an opening, two talks and something to do with food ... Karl Anderson; VAT Coventry Center and Thu Tran

Degrees of Separation
"noman" by Noah Hrbek
LOF - Karl Anderson
Thu Tran from Food Party

This Friday … September 10, the Lunch on Fridays lecture series returns with free pizza and a lunchtime filled with people talking about what you’re most interested in … all things even vaguely art related.

This Friday the series hosts CIA Drawing alum, gallerist and artist, Karl Anderson. An up and coming talent both as an art-maker and an exhibition curator, Anderson, along with fellow artists Michael Abarca (CIA ’09), Nicholas Gulan (CIA ’09) and Paul Woznicki (currently at the University of Akron) is the co-founder and co-director of Forum Artspace, the current site of some of Cleveland’s most innovative and fresh art programming.

Friday, September 10, 12:15
Ohio Bell Auditorium
CIA Gund Building – 11141 East Blvd.
Cleveland
- free and open to the public

Anderson most recently conceived of and worked to organize the VAT Coventry Center show, “Degrees of Separation” … which coincidentally opened last night,

Thursday, September 9, 6 to 9 pm,
“Degrees of Separation”
CIA’s VAT Coventry Center
1854 Coventry Rd. – Upper Level
Cleveland Heights

Five young artists and CIA alums come together for an exhibition to see how they relate, and create in the new environment of a professional life. Themes of interaction, and connectivity run strong, whether it be through performance, bringing people together, or questioning the social construct of materialism - these artists are interested in sparking more than just thoughts, but conversations.

Featuring the work of:

Karl Anderson, Drawing, 2009
- http://www.forumartspace.blogspot.com/
- Karl is a locally based artist and gallerist and is one of the founders and co-directors of Forum Artspace frequently acting as curator.

Jerry Birchfield, Photography, 2009
- www.jerrybirchfield.com
- Jerry is a locally based artist who has exhibited widely including the Toledo
Museum of Art and the Print Center in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Clinic, Dealer Tire, LLC and the Avery Denison Corporation.

Noah Hrbek, Sculpture, 2007
- http://www.laughterleague.com/noah-hrbek/
- Noah is a locally based artist and improvisational comedian and talented musican

Ben Kinsley, TIME, 2005
- http://www.bkinsley.com/
- Ben is currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific responses to particular situations, often through collaboration and playful exchange with local residents. He received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008.

Shoko Yamamura, Painting, 2008
- http://sites.cca.edu/gradthesisevents/2010/finearts/Shoko_Yamamura/3.html
- Originally from Japan, Shoko is an artist based in San Francisco. Her career has previously been marked by a questioning of the lines between art, “non-art” and life. Today she has moved beyond “what is art?” to “How can an artist be?” She received her MFA in Studio Art this past spring from the California College of the Arts.


and ...

7 pm Sunday
Thu Tran
Cinematheque

CIA grad Thu Tran ’05, the creator and host of the Independent Film Channel’s award-winning Food Party, will appear in person on Sunday, September 12 when the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque presents the special program “A Food Party Party with Thu Tran” at 7pm in CIA’s Aitken Auditorium. Ms. Tran will show highlights from her hit TV series and answer audience questions about it.

Tickets to “A Food Party Party with Thu Tran” cost $10 (Cinematheque members $7) and must be purchased at the door on Sunday, September 12 between 2:45 and 3:45pm or after 6pm. Free parking is available in the Cleveland Institute of Art lot. The program is presented courtesy of IFC with special thanks to Douglas Marshall. For information or images, call Tim Harry or John Ewing at 216.421.7450 or go to CIA Cinematheque

Pay attention! you might miss something!

Degrees of Separation

Thursday, Sept. 2nd –
Faculty Opening (6 pm) + Emit! (8 pm)

Party!

Come to The Cleveland Institute of Art on Thursday, September 2 for a blockbuster evening! First, the Faculty Exhibition opens with a free, public reception. Then CIA student work is shown on the Cinematheque’s silver screen at the free EMIT film festival. And finally, following the festival is a late-night student after-party.

The 2010 Faculty Exhibition Reception (6pm, Reinberger Galleries)
CIA’s new president Grafton Nunes introduces the Faculty Exhibition, which will be on view until October 9. A tradition that spans over eight decades, the Faculty Exhibition is a celebration of art and its makers and an opportunity for the public to view new, original, and innovative works from our world-renowned art and design faculty. The public is invited to this free opening reception with music on September 2 at 6pm.

EMIT Student Film Festival (8pm, Aitken Auditorium) 
CIA students from all disciplines contribute innovative and original short videos and animation in this one-night screening event, which immediately follows the Faculty Exhibition reception. The innovative and original short videos and animations will delight, amaze, and shock filmgoers. EMIT features student pieces in all genres, from 3D animation to experimental video. The public is invited to this free event on September 2 at 8pm.

College Student After-Party (10pm, Gund Building lobby)
Following EMIT will be a special late-night student party with music and refreshments. Cleveland college students can show ID to get in free.

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Thursday, September 9, 6 to 9 pm,
“Degrees of Separation”
CIA’s VAT Coventry Center
1854 Coventry Rd. – Upper Level
Cleveland Heights

Five young artists and CIA alums come together for an exhibition to see how they relate, and create in the new environment of a professional life. Themes of interaction, and connectivity run strong, whether it be through performance, bringing people together, or questioning the social construct of materialism - these artists are interested in sparking more than just thoughts, but conversations.

Featuring the work of:

Karl Anderson, Drawing, 2009
- Forum Artspace Blog
- Karl is a locally based artist and gallerist and is one of the founders and co-directors of Forum Artspace frequently acting as curator.
Jerry Birchfield, Photography, 2009
- Jerry Birchfield's website
- Jerry is a locally based artist who has exhibited widely including the Toledo
Museum of Art and the Print Center in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been included in the permanent collections of the Cleveland Clinic, Dealer Tire, LLC and the Avery Denison Corporation.
Noah Hrbek, Sculpture, 2007
- Laughter League, Noah Hrbek
- Noah is a locally based artist and improvisational comedian and talented musican
Ben Kinsley, TIME, 2005
- Ben Kinsley's website
- Ben is currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a multidisciplinary artist who creates site-specific responses to particular situations, often through collaboration and playful exchange with local residents. He received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008.
Shoko Yamamura, Painting, 2008
-Shoko Yamamura on CCA's 2010 MFA website
- Originally from Japan, Shoko is an artist based in San Francisco. Her career has previously been marked by a questioning of the lines between art, “non-art” and life. Today she has moved beyond “what is art?” to “How can an artist be?” She received her MFA in Studio Art this past spring from the California College of the Arts.
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Cinematheque presents:
Tuesday, September 21, at 7:00 pm
Filmmaker Brent Green in Person!
GRAVITY WAS EVERYWHERE BACK THEN
USA, 2010, Brent Green
Brent Green, Nervous Films
11141 East Blvd.
CIA – the Gund Building
Cleveland, OH

The first feature by sculptor, folk artist, and self-taught animator Brent Green was inspired by the true story of Leonard Wood, a Kentucky hardware clerk who turned his house into a ramshackle “healing machine” after his wife got cancer. Meticulously re-creating Wood’s dwelling on his Pennsylvania farm, Green employs live actors, stop-motion, music, and voiceover to tell his touching, poetic tale.

Green, whom The Village Voice has called “an emerging Orson Welles of handmade experimental cinema,” will answer audience questions after the screening, along with the film’s co-writer and star, Donna K. “Critics’ Pick…A tinkerer’s ode to a tinkerer, and a romantic’s tribute to a romantic…Radiates an oddball homemade charm.” –The NY Times. Cleveland premiere. Blu-ray. 75 min. site.nervousfilms.com Special admission $10, members and CIA students & staff $7; no passes, radio winners, or twofers.

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Thurday, October 7, 6 to 9 pm, “Self-Initiated” an exhibition curated by Senior Industrial Design students exploring the intersection between art and self-initiated design. Under the direction of CIA Industrial Design faculty Matt Beckwith. Closes Sunday, October 24.

CIA’s VAT Coventry Center
1854 Coventry Rd. – Upper Level
Cleveland Heights

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Thursday, October 28 – Realtime Animation with sound and light artist’s Joe Kelly and Jay Crocker … doors open at 6 pm … performance at 7 pm

AMAZING – MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED!

Sponsored by the Bickford Visiting Artists and VAT’s Sculpture Department

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Thursday, November 18, 6 to 9 pm – “Creative Resistance”
CIA’s VAT Coventry Center
1854 Coventry Rd. – Upper Level
Cleveland Heights

Through the guidance of faculty and multi-media artist Sarah Paul, CIA students will present a semester culminating media installation employing strategies integrating social change with media art and performance designed to operate as social commentary and critique. Show closes Friday, December 10.