The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) is a private educational institution founded in 1882 as the renowned Western Reserve School of Design for Women. Later named the Cleveland School of Art, this is Ohio’s premier art and design college and is located in University Circle in Cleveland, on a one-acre campus. Today, the institute is an internationally recognized college of art and design that offers degrees of bachelor of fine arts in 15 majors that include design, crafts, digital arts, and fine arts. The institute also offers study abroad programs, internships, Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design Mobility Programs, and AICAD New York Studio Residency Programs.

11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, Phone: 800-223-4700

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