Academics . Foundation . Faculty
Title Professor, Sculpture + Expanded Media
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7945
Degree MFA, Visual Studies, University of New York at Buffalo
BS, Mathematics, University of New York at Albany
Born on the edge of the Berkshire Mountains in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Sarah Paul is now an artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her BS in Mathematics from the University at Albany, and MFA in Visual Studies from the University at Buffalo, before swimming west along the southern coast of Lake Erie. After stopping to rest, mesmerized by the flaming smokestacks, she wandered inland and fell in love and lust with the smokestacks, the city, and the lake. Sarah is making work that embraces and celebrates this lush rusty belt. Recent and forthcoming exhibitions and performances include the Front Yard at Burchfield Penney Art Center, SPACES Gallery, Sculpture Center Cleveland, MOCA Cleveland, Albright-Knox Gallery, UB Art Gallery, and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art; her video work has been screened around the U.S. and abroad. In 2013, Sarah was generously supported by a Creative Workforce Fellowship granted from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in Cleveland, Ohio. Sarah is presently an Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Sculpture + Expanded Media at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Degree BA, Philosophy, National Taiwan University
BFA, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art
MFA, Painting, Boston University
Chen Peng is a Taiwanese artist currently based in Cleveland, Ohio. She received an MFA in Painting from Boston University (2022), a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art (2016), and a BA in Philosophy from National Taiwan University (2012). Peng has received fellowships and grants from MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, and Ministry of Culture-Taiwan, among others.
She has been showing widely in the US and Taiwan and was featured in New American Painting and ArtMaze Magazine. Peng's work is included in the collections including the Cleveland Institute of Art, MetroHealth Cleveland, University Hospitals, Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, among others.
Title Associate Professor, Chair, Photography
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7000
Degree MFA, Film/Video, Bard College
BA, Massachusetts College of Art
Linda creates video installations intended to be experienced as sculpture: walked around and through to shift one’s vantage point. The work is often interactive and site-specific. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in such venues as MOMA, PS1, and the Sculpture Center in New York and in solo exhibitions in New York, Berlin, London, and Turin, Italy.
Title Associate Professor | Chair of Animation
Department Foundation
Phone 216.421.7325
Degree BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art
Anthony Scalmato has created more than 100 published works which have been viewed on television, web and mobile devices. Before joining CIA, Scalmato worked as a Senior Creative Developer at American Greetings where he provided animations, illustrations and art direction for products that are viewed globally by millions of people every month. He created the very first animated greeting card for Taylor Swift and worked on custom greetings and designs for clients such as Applebee’s, Disney, Pixar, Sony, UPS, Taylor Swift, Walmart, M&M’s, Ferraro Chocolates and many other Fortune 500 companies.
In 2011 Scalmato was awarded the American Greetings Chairman’s Award for Creativity and Innovation. He has also received over a dozen “Best Animation” awards from film festivals around the world.
In 2016 Scalmato oversaw the creative production for the web series Care Package Chronicles featuring the Care Bears. This short comedy series follows the Care Bears in their toy forms as they travel in a “care package” to deliver caring and good will to all they visit. Production was done at the Cleveland Institute of Art in collaboration with American Greetings.
In addition to teaching, Anthony oversees the productions in the Animation Community Projects course at CIA where students and employers collaborate on projects. These partnerships and projects are vital to a student’s education as they get firsthand experience working with clients and partners on a shared vision while applying the research and skills learned in the classroom to real-world projects. Clients have included: American Greetings, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Disney Home Entertainment, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Twin Sisters Media and Deck of Dice to name a few.
Anthony continues to work as a freelance artist and contractor for studios while continuing his work with American Greetings on their digital brands.
Degree MFA, Textiles, Kent State University
BFA, Painting & Drawing, The University of Akron
Meagan is an interdisciplinary fiber artist who focuses on the hybridization of craft, design, and digital technology. She received the Handweaver’s Guild of America Scholarship (2021), Creative Promise Award (2021), KSU International Travel Grant to Studio Kura, Japan (2019), the National Alpaca Design Award (2020), and was a Fulbright Semi-Finalist (2021). She has shown at Field Projects, Ohio Craft Museum, Appalachian Center for Craft, and Contemporary Art Toledo. Her work was published in the Collective Arts Network, and Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot magazine.
Degree BS Marketing Niagara University
The only thing more cheerfully optimistic than Pam Spremulli is her art. Most well known for her bright, bold colors, Pam takes the familiar and makes it exceptional. “The mouse is my brush, the monitor my canvas” is how she describes her technique, “and not to forget a little dab of fun!”
Her colorful, geometric work is collected around the world and has won numerous awards including the GOLD Mom’s Choice Award for Distinctive Illustrations on her debut children’s book, Letter Birds. Her landscape illustrations have been featured on the World Wildlife Fund’s social media during Earth Week. Her work also expands beyond Graphic Illustration as her mural work can be seen in and around the Cleveland metro area.
Pam is a member of the Northern Ohio Illustrator’s Society (NOIS) and an exhibiting member of the Chautauqua Visual Arts. She is also the appointed Chair of the Chagrin Falls Arts Commission.
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