The 2011 Cleveland Foundation Summer class is a unique bunch. We have students from local colleges such as Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Institute of Art and Baldwin Wallace College. But we also have students from Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, Miami University, and the University of...
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Albert Einstein Imagination: visualizing new possibilities for human thought and action and the use of materials. Creativity: originality, flexibility and elaboration in making what was imagined. The statement and definitions above were among several points of discussion at a...
Originally posted to this blog: 1/25/08 I just had my socks knocked off by a report to the National Education Association by Lake Research Partners. The report centered on a nationwide survey of likely voters on the importance of imagination and the arts in public education. The results show there is a distinct “imagination”...
I first encountered the concept of "flow" more than 40 years ago at a summer ceramics workshop in California. One of the instructors tried to explain what happened in that moment of creativity at the potter’s wheel when we felt excited and calm at the same time, and when everything was going so exactly as it should that it seemed we...
In a recent article in The Nonprofit Quarterly headlined "Four Futures," Paul Light, professor of public service at New York University, projects four future scenarios for the nonprofit sector in responding to the economic crisis: A "Rescue Fantasy," in which a magical, massive source of funding appears A "Withering Winterland," in...
No matter how much we would like the value of the arts to be readily acknowledged and supported by the public, the reality is that art is not universally embraced as an intrinsic human value. Art needs champions. We need these champions at every level of our civic, social, political, economic and cultural society. The surprise...
Cleveland Foundation announces inaugural Public Service FellowsMillennials from across the country to be partnered with six Greater Cleveland agencies for year-long fellowships designed to inspire the next generation of public sector leaders Release Date: 5.5.16CLEVELAND – In an effort to create a pipeline of new talent for...
Chautauqua Institution welcomes Cleveland Foundation, The City Club of Cleveland as collaborators in ‘Future of Cities’ week, Aug. 1–5RELEASE DATE: 4.22.16CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Chautauqua Institution today announced its lineup of programs and events for Aug. 1–5, 2016, a week of lectures and discussions on “The Future of...
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...
The Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship offers emerging young leaders the skills and networks needed to create the community they envision and jumpstart a career in public service. In our #FellowFriday weekly blog series, hear from members of the 2016-17 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their...