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David Deming

He grew up in Lakewood and attended Lakewood High. While in high school, Deming focused on both sports and art. On weekends, he attended classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), and, after graduating from high school, got his bachelor of fine arts degree from the institute in 1967. Deming then taught classes at Boston University for a year, before moving on to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he earned a master’s degree in fine arts. “When it comes to sculpture, Cranbrook is like the Harvard or Yale of art schools,” Deming said.

After graduating from Cranbrook in 1970, Deming got a job on the faculty of the University of Texas in El Paso. After spending only a year in El Paso, he landed a faculty position at the University of Texas in Austin. Deming remained at the university for 26 years and, during that time, served as chairman of the fine arts department and then as dean of its College of Fine Arts.

Deming returned to Greater Cleveland in 1998, after being named the president of CIA. Deming spent 12 years as the president of CIA.
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