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Cleveland Institute of Art   |  May 03, 2025

Cleveland Institute of Art students host art-filled fundraiser to benefit Laura's Home Women’s Crisis Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 15, 2025

CLEVELAND—Brianna Fairbrother, a junior Painting major at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Samantha Vacca, a junior Drawing major at CIA, are honored to announce Uplift, a fundraising event to benefit Laura’s Home Women’s Crisis Center in Cleveland.

Uplift will feature original artwork donated by contemporary artists associated with CIA, including students, alumni, faculty and staff. The fundraiser will showcase two-dimensional and three-dimensional drawings, paintings, prints and sculptures, ranging from abstract to figurative.

Uplift will give artists of varying disciplines a chance to engage in an experience that will benefit both their artistic practice and Laura’s Home, a nonprofit women and children crisis center that's part of The City Mission. All proceeds from Uplift, as well as donations collected during the event, will support Laura’s Home.

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