds, and plays
classes, a number of workshops, and was
artist with a background in the decorative and electronic instruments in the tradition of Don
a visiting artist at The Pottery Workshop in
healing arts. She received her BFA in Painting Buchla and David Tudor, performing on these
Jingdhezhen, China. In 2006 Amy spent the
from the Rhode Island School of Design in electroniums plus original electro-acoustic and
summer as a resident at The Archie Bray
2012. Before moving to Ohio to paint and extended-technique traditional instruments.
Foundation, an internationally recognized
teach in 2019, she spent 6 years living in NYC His performances span free and structured
center for the advancement of ceramic art.
working with artists such as Max Gimblett, improvisation, new music composition,
She is a cofounder of The Dallas Pottery
Michele Oka Doner, and Anne Peabody. noise, and minimalist “lowercase” music. He
Invitational and Clay Wood Cloth. Amy’s work is
Through apprenticeship under these artists teaches sound art, media installation, and
in several collections and is shown nationally.
and classes at Kremer pigments, Chapman electronics at Cleveland Institute of Art.
accrued an extensive knowledge of fine art Melissa Harris graduated from Cleveland
Brian Driscoll grew up on a small sheep
methods & materials including how to make her State University with a BA in Studio Arts,
farm in rural Ohio. While attending Cuyahoga
own paints and substrates. She is passionate Melissa continues to stay active in the
Community College he was recruited to finish
about passing this knowledge on to artists. Cleveland art scene. She has shown her
his BA in Visual Art at Columbia University
work in galleries throughout the Cleveland
Candice Dangerfield has a BFA in Drawing in 2013. He received an MFA in Painting
area including Doubting Thomas, Serefino,
& Painting from BGSU, foundations from and Drawing from the School of the Art
Walleye, and the gallery at Cleveland State. Her
CIA, and Art Education licensure from Notre Institute of Chicago in 2018. While at SAIC,
work has also hung at many establishments
Dame College in Ohio. Candice’s artwork has he taught numerous drawing and painting
throughout the area including La Cav du Vin in16 Coventry and the Lyndhurst Courthouse. She Sydney Nicole Kay is a multimedia artist since 2009. He has maintained a full-time studio
Instructor Biographies
continues to work out of her home studio where from Easton Shore in Maryland. Kay particularly for the past 28 years. His work is represented
she also provides private lessons. focuses on photography, videography, and in several galleries across the country. Eddie
screen-printing. An artist dedicated to their has been in over 150 art shows, created
Alex Heard (they/them) is a costume maker craft, Kay has won numerous awards in their numerous commissioned pieces for public
and performance artist living in Cleveland. career both at a local and state level. Kay locations, and has sold over 1,000 paintings.
They specialize in soft sculpture, digital media,
is always looking to learn new ideas and
and clothing design. Alex currently serves Lynne Norwood Lofton received her
processes to communicate their art in, or what
as the Technical Specialist in the Sculpture BS in Art Education from Northern Illinois
they would call “learning to fold the blanket in
+ Expanded Media major at the Cleveland University and after moving to Ohio, attended
a different way,” with the goal of not only being
Institute of Art. They assist in students’ art the Cleveland Institute of Art in the Ceramics
able to better express their stories but other,
making by offering guidance on technical program. She has been a ceramic artist and
often underrepresented, people’s stories. Kay’s
processes, material advice, and assisting in teacher for over 35 years, exhibiting in galleries
work can be viewed at snkay.myportfolio.com.
professional display of artwork. Artist Website: throughout the Midwest. Lynne founded
thegiantserpent.com. Mark Krieger was born and raised in TerraVista Studios in the Cleveland Arts
Cleveland. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Quarter, and has been working there ever since.
Emily Joyce (CIA ’07) is a graduate from the degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art and
Cleveland Institute of Art, where she received Alyssa Perry’s recent writing appears
his Masters from Tyler School of Art, Temple
her BFA in Enameling. Her jewelry pays homage in Annulet: A Journal of Poetics, The
University. His first year of graduate school
to everyday household items like lace, notebook Canary, Fence, and Yalobusha Review.
was spent in Rome and he returned twice
paper, and more to bring a spark of whimsy to She is the assistant editor at Rescue Press
to Italy to spend a year painting, the second
your casual style. and was recently faculty in residence
year, 1973–74, on a Fulbright Hays Fellowship.
at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Carolina Kane (CIA ’19) is an artist and In 1976, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island
photographer based in the Cleveland, Ohio where he worked as a graphic artist. While in Rick Rollenhagen is a Cleveland-based
area. Originally trained in the fine arts, Carolina Newport, he traveled frequently to New York stone carver. Prior to moving to Cleveland,
works in black and white, alternative process, where he developed the gallery connections he showed his work in several European
and digital photography, as well as photo book at Allan Stone and Touchstone galleries that cities and in the Tampa Bay area. He has
and sculpture. Her work has been shown in culminated in a one-man show at Touchstone been honored by his participation in the
various galleries and shows across Northeast in 1978. That year he accepted a teaching Florence Biennale, Italy; a residency in
Ohio such as the Ann and Norman Roulet position at The University of Texas at Austin and Budapest, Hungary; and a scholarship in
Student + Alumni Gallery, FAVA in Oberlin, in 1980 returned to Cleveland where he took the 2019 to study stone carving in Vermont.
The Reinberger Gallery, and she has shown position at University School that he held until
work in The Gallery at Burren College of Art in 2012. His studio is at the 78th Street Studios, in Kahzar Rublon is a realistic portrait artist from
Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. She likes to create large-
Ireland. Carolina has commercial photography
scale artworks that highlight and capture the
experience in portrait, studio, event, and Scott Lax is a novelist, playwright, producer, essence and multifacetedness of the Black
documentary photography. She worked as a screenwriter, and lecturer in Creative Writing community. In addition to drawings, Kahzar also
photographer for Cleveland Magazine from at the Cleveland Institute of Art. His first novel, creates colorful murals and offers classes and
summer of 2017 through Spring of 2019, and The Year That Trembled, was called “powerful” workshops in visual arts and creative writing.
John Carroll University since the summer of and named one of the year’s “milestones in As a community artist, mentor and teaching
2018, and volunteered as a photographer for fiction” by the Denver Post. Lax produced the artist, Kahzar strives to use the arts as a form
organizations such as Flashes of Hope and 2002 feature film version of his novel, for which of community engagement and development.
A Prom to Remember. Carolina worked as he won four first-place film festival awards, Her classes provide a safe space for students
a Teaching Assistant through The Cleveland including Midwest Filmmaker of the Year from of all ages to explore and develop their artistic
Institute of Art’s Continuing Education the Cleveland International Film Festival. talents, practice collaboration and community
Summer Pre-College Program in undergrad
involvement, as well utilize the arts for social-
where she discovered her devotion to art Eddie Mitchell (CIA ’87) received his BFA from
emotional growth and positive self-expression.
education. Her desire is to work with students the Cleveland Institute of Art in painting and
of all ages to develop their creative problem drawing and receive a top traveling scholarship Zach Savich is the author of two books of
solving skills and cultivate an appreciation for award. Eddie has taught art classes at Lakeland nonfiction and six books of poetry, including
the arts. Carolina is a proud 2019 graduate Community College for the past 22 years. At Daybed (Black Ocean, 2018). His work has
of the Cleveland Institute of Art, receiving CIA, he has facilitated the evening life drawing received the Iowa Poetry Prize, the Colorado
a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography. classes, taught the Pre-College summer Prize for Poetry, the CSU Poetry Center’s
program, and the Portfolio Preparation class Open Award, and other honors. He is anassociate professor of Creative Writing at an exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London, James Waite (CIA ’17) graduated from CIA’s 17
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the Cleveland Institute of Art and an editor as well as featured in several art books. Drawing Department with an Emphasis in
at the Cleveland Review of Books. Previously, Josh has been Visual Arts Editor Digital Culture. He also completed Case
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of Cleveland Scene Magazine and co-director Western Reserve’s Coding Bootcamp.
Stevie Lee Tanner is a visual artist based of PopEye Gallery at 78th Street Studios. His His work draws inspiration from graphical
in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her BFA in work can be viewed at joshusmani.com. representations of both digital and physical
both Painting & Drawing and Printmaking
space. He currently works as the Technical
from The University of Akron in 2014, and Rachel Usmani is a lifelong Clevelander and Specialist for the Foundation Department
received her MFA in Printmaking from the a veteran of the local arts community. Her at CIA, assisting students with their digital
University of Delaware in 2016. Tanner has work has been featured in individual and group coursework. He is also an independent
exhibited in the US and abroad, including exhibitions throughout Northeast Ohio. Usmani designer with recent projects such as front-
shows at The Fleisher Center for Works also has over a decade of experience working end web-design, book and magazine layout,
on Paper (Philadelphia, PA), The Delaware as a full time graphic designer where part of her and advertising. His work has been shown at
Center For Contemporary Art (Wilmington, job is digital illustration. When developing her the Reinberger Gallery, Forum Gallery, and the
DE), and Kunstraum Tapir (Berlin, Germany). own work, her digital pieces feature dynamic Progressive Collection.
She has taught introductory and advanced portraiture of strong women with a pop culture
printmaking at the University of Delaware. and fantastical flair in addition to environment Valentino Zullo leads the Get Graphic
She is the Technical Specialist & Shop and visual development art that tells a story program at Cleveland Public Library, he is
Manager in CIA’s Printmaking department. through design. A collection of her diverse work American Editor of the Journal of Graphic
can be viewed at rachelusmani.com. Novels and Comics and has published
Alicia Telzerow (she/her) is a glass-focused several articles and reviews on comics. He
artist born and raised on the east side of Robin VanLear was born in Cambridge, is a licensed independent social worker
Cleveland. She has obtained a BFA in Glass MA. She graduated with honors from Mount practicing as a maternal depression therapist
from the Cleveland Institute of Art and is Holyoke College and the Vancouver School at Ohio Guidestone and a candidate in
pursuing a Masters of Arts Administration of Art. Subsequently she earned her MFA in psychoanalytic training at the Cleveland
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and a Museum Studies certification from sculpture and performance art at UC Santa Psychoanalytic Center. He teaches comics
Ohio University. Her work concentrates Barbara. Robin was founder and director of the and psychology independently and
on the female identity, memory, and department of Community Art at the Cleveland together at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
experience, exploring the self through the Museum of Art where for 30 years she was
use of glass as surface and as sculpture. artistic director of Parade the Circle and the
I Madonnari Chalk Festival both of which she
Mary Urbas (CIA ’80) received her BFA in also founded. Additionally she started and
Textile Design + Silk Screen Printing. Mary is directed the Winter Lights Lantern Festival
a gallery owner, curator, teacher, consultant, and the Community Festivals program. Art
and exhibiting fiber artist. In 1997 she opened Acts, the performance art company Robin
The Gallery in Chagrin Falls which featured founded with Mark Jenks, was twice featured
contemporary fine art + crafts. Later Mary at Cleveland’s International Performance Art
became the Gallery Curator and Assistant Festival. Robin has taught art for the public
Director at the Valley Art Center in 2001, schools in Stowe, VT, Cate School, Santa
where she taught adults and children, before Barbara City College, UCSB College of Creative
becoming the Gallery Coordinator and Studies in CA and for the Cleveland Museum
Exhibition Curator at Lakeland Community of Art and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Robin
College, a position she has held for 14 years. lives in Cleveland Heights with her husband,
Josh Usmani is an artist, writer, instructor painter and muralist, Jesse Rhinehart.
and curator. Josh teaches kids art and David Verba (CIA ’80) has a BFA in Drawing
cartooning classes with organizations like and an MFA in Painting from Kent State
CIA, Campus International School, Cleveland University. He has worked as both a fine
School of the Arts, and Orange Art Center. artist and illustrator. Before returning to
Josh graduated from Cleveland State Cleveland, Verba lived and worked in Japan
University with a degree in studio art (Painting) for seven years, and more recently worked
in 2013. His comic and cartoon-inspired at North Seattle College in their Continuing
artwork has been featured in several solo Education program. Verba teaches at CIA,
shows and more than 100 group exhibitions, Tri-C, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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