By Kathleen MarincicWest Side Market Storytelling is something I have always been passionate about. I love recounting events in as much detail as I can, hoping to prompt a few laughs and share nice memories with those I encounter. Stories help define us, give...
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By Rachael RovniakBioEnterprise Corporation “Go into pharmacy,” they said. “You’ll make a lot of money,” they said. I don’t know why I listened to “them” -- but I did. I started pharmacy classes, and it didn’t take long for me to realize...
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By Nicholas Wilders Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum When I was in elementary school, I was one of those kids the teacher worried about. I had excellent grades (particularly in finger painting) and I wasn’t a bad influence on my peers. However, my...
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This week we welcomed the 15th class of the Cleveland Foundation’s Summer Intern Program – a group we are calling our “centennial cohort.” This group of 16 professionals represents some of the top talent and emerging leadership of our region. The...
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by Walter Wright [email username="wWright" link-text="Email"] Project Director of the Greater University Circle Community Wealth Building Initiative Some years ago, I was meeting with a national expert on community building and a group of community...
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Bui Cong Khanh (Khanh) is probably the happiest and most playful artist you could ever hope to meet. He is also an old soul, wise beyond his years, whose creative work concerns itself with what we lose when the traditions of the past are cast away. Khanh...
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Carolina Illanes uses the most ephemeral medium of paper to capture the stone and steel of a city’s infrastructure. You may be thinking that she is a draughtsman or watercolorist. But no. She doesn’t draw or paint. Her work investigates cities...
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For fifteen years, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program has stayed true to its goal of connecting undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful, career-related experiences in nonprofit and public sector agencies. The program adds value to...
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Cheikhou Ba, from Senegal, was the quietest of our Fall 2013 Creative Fusion artists – but only in his speech. His work spoke very loudly indeed, and his presence made a profound impression on all those he touched – especially the young people with whom...
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Przemyslaw Jasielski, or Przemo, pronounced something like pshemo came to Creative Fusion from Poland, bearing the most remarkable dreadlocks, an engineer’s sensibility and an artist’s sensitivity. A graduate of the Poznen Academy of Fine Arts, Przemo...
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