I really like working in the Student Life and Housing Office. Today the office hosted “Make a Valentine and coffee day”, basically on your way to class you could stop and make a valentine and grab a custom coffee made on the spot by Phoenix Coffee, FOR FREE. Once again a great little break for Read more…
CIA represented quite nicely in a festival on the west side of Cleveland (CIA is on the east side) this past weekend. It included fun things like live music, fire dancers, games, and interactive installations (who doesn’t want to play a giant game of skeeball or angry bird corn hole where you fling plush angry Read more…
Kristen Baumlier, CIA faculty member in Integrated Media, was recently featured in the Library as Incubator Project sharing her use of libraries for research and development in her creative work. We want to know how other faculty and students here at CIA use the library for their artistic endeavors. Click on the link to read the Read more…
Another one of our new teachers, Kasumi, will be displayingone of her works this weekend at theBrite Winter Festival. I got to touch base with her a little about what she does and what she will be doing for the Brite Winter Festival. I believe for her work, it’s one you simply need to experience. Read more…
Jimmy Kuehnle is one of our new foundation teachers here at Cleveland Institute of Art. His performance pieces are fun and interactive with the community. I recently got to sit down with him to talk about his work and involvement in the Brite Winter Festival. His art work is delightful, talking with him was even Read more…
Barbara Chira is another one of our teachers who has been working hard and getting ready for the Brite Winter Festival. Fortunately, she found some time to answer some questions for me about her work and her experience with the festival. Robin Miller Can you please give a brief description of your work and your history in Read more…
Whoo Hoo! It’s Friday and it is a beautiful sunny day outside. Well I had a great time on the Philadelphia trip. We got to stay in downtown Philadelphia at the Crown Plaza. We got to go and see the Mütter Museum which was AWESOME! It had lots of anatomically strange specimens like skulls, the soap Read more…
Part of my Graduation “bucket-list” is to attend as many CIA events this year as possible. Looking back, I regret not going to more while still a Freshman or Sophomore. But the closer you get to commencement, the need to exploit these resources becomes increasingly urgent. I consider things like Carnivale, Laser Tag, and Cedar Read more…
Lately my mind has been preoccupied with thoughts about what I am going to be doing this summer. I had these great plans to get an internship in New York City and live with one of my friends and it was gonna be great. Not to mention it would like amazing on my resume, since Read more…
I should really start writing down what I do everyday because I’m finding it extremely difficult to remember. One of the things I wanted to write about was my experience having a studio visit with one of the visiting artists, Martin Cregg (http://www.martincreggphotography.com/). The school has visiting artists come in every Wednesday morning and sometimes Read more…
Hello! With this blog I’ll be talking about my work and inspirations as well about my stay with CIA. This past week CIA held a few fun events. After studios were finished for the day, the school held a Carnivale New Orleans style! Parades of people showed up to dance and get free goodies like cotton Read more…
Over winter break, I got exciting news that I would get the opportunity to blog about the upcoming Brite Winter Festival that they hold every year in Cleveland. I’m not from the area so I looked it up, and it looked awesome. This year, a few of our teachers and a group of students will have work showing Read more…
Howdy, Well, tonight is the Carnivale Party in the JMC. There will be a raffle, a great DJ (same as the Halloween Party), food (always a plus), and games. Then after the Carnivale Party is Laser Tag and Whirley Ball. So excited to have some fun. Then next week I am going on the Philadelphia Read more…
I need to show some gratitude to the Resident Assistants and staff that presented at the NEOHO RA conference. This conference brings RA’s from all over North East Ohio together for a whole day of learning and professional development. Anyway, the exciting thing is that the staff brought home 2 of the top 10 presentation Read more…
This is the first time in quite awhile where I have been able to just lay in my bed, relax, and reflect on everything that has happened these past couple of weeks. Our whole group went on an overnight trip to Dublin this past Thursday and Friday which entailed sightseeing and gallery hopping. We got Read more…