My first issues of Arts Journal for the year arrived, and the two top articles in the "Ideas" section dealt with the role of jargon in the field of arts and arts grantmaking. Judith Dobrzynski (yes, she’s related to our own Marsha Dobrzynski of Young Audiences) talks about "Inventional Wisdom," a term coined at the Massachusetts...
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 Meg Hopkins, who spent her summer working with the city of Broadview Heights where she organized, streamlined and helped to...
Cleveland Foundation announces $12.7 million in July grants
RELEASE DATE: 7.31.2015
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $12.7 million in grants for the month of July.
A focus of the foundation’s July funding is youth development.
“We’re pleased many of our grants this month support new...
We’re pleased to let you know that our board of directors has approved $4.1 million in grants for the month of April. These grants support a variety of programs and services across Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.Here are a few highlights:Greater Cleveland Food Bank:16% of the 247,000 local residents served annually by the Greater...
You’ll know you’re in the right place when the people surrounding you feel like your tribe.
The past three weeks have been filled with a constant flow of inspiring moments. Every professional development seminar has left me feeling energized and excited for the future of Cleveland. I’ve listened to speeches, had conversations...
Alex Hernandez Dueñas is one of five Cuban artists who have been in residence in Cleveland since late last year. Brought here by the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) under the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program, Alex and the other artists have been making art and lecturing about Cuba – its art and history – in...
Our next group of international artists arrived last weekend and are here for a three-month stay. Creative Fusion, the Cleveland Foundation’s global artist-residency program, has welcomed seven artists who will be hosted by six local arts organizations. They will learn about our city, work with their host to share their culture through...
Cleveland Foundation Approves Grant to Support Cuyahoga County’s Innovation Efforts
RELEASE DATE: 4.30.2015
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved a $200,000 grant to Cuyahoga County to support the creation of a Chief Innovation Officer position, a senior role in the leadership of Cuyahoga...
By Jamie Orr
Cleveland Public Theatre
I do not consider myself particularly creative or artistic. I have never been in a play, and the last play I went to was in the Little Theatre of Ursuline College, where I supported a friend from the back row. So how did I end up interning at Cleveland Public Theatre? I hadn’t even considered...
Last week, a privileged number of us were given the gift of a private concert by Pham Thi Hue, a (perhaps the) world master of ancient ca tru music of Vietnam. Hue is here as one of the Cleveland Foundation’s Spring 2013 group of Creative Fusion artists. She is hosted by Young Audiences. The concert was in a private home with about 25...