FALL 2014
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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.