Cleveland Foundation accepting nominations for 2016 Encore Cleveland PrizeAward celebrates innovative next chapters for Greater Clevelanders 50+RELEASE DATE: 5.23.2016Cleveland - The Cleveland Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2016 Encore Cleveland Prize, which will honor an individual age 50 and older for innovative work...
18,720. That's how many pool noodles (yes, pool noodles) it will take to create a one-night, temporary installation for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Summer Solstice Celebration on June 20th. Yesterday I stopped by the Museum’s new East Wing to see the project take shape. Mark Reigelman explains the ideas behind his art More than...
It is just a week since our Creative Fusion artists arrived, and they’ve already begun to connect, frenetically, with the community. After orientation at the Cleveland Foundation, a Lolly the Trolley tour of Greater Cleveland, a docent tour of the Art Museum, and an informal dinner at the Rainey Institute (all this between Tuesday...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Eric Grimm, who spent his summer at Holden Forests & Gardens, where he worked in close collaboration with...
In December 2007, the Cleveland Foundation hosted a meeting of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a non-political think thank and consortium of organizations supporting the arts in learning. At that meeting, AEP rolled out a major frame-changing concept: to create the ImagiNation – a nationwide, grassroots movement to create public...
September Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Weekends on the Water Sept. 13 and 28
Foundation to showcase its role in projects improving access to the river and lakefront with 6,000 free tickets on the Goodtime III
RELEASE DATE: 9.2.2014
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced its September centennial gift to the...
Common Ground is just days away! On our blog each day this week, we are previewing Common Ground conversations happening Sunday, July 30 across Cuyahoga County. Register to attend one (or more!) of these free community events here. Better Together SolarDiscuss issues around energy justice, pollution, carbon emissions and...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Shneur Kushner, who is working with Union Miles Development Corporation (UMDC), where he is assisting with various...
Two weeks ago I logged in to a live webcast of a Cultural Workforce Forum held by the National Endowment for the Arts. (View the webcast here.) Its purpose was, broadly stated, to explore the condition and role of the artist in America’s real economy. Last week I attended two days of deliberations by seven external arts experts who...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Maria Ferrato, who spent her summer at Cleveland Kids' Book Bank, where she is working with various community...