Frederick E. Bidwell

Appointed 2020 by the Board of Directors Frederick E. Bidwell is the executive director and CEO of FRONT Exhibition Company, a nonprofit that plans and presents FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, which celebrated its debut edition in 2018. After a 35-year career as an advertising and marketing entrepreneur, he...

An Introduction to the Creative Fusion Fall Class: Kuen-lin Tsai

Each time one of our Creative Fusion residencies ends, we think we will never see as wonderful a group of artists again. Each time we are wrong. As you will see with the Fall 2015 residency, our international guests have jumped into their work with both feet, connecting with the community and beginning to explore their own creative...

Creative Fusion Artists Arrive in Cleveland

They hail from Taiwan, South Africa, Pakistan and Albania. Their crafts range from interactive installations and paintings to sculpture and martial arts-inspired dance. On March 1, the Cleveland Foundation’s newest cohort of Creative Fusion artists arrived in Cleveland for their spring residencies.So far this month, the artists...

Rosanne Potter

Executive Assistant: Pamela Jaffe 216.615.7183 In her current role as CFO, Rosanne manages the finance function for the Cleveland Foundation and their $3B endowment. She co-leads the foundation’s new headquarters construction project, manages a $20M budget and co-leads the social impact investing program. The Cleveland Foundation is...

An Introduction to the Creative Fusion 2014 Fall Class: Anele Mhlahlo

Once again the foundation has the pleasure of welcoming six remarkable artists for the Fall Creative Fusion residency. As chance would have it, we have two artists each from South Africa and Taiwan. But each is very different. In this diversely creative group, we have a puppeteer, a concert violinist, a documentary photographer, a video...

Summer of Purpose: Everyone is Welcome

By Dana J. Smith Cleveland Special Events Corporation/Gay Games 9 To me, the city of Cleveland has always represented new beginnings and personal growth. I moved to Cleveland in 2011 to attend Cleveland State University, and my experience in the city has helped me grow into the person I am today. Cleveland has offered me so many...

Welcome 2014 Summer Interns!

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 summer internship program’s objectives are to provide a meaningful...

ECDI’s Women’s Business Center Opens

This week, we were thrilled to help celebrate the official launch party of the Women’s Business Center (WBC) of Northern Ohio at the Ariel International Center.The WBC, which we helped fund last year, offers tools, resources and support to help women start and grow small businesses in our region.The NeedWhile women-owned businesses...