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FALL 2014

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Founded in 1882, the Cleveland Institute of Art is an independent college of art and design committed to leadership and vision in all forms of visual arts education. The Institute makes enduring contributions to art and education and connects to the community through gallery exhibitions, lectures, a continuing education program and the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque.

NEWS FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

CIA FOCUSES ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART WITH VISITING ARTISTS, EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCE, NEW COURSES, AND WILSON FELLOW Yearlong series looks at roles of artists in society from many angles Perhaps the easiest way to define socially

WOODROW WILSON FELLOW

ment to engaging students in community-

ABOVE: PAINTING STUDENTS WITH ARTIST-

engaged art is to say what it isn’t. It isn’t

The news that CIA would have a Visiting

based learning, real-world projects, and

IN-RESIDENCE CHI-YU LIAO (CENTER) AFTER

art made by a starving artist who is working

Woodrow Wilson Fellow for an entire week

social practices in art and design. “It is not

SHE JOINED A CRITIQUE OF THEIR WORK.

alone in a garret and disconnected from the

packed with lectures and informal talks

enough anymore for art to be made and

FROM LEFT, RYAN SAMPLES, ELMI VENTURA

world. In fact that clichéd image couldn’t

inspired the entire Community Works effort.

remain on the shelf; it has to engage with

MATA, SUZANNE HEAD, CAMERON LADA,

and change the world of which it is a part.”

CELENA GROSSMAN, THOMAS KASSAI,

be further from the reality of the socially

“It provided the impetus for a dream

engaged artists and designers shaping

I have had for a long, long time: that of

American culture today

having a yearlong series of events circling

FALL EXHIBITION + VISITING ARTISTS

ANASTASIA SOBOLEVA, CHEN PENG, AND EMA ANDERSON.

SAM McCARTHY, DOMINIC LAMIRAND,

around a central theme,” said Christopher

The world is coming to Cleveland with the

on socially engaged artists and their work in

Whittey, vice president of academic and

exhibition, Community Works: Artist as

a yearlong series titled Community Works:

faculty affairs.

Social Agent, which opens on Friday,

Cleveland Institute of Art shines a light

Artist as Social Agent. The series will feature:

The fellow, international development

KIM MENAPACE, EMILY RAKE, ROSE HASERODT,

Nov. 7, in CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.

expert Stephen Vetter, will challenge

Community Works will explore multi-layered

Cleveland audiences to re-imagine their

narratives of identity, exile, and displace-

social responsibilities with his ideas about:

ment through works of photography, video,

the importance of service learning for stu-

installation, and other media. As a preview

• An academic conference Nov. 6 – 8

dents, the loss of social trust and what

to the show’s opening, on Thursday,

• A panel discussion by international

it means for the new citizen, and global

Nov. 6, Caroline Woolard, Susan Jahoda,

environmental change and local responses.

and Maj Hasager will give gallery talks

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND JOIN

Vetter is president of Partners of the

about their work in Reinberger from 3–5pm.

US FOR THE PANEL DISCUSSION

Americas, an international grassroots orga-

The exhibition officially opens with a panel

nization that connects volunteers, organiza-

discussion on Friday, Nov. 7, from 5–6pm,

undergraduate courses

tions, and communities in efforts to reduce

featuring artists Hasager, Woolard, Jahoda,

“It’s quite a lineup. By bringing in visiting

poverty and improve social justice.

Dor Guez, José Carlos Teixeira, and Chi-Yu

• A visiting Woodrow Wilson Fellow on campus Oct. 6 –10 • Residencies, visits, and exhibitions by international artists

artists on Nov. 7 • A March 2015 symposium on art as an activist practice • Three new community-based

artists and speakers who represent a huge variety of perspectives and backgrounds, we hope to present a comprehensive look at the range of expression that may be considered socially engaged art,” said Bruce Checefsky, director of CIA’s Reinberger Galleries.

Panel Discussion: Engage with socially engaged art Nov. 7, 5– 6pm

WITH VISITING ARTISTS ON FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 5 –6 PM IN AITKEN AUDITORIUM. A PUBLIC RECEPTION

Liao and moderated by Checefsky. A public

OPENING THE COMMUNITY WORKS

Works will involve CIA President Grafton

reception follows from 6–8pm in the gallery.

EXHIBITION FOLLOWS FROM 6– 8 PM

Nunes interviewing Vetter at The City Club

The exhibition closes Dec. 20. Liao’s work

IN THE REINBERGER GALLERIES.

of Cleveland on Oct. 10.

will be installed in CIA’s Joseph McCullough

AITKEN AND REINBERGER ARE

The first major public event of Community

“Vetter’s being here will help to expand Cores + Connections to a wider, international scale,” Whittey said of CIA’s commit-

Center for the Visual Arts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

BOTH IN CIA’S GUND BUILDING, 11141 EAST BOULEVARD.


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