Sculpture Center Reception: Rebecca Cross - 2013.06.07

via Sculpture Center:

You are invited to Rebecca Cross's reception and performance on Friday, June 7 from 7 to 10 pm. Rebecca Cross: Like a River Main Gallery  Wednesday, May 29 through Saturday June 8 Friday, June 7 (rain date Sunday, June 9)      7 - 10 PM Reception      9:00 PM Performance in the Sculpture Courtyard A poignant work of sensory remembrance in exhibition and performance, Like a River incorporates fantastical silks dyed by the shibori method - a traditional Japanese method of creating shape and color in cloth that holds the memory of its creation in its final form - black slate slabs, graphite wall drawings, poetry and music. Like a River includes the first of the 2013 W2S Summer Performances. Double-Edge Dance's Kora Radella and Jacquelyn Pitts, both enclosed in lighted fabrics, will provide a brief and possibly hypnotic performance to a prerecorded concert of original electronic music, Like a River/Soundprint II, composed by experimental, art-music composer Randolph Coleman, Cross's husband.        Rebecca Cross, Crevasse (detail), 2006, nylon tulle and silk organza, performance. Image courtesy of the artist.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ Mark Schwartz: UNIVERSE a 2013 W2S exhibition Euclid Avenue Gallery UNIVERSE has been extended through June 8 Mark Schatz maps the arbitrary world of a speculative future in a sprawling, double-sided landscape model that fills the entire Euclid Avenue Gallery. This faceted, multilayered structure could conceivably fold in either direction to form a continuous globe or, more precisely, a cuboctohedron, derived from by the global "Dymaxion" projection maps developed by designer and visionary R. Buckminister Fuller. Reviewed by Jimmy Kuenhle on Arthopper.org , "Emergent Hierarchy." Mark Schatz, UNIVERSE(detail), 2013, found cardboard, found objects, wood, paint, electrical metallic tubing, hardware. Image courtesy of the artist.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ THE SCULPTURE CENTER   Gallery hours   Wed - Fri 10 AM - 4 PM Sat- Noon - 4 PM   Other weekdays and times by prior appointment. Call any time you are in the area on a weekday for tours of the exhibitions or the David E. Davis Studio. Office hours Monday - Friday 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Always free and open to the public 216.229.6527 Visit The Sculpture Center's website for more information.

Great Lakes Interagency Task Force Public Meeting- 2013.06.05

Great Lakes Interagency Task Force Public Meeting (community input requested)

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Cleveland Public Library

Louis Stokes Annex

325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
6-8pm

New Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan covering fiscal years 2010-2014 has been released and the IATF is looking to refine the Action Plan for 2015-2019. The Interagency Task Force is looking for public input as well as to share the new Action Plan with stakeholders. The June 5th meeting is the last meeting on the schedule.

via Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Public Engagement link:

In February 2010, the Interagency Task Force released a GLRI Action Plan covering fiscal years 2010-2014. The Action Plan identified the goals, objectives, measurable ecological targets, and specific actions to help rehabilitate the Great Lakes. The federal agencies use the Action Plan to target investments to reduce toxic contamination, recover fish and wildlife habitat, increase nearshore health through the reduction of nutrient and other land-based pollution, prevent invasive species, and promote accountability, education and collaboration.

The IATF is seeking comments on how the FY10-14 Action Plan may be refined for FY15-19 to increase the effectiveness of these investments.

• Submit a comment>>

The following documents will be used to consider refinements to the Action Plan:

• Agenda (PDF) (2 pp, 37K) revised May 16, 2013
• Charge questions (PDF) (2 pp, 23K) May 8, 2013
• FY2010-14 GLRI Action Plan (PDF) (41 pp, 1.3MB) Feb. 21, 2010

Lorain Avenue Public Meeting Tonight! -2013.05.28

Via: Bike Cleveland

Lorain Avenue Public Meeting

What will make Lorain Avenue a safe pleasant place for all road users, boost local business and get more people on bikes? PROTECTED BIKE LANES, the studies prove it!

Tonight, come tell city leaders and planners that you want the new Lorain Avenue Streetscape plan to include dedicated facilities for people on bikes. Here are the meeting details:

When: Tuesday, May 28th at 6:30pm (That is TONIGHT)
Where: St. Ignatius High School - Rade Dining Hall (1911 West 30th St.)

The future of bikes on Lorain Avenue depends on tonight, come make your voice heard.

Marika Shioiri-Clark Lecture @ CUDC: 2013.05.31

Marika Shiroiri Clark Lecture

Dignifying Design

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

1309 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

via AIA Announcements:

Marika is principal of SOSHL Studio, a firm dedicated to creating social impact through architecture and design, based in Cleveland, Ohio. From 2007 to 2010, Marika was Co-Founder and Managing Director of MASS Design Group, an architectural nonprofit designing well-built environments that aid in the reduction of global poverty. Marika was a lead designer on the Butaro Hospital project in northern Rwanda in collaboration with Partners in Health, the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative, and the Rwandan Ministry of Health, and lived on-site in 2008 developing the designs and overseeing construction.

Marika has received several awards for her work in reframing architects as global change agents.  She was an invited Ideas Scholar at the Aspen Institute in 2009, and received a US National Commission for UNESCO Traveling Fellowship in 2008. Marika received her BA in Urban Studies from Brown University, and her Masters of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where her graduate thesis under advisors Jacques Herzog and Pierre DeMeuron focused on gendered public spaces in Cairo, Egypt. In 2011 she served in the first class of global residents at IDEO.org.

and via CUDC calendar of events:

Marika Shioiri-Clark, principal of SOSHL Studio, will speak at the CUDC on “Dignifying Design” as part of AIA Cleveland’s 2013 Emerging Practitioner Lecture Series. Based in Cleveland, SOSHL Studio is dedicated to creating social impact through architecture and design. In response to Denise Scott Brown’s comments on her exclusion from the Pritzker Prize, Marika recently co-authored a CNN.com article on the continuing discrimination of women in architecture.

RSVP on the Facebook event page here: FaceSpace event

The Emerging Practitioner Lecture Series is organized by AIA Cleveland’s Associates Committee in partnership with Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Events are free and open to the public.

Questions can be directed to: angela.jayjack@gmail.com

NOACA proposed improvements for public review

3 regional projects, two in Cuyahoga County and one in Lorain County, have been made available for public review.

NOACA April 2013 Project Planning Reviews

One of the projects specifically, the construction of a pedestrian bridge from Dock 32 to Voinovich Park in Cleveland, was on that I find special interest in.  Proposed in 2006 the request for a movable type pedestrian bridge structure which enclosed the constructed "North Coast Harbor" adjacent to the Rock Hall (where the Goodtime docks) would create a pedestrian shortcut between the Science Center and First Energy Football Stadium to Voinovich Park, one of the few public park places of lakefront in Cleveland proper.

The bridge itself was to designed by Miguel Rosales of Rosales + Partners, an architecture and engineering firm that are no slouches in pedestrian bridge design. Rosales presented 6 proposals (Steve Litt in the way back machine) of which a twin drawbridge was selected (although I personally appreciated the Thomas Heatherwick "rolling bridge" like proposal - its a youtube link).

If you were paying attention you were probably wondering, "Hey, where the heck did that project go off to?" which is very similar to the questions I raised last time I was strolling around the Mather and Rock Hall looking at the frozen lake.  Surprisingly (not surprisingly really) some unforseen considerations (Coast Guard requiring a manned control booth to operate the bridge) leading to extended design schedule has pushed the project 6 years which has created a $2.4 million shortfall (inflation and added project scope eg "more stuff than originally planned for". NOACA is being asked for $1.5 million while the project sponsor will provide the remaining.

This is one of those projects that I think is personally necessary to improving the Lakefront, something any Clevelander bemoans as necessary, and is more pleasing then an interchange in the suburbs. HOWEVER the fact that the project was so poorly executed as to miss the targeted budget by 40% makes me a tad frustrated. I suppose it is entirely possible that the shortfall was evident long before and this proposal for bridge funds is just a formality, but when projects drag on and costs increase so tremendously one begins to wonder who isn't doing their job, and there are lots of possibilities.

The easy 4:

The design/designer might not be realistic in response to the budget.

The client may be adding project scope (growing the project).

The cost estimator might be completely missing the mark.

More importantly, all three might be hesitating to have "the discussion" that not everything is unicorns and roses and there are some problems with the greatest of plans. I like to call this "the disconnect" and it shouldn't happen as much as it does. The only surprise everyone likes is when it involves cupcakes, surprise price overages, and to a lesser extent underages, do not serve the client or the project goals efficiently.

I'm going to support the dang project though. Anything to get PEOPLE moving around the city and visiting new corners is for the greater good of livability downtown which is the cornerstone of the region. I'm just not going to be extremely happy about it.

Make your own voice heard.

PechaKucha Night Cleveland, Vol. 18 - 2013.05.24

via: email from Michael Christoff (as I don't pay any attention to FaceSpace - 'cause I'm paranoid!).

PechaKucha Night Cleveland – Volume 18

Friday – May 24^th, 2013 – 7pm Doors Open 8.20pm Presentations Begin

House of Blues, Main Music Hall

On May 24th the 18th installation of PechaKucha is taking place in the main music hall at the House of Blues in Downtown, Cleveland. PechaKucha, Japanese for “the sound of conversation”, is a free event where 10-12 creative people to present their work, ideas and obsessions to an audience of anywhere between 500-750 people. Each presenter shows 20 images of their work and each image is pre-timed to 20 seconds a piece. Presenters this time around will be representing art, an international social movement, photography, community development, woodworking, comedy, civic participation, music performance, music recording, the story of how contraception came to Cleveland and the amazingness that is CMA’s Summer Solstice! Should be one heck of an evening….

WHERE

House of Blues Cleveland

308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114

WHEN

May 24^th, 2013

7.00pm   – “Doors” open

8.20pm   – Presentations Begin

9.10pm   – Beverage Break

9.30pm   – Presentations Resume

10.20pm – Presentations End

10.30pm – Foundation Room After Party (Limited Capacity)

As always, PechaKucha Night Cleveland is FREE. This event is completely open to the public and anyone can attend!

CONNECT

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pkncleveland

Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/137843496395451/

Twitter: @PechaKuchaClev

Event Tag: #PKNCLE18

Presenters (in no particular order):

Graham Veysey & Marika Shiori-Clark, Hingetown

Tom Welsh – Summer Solstice

Shannon Okey, Publisher / Designer – Cooperative Press

Alex Sheen – Because I Said I Would

Michael Pultz & Jae Kristoff, The Lottery League

Peter Debelak, Soulcraft Woodshop

Bryce Slyvester, Civic Participation Starts with a Conversation

Joe Whelan, Cleveland Comedy 

David Kennedy, Tri-C Recording Arts Studio

James Edmonson, How Contraception Came to Cleveland: the Skuy Collection at the Dittrick Museum

Clarissa Westmeyer, Photographer

Fleet Avenue Streetscape Public Meeting AKA Cleveland's First Complete and Green Street to be constructed

Fleet Avenue Streetscape Public Meting

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

St. John Nepomucene Church

3875 Independence Blvd.

Cleveland, Ohio

In a nutshell plans are being proposed for streetscape improvements  green infrastructure and bicycle lanes to be installed between East 49th and East 65th Streets. Councilman (and local great guy) Tony Brancatelli believes that the project is critical to realizing reinvestment in Slavic Village.

Project funds become available July.

Engineering should take about a year and begin in the fall so construction is expected to break ground in late 2013 or early 2014.

Bike Cleveland wants cyclists to show support for connecting bike lanes to Broadway Avenue (not a bad idea in the least).

links:
Public Meeting Flier
Bike Cleveland notice
Slavic Village website notice

Shel Perkins Lecture "Talent is not enough" - CIA 2013.05.29

Shel Perkins Lecture
Talent is not enough
Wednesay, May 29, 2013
Cleveland Institute of Art
Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts - Screening Room
11610 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
6.30-8pm

via: AIGA Cleveland of which I now wish I were a member.

It takes more than talent to launch and sustain a successful design firm — you need solid business skills as well. In this special presentation, design management guru Shel Perkins will share insider information on crucial legal and financial issues, including how to avoid common mistakes related to hiring, intellectual property, client contracts, cash flow, and more.

REGISTER NOW

It takes more than talent to launch and sustain a successful design firm — you need solid business skills as well. In this special presentation, design management guru Shel Perkins will share insider information on crucial legal and financial issues, including how to avoid common mistakes related to hiring, intellectual property, client contracts, cash flow, and more.

Speaker
Shel Perkins is a graphic designer, management consultant and educator with more than twenty years of experience in managing the operations of leading design firms in the U.S. and the U.K. He has served on the national boards of AIGA and the Association of Professional Design Firms. He is chairman of the AIGA Center for Practice Management. His best-selling book,Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers, is available from New Riders.

6:30 to 7:30 - Presentation
7:30 to 8 p.m. - Q&A
8 to 8:15 - Book signing

Special thanks to event sponsor Cleveland Institute of Art. 

COST TO ATTEND 
This is a members only event with a limited seating availability, so don’t wait to register!
Contributing members: $15
Supporting and Sustaining members: $10
Design Leaders and Trustees: Free
Student members: $10

Event Contactevents@cleveland.aiga.org

April 2013 Reading List Recap

I am running out of material that fits my criteria to read on the commute to and from the office; mostly size derived so as to fit quickly into my bag and also not be too cumbersome to read while standing up. I suppose my future reading selections will have to be made in this manner. I am attempting to read larger materials at home but with the constant desire to enjoy the nicer weather coupled with working on interesting things in my off hours, time to sit on the porch and read is scarce. Here's to next month.

CLOG:Brutalism - This quarter's edition of CLOG focused on the style and theory of Brutalism. Having fought to protect Marcel Bruer's Ameritrust Tower from Cuyahoga's Couty's wrecking ball it has a special place in my heart. CLOG contained the usual mastery of well conceived and written pieces and was guest edited by Michael Abrahamson, currently a Doctoral Candidate at University of Michigan, who has a personal vested interest in Brutalism which he shares on his blog Fuck Yeah Brutalism. CLOG continues to appease me and I find myself constantly looking forward to the next issue. 9/10

LOG:24

LOG:25 - The highlight of this issue (for me) was the interview between Negri and Roche.

This is Hybrid - a+t: This primer was a go to source for teaching second year as the first project, first semester typically included an aggregated residential program mixed with some sort of commercial program in order to begin having the students explore private/public relationships and the idea of approach/entry. This is Hybrid offers very quick descriptions of multiple large scale mixed use projects and proposals coupled with a+t's prolific and excellent diagramming. The projects require analyzing the accompanying photos, drawings and diagrams to supplement the provided text and ideas. 8/10

The Architecture of Happiness: Alian de Botton - A quick and easy read on the importance of understanding how personal (world)views can influence design to the potential detriment of the client. Corbu receives a slight flogging for Villa Savoy as Botton attempts to espouse the importance of balancing two of the main tenants of Architecture, aesthetics and functionality (Vitruvius anyone?). There is some interesting roleplaying here, seeing the project as evolved from the designer's eye and then from the response of the client, something that should in no way be alien to good designers, but something that is often overlooked by the mediocrity that surrounds us. At first read it seems light and playful, but there is some hidden snark that should cause those of us familiar with the vocation to take a pause and ponder on what is truly being discussed.  8/10

Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synethestes Color Their World: Patrica Lynne Duffy - While aware of synthesia I admit I hadn't given it much thought until recently. Blue Cats explores the world of citizens who react to certain stimuli with multiple senses (eg see music as colors, taste sounds, etc.) from the view of a an author who is synethestes (I know I am going to missue the application of the word 'synethesia' as an adjective or pronoun, and I apologize for that). Regardless Blue Cats provides a very interesting look at information coding and sensory perception from an unfamiliar vantage point. Using personal anecdotes, memories and color plates for visual explanation one can start to attempt to imagine how the world of synethesia could appear. I admit I find the theories regarding language making, pattern recognition and recall mnemonics extremely interesting so Duffy's contribution was very relevant and actually quite enjoyable. Provided at the end of the book are links (potentially slightly outdated) for future research. 8/10

Todd Hiro Opening "Excerpts from Silver Meadows" - Transformer Station - 2013.05.23

via: Transformer Station

Cocktails and dinner with Todd Hido to celebrate the opening of Excerpts from Silver Meadows at the Transformer Station

Untitled #10573-b Todd Hido Reserve your place at an exclusive preview of the first museum show of the latest work of internationally renowned photographer Todd Hido and the launch of his lavish new monograph.  Excerpts from Silver Meadows is cinematic in scope; a darkly dramatic glimpse into a world that reflects both the alienation and dislocation in contemporary society and the inspiration of noir film and literature. Todd Hido will be signing his new catalog published by Nazraeli Press on the occasion of this show with major support by the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation. This event will benefit the Transformer Station's mission to remain free to the public and inspire creativity and innovation through the arts. Tickets to the event will be $175 and $250 per person and guests will become charter members of the Transformer Station's membership program. Tickets at the $175 level will include cocktails and dinner and basic membership at the "Sparks" level to support the Transformer Station. Tickets at the $250 level will include cocktails and dinner and membership at the "Generators" level to support the Transformer Station.   Reserve your place now at this exclusive opening event by sending an email to info@TransformerStation.org or call 216-938-5429.

Cleveland Complete and Green Streets public feedback wanted

Sustainable Cleveland 2019 has been working with the City of Cleveland in completing a "Complete and Green Streets Typology and Design Manual" since Cleveland passed the Complete and Green Streets Ordinance in September of 2011.

They have posted the presentation from April 10th, 2013 online and are hoping for public feedback and suggestions.

Via: Sustainable Cleveland 2019

The City of Cleveland passed a Complete and Green Streets ordinance in September 2011. In effect as of January 2012, the ordinance requires implementation of sustainable policies and guidelines in all construction projects within the public right of way. This ordinance will create a walking, biking and public transportation-friendly city while reducing environmental impact by incorporating green infrastructure.

Some characteristics of Complete and Green Streets include enhanced transit waiting environments, bicycle lanes and signs, pedestrian refuges, public art, waste containers, crosswalk enhancements, ADA accessibility, way-finding signage, permeable pavement, green space or trees and multi-use paths.

click to view detailed maps.

We have began the process of creating a Complete and Green Streets Typology and Design Manual to assist in implementing the Complete and Green Streets Ordinance. We currently have an inter-organizational task force overseeing this process. The Task Force has classified streets into 10 different types, each with its own priorities for pedestrians, vehicles, transit, cyclists and green infrastructure.

We are seeking the public’s feedback on our Complete and Green Streets Typology.

Link to Presentation
Place to make constructive commentaries

Cleveland Orchestra Announces Gordon Square Residency

Cleveland Orchestra Discover Gordon Square Residency

The Cleveland Orchestra plans to make it's home in the Gordon Square Arts District of Cleveland from May 11th until May 17th as part of its first neighborhood residency.  The program will offer events (16!) through the week, free and open to the public.  

See below (via: Cleveland Classical)

Saturday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m. – Gypsy Beans & Baking Co., 6425 Detroit Ave. Frank Rosenwein & Jeffrey Rathbun, oboes.

Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m. – La Sagrada Familia, 7719 Detroit Ave. Cleveland Orchestra PNC Musical Rainbow on the Road. “Spectacular Strings”, a 30-minute narrated and interactive musical performance withAlexandra Preucil, violin, and Alan Harrell, cello, narrated by Maryann Nagel.

Saturday, May 11, at noon – Stockyard Meats, 6105 Detroit Ave. Paul Kushious, cello.

Saturday, May 11, at 6 p.m. - Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave. Cleveland. Cleveland Public Theatre actors and Cleveland Orchestra musicians Sonja Braaten Molloy, violinist, Lembi Veskimets, violist, and Martha Baldwin, cellist. Works influenced by William Blake, preceding a performance of a play by Mickle Maher based on Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

Sunday, May 12, at 6 p.m. – Battery Park Wine Bar, 7524 Father Frascati Ave. Cleveland. Chul-In Park, violin, Richard Weiss, cello, Kevin Switalski, bass & Joela Jones, accordion. Tango music by Astor Piazzolla.

Monday, May 13, at 9 a.m. - Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th St. The Cleveland Orchestra “On-screen.”Screening of part of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 as performed at St. Florian’s Abbey by Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra, followed by question-and-answer session with Cleveland Orchestra musicians Sonja Braaten Molloy, violin, and Charles Bernard, cello. Free coffee & pastries.

Monday, May 13, at 5 p.m. - Michael J. Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Ave. Soccer Game with neighborhood kids and 17 Cleveland Orchestra musicians and staff.

Tuesday, May 14, at noon – Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave.Around Noon with The Cleveland Orchestra, hosted by Dee Perry with panelists Joan Katz Napoli, the orchestra’s director of education and community programs, Happy Dog owner Sean Watterson & Ward 15 councilman Matt Zone. In partnership with the City Club of Cleveland. Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Free. Broadcast live on WCPN, 90.3 FM.

Tuesday, May 14, at 6:15 p.m. - Sweet Moses, 6800 Detroit Ave.Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble, Daniel Singer, conducting.

Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. – Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. Concert Preview for the May 16 Cleveland Orchestra concert at St. Colman’s with assistant conductor James Feddeck and principal flutist Joshua Smith.

Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. – St. Augustine Health Campus, 7801 Detroit Ave. Solo & duo performances by members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Karissa Huang, piano and flute, Michael Bednarsky, saxophone, Sameer Apte, cello, Alexandria Ballinger, clarinet, Laura Hundert, clarinet, Sarah Zydiak, horn, Michael Bertram, piano, Stuart Englehart, bassoon, and Helen Peyrebrune, cello.

Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. – Spice Kitchen + Bar, 5800 Detroit Ave.Cleveland Orchestra bass quartet: Mark Atherton, Charles Carleton, Henry Peyrebrune, and Derek Zadinsky.

Wednesday, May 15, at 8 p.m. - Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. Classical Revolution/Ensemble HD. Record Release Party. (Ensemble HD was formed after members of The Cleveland Orchestra played a sold-out evening at Happy Dog in June of 2010. Classical Revolution plays there the third Tuesday of each month).

[SOLD OUT] Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. - St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th St. Cleveland Orchestra Concert, James Feddeck, conductor, Joshua Smith, flute. Mendelssohn’s Overture: The Hebrides, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, Chaminade’s Concertino in D major for Flute and Orchestra, Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte & Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol.

Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m. - 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St.Cleveland Orchestra chamber ensembles. Daniel McKelway, clarinet, Barrick Stees, bassoon, and Jeffrey Rathbun, oboe; Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano, Tanya Ell, cello, and Robert Woolfrey, clarinet; Brian Thornton, cello, and Marisela Sager, flute.

Friday, May 17, at 9 p.m. – Survival Kit at 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St. – Suite 303. Cleveland Orchestra musicians Scott Dixon, bass, Jack Sutte, trumpet, Joshua Smih, flute & Jacob Nissly, percussion. Solos and duos.

$20,000 Fellowships for Individual Artists Available - Creative Workforce Fellowship Program

The new CPAC Fellowships calls have been announced. Yes, this is one of the grants I was fortunate enough to receive this year which is helping me realize many of the projects that I currently have underway (and are in various stages of getting done).

If you are an artists who lives in Cuyahoga County involved in Professional Dance, Literature, Music and/or Theatre I suggest you check out the following.

Via: Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

$20,000 Fellowships for Individual Artists Available

Workshops for CPAC’s Creative Workforce Fellowship program

CLEVELAND — Professional dance, literature, music and theatre artists who make their home in Cuyahoga County have an opportunity to dream bigger with the 2014 cycle of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC)’s Creative Workforce Fellowship program. Individuals who meet eligibility requirements can compete for one of up to 22 awards.  20 Fellowships include the following:

• $20,000 financial award
• one-year membership in the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)
• tuition waiver for CPAC and COSE’s Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI)
• inclusion in a video catalogue of Fellows’ work            

CPAC will also award two Seth Rosenberg Prizes of $2,500. The Creative Workforce Fellowship is made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Artists interested in applying can attend a free workshop. CPAC will present seven workshops that walk through the online application.  These meetings will be held on the following dates:

• Friday, May 24 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Spanish American Committee
• Friday, May 31; 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Rainey Institute
• Wednesday, June 12; 6 p.m.  – 7:30 p.m.; Happy Dog (Underdog)
• Saturday, June 15; 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
• Tuesday, July 9; 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Heights Arts
• Friday, July 12; 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Cuyahoga County Public Library Warrensville Hts. Branch
• Tuesday, July 16; 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.; Karamu House

The deadline for the online application is Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Guidelines and application information can be found atCultureForward.org/Our-Programs/Fellowship/Guidelines2. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) will also be available in both English and Spanish.

About CPAC

The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to strengthening, unifying and connecting greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector. CPAC provides counsel and research to foster a more informed dialogue between representatives of the arts and culture sector and public leaders concerning arts and culture’s role in the region’s development. It also supports the advancement of artists, arts and culture professionals and other civic leaders through an array of programs and services, such as the Creative Workforce Fellowship, as well as tools like cultureforward.org andmycreativecompass.org.

About Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s mission is to inspire and strengthen the community by investing in arts and culture, and since 2007, CAC has invested more than $95 million dollars in more than 200 local arts and cultural organizations.  In 2011, for every dollar CAC invested in arts and culture organizations, nearly $20 was put back into the local economy; and CAC-funded organizations supported nearly 9,000 jobs in Cuyahoga County's creative sector. Learn more about Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and its grant programs at www.cacgrants.org.

Cleveland Division of Water - Water Treatment Plant Tours open for National Drinking Water Week - 2013.05.11

For years I have been wanting to see the inside of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant, a stoic and beautifully detailed building that is rumored to house an amazing underground reservoir of vaulted ceilings and grand colonnades (which I believe is no longer open for public viewing but can be seen online).

This upcoming weekend Cleveland Division of Water will be having public tours of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant and the Crown Water Treatment Plant to help celebrate National Drinking Water Week.

via: Cleveland Division of Water

Join the Cleveland Division of Water in

Celebrating National Drinking Water Week

Celebrate National Drinking Water Week with Free Guided Water Plant Tours

The City of Cleveland Division of Water will observe National Drinking Water Week, on Saturday, May 11^th by hosting open houses at two of its water works facilities, including free public tours and other family friendly activities.

The Open Houses will be held Saturday, May 11th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the following locations:

• Baldwin Water Treatment Plant, 11216 Stokes Blvd, in Cleveland
• Crown Water Treatment Plant, 955 Clague Road, in Westlake, Ohio.

Cleveland water system users are invited to tour either of these facilities to see first hand how drinking water is processed and have their questions about water quality answered.  Guided tours will take place continuously, throughout the day. A variety of giveaways for both children and adults will be available.  In order to ensure safety the following security measures apply:

• Adult Photo ID Required
• No Cameras or Video Equipment
• Signature Waiver

Drinking Water Week is an annual event sponsored by the National Drinking Water Alliance, composed of non-profit groups and government agencies. Water suppliers throughout the United States and other countries participate in the observance, and sponsor activities to encourage consumers to get educated about water-related issues in their local communities.

For more information visit call (216) 664-2444 ext. 5676 or ext 5802.

To register online, click here.