Monday, November 9, 2009

the end of fall -- and it's packed




Tues., Nov. 10

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Film Screening
Tuesday, Nov. 10
7 pm
Aitken Auditorium CIA
The Public is Invited

“The powerful story of the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, as told through the lives of five very diverse individuals.”
* sponsored by Metro Hospital and CIA’s Fiber & Material Studies Department in conjunction with the display of the names project at Metro Health Nov. 30 – Dec. 7.

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Wed., Nov. 11

IME VISITING ARTIST LECTURE
The Benjamin Kinsley ¾ Variety Hour
with free cider & donuts
Wednesday, November 11th
3:30p in the JMC TIME Shooting Space

Free and open to all CIA students
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Also on Nov. 11

Living with HIV
Wed., Nov. 11
CIA – Gund RM 214
7 pm

Please join us for a discussion featuring several young Clevelanders living with HIV/AIDs to hear their stories, talk to them about what it’s like to live with HIV and learn how to protect yourself from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. This lecture is in conjuntion with the screening of “Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt” on Tues., Nov. 10, at 7 pm.

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Thurs., Nov. 12
Lucy Kim
OBA
6:30 pm

Painter, artist – 2007 MFA graduate from Yale. Kim will speak on her work, the graduate school experience and applying for graduate school. She has an extensive exhibition record having shown frequently in New York. Check her out online at:
http://lucykim.com/

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Fri., Nov. 13

NEXT

9:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: "Professionals like you "
Five panelists answer pre-submitted audience questions about school and career paths. The panelists include:
Brian Peterson, Automotive Interior Designer, Chrysler
Lizzy Lee, Art Director / Partner, Rini Uva Lee design firm (www.riniuvalee.com )
Sarah Kabot, (www.sarahkabot.com ) Assistant Professor of Drawing, The Cleveland Institute of Art
Emily Embrescia, Teacher, John Hay High School; Jewelry Designer
Benjamin Rodriguez, MFA Film Student, New York University

1:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker Michael Bierut, partner of top New York design firm Pentagram: "Self Discovery and Leading a Creative Life"

• The events listed are open to CIA students and faculty
• Further information is available at: http://www.cia.edu/next/index.html
The Gund Building. Inside the Gund Building, our program starts in Aitken Auditorium 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

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Thurs., Nov. 19

Mary Magsamen
7 pm
OBA

Artist/curator’s talk

Mary Magsamen has been working for many years with her husband and artistic partner Stephen Hillerbrand after the pair first met at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Undoubtedly influenced by this she recently curated “Co-Existing and Co-Llaborating” featuring film and video by collaborative teams of artists and currently on view at spaces gallery here in Cleveland.

Mary Magsamen’s past exhibitions include shows at Momenta Art, Anna Kustera Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, and White Columns. In addition, she has been awarded a residency from the Longwood Cyber Residency Program and a Finishing Fund from the Experimental Television Center. Mary is currently the curator at the Aurora Picture Show.
• This talk is generously sponsored (always say thank you!) by CIA’s Photography Department – it is free and open to the public.
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Fri., Nov. 20

Sarah Rich
LOF
OBA – 12:15

Sarah Rich
Sarah Rich is a writer and editor working where sustainability intersects with design, architecture, art, food, urbanism, branding and consumer culture. She is an editor at Dwell magazine and the editor of Dwell Digital. Previously Sarah was the managing editor of Worldchanging and co-authored the book by the same name. She launched and edited the Slow Food Nation blog in 2008 and co-founded the site that emerged from that event, CivilEats.com. She lives in San Francisco.
Free and Open.
http://www.inhabitat.com/author/sarah/

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Also on Fri., Nov. 20

INVADING SPACES

Friday Nov 20th / 6-9pm
SPACES (3rd Floor Loft)
2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, Oh, 44113

A one-night only extravaganza featuring temporary, site-responsive works created inside, outside, and all around the 3rd floor of SPACES gallery. This project is a collaboration between students in two T.I.M.E. - Digital Arts classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art: "Creative Coding, Hacks and Space" and "Media Installation". The event is facilitated by artist Ben Kinsley, who has worked with the students for 6 weeks through workshops and studio consultations.

Ben Kinsley is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific responses to particular situations, often through collaboration and playful exchange with local residents. His projects have ranged from conducting an orchestra of screaming humans, directing a maritime-themed play for boaters on a lake in Maine, organizing a shadow play in the middle of the California High Desert, and choreographing a neighborhood intervention into Google Street View.




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Fri., Dec. 4

“The Making & Discovery of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION”
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Aitken
Pizza –
Free and open to the public.

The co-creators of what Harry Knowles (Aint It Cool News) describes as “the best damn fan film ever” – RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION – give a presentation and discussion, revealing how it was that their film was made against great odds – and equally incredibly, how it came to be discovered and shown all over the world, engendering the praise of Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and ultimately Steven Spielberg himself. This talk is the perfect primer / preview of the film itself, which screens in the evening at

guided by charles tucker -- cia's sculpture students take a bite of the apple






The Cleveland Institute of Art's Sculpture students made a run on New York City while their studios were getting new windows. Students made the run on the Chelsea Galleries, not to mention the Half King.