A Feel-Good Moment: The 59th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards

Last night at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium, broadcasting icon Dee Perry (CAP 2016) presented the 59th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards to some of the region’s finest. Winners included poets, writers, musicians, composers, visual artists, dancers, leaders, and visionaries at what was a truly uplifting night filled with powerful speeches, delightful music, and extraordinary performances. It was what […]

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UPDATED: CAC’s Re-tooled Support for Individual Artists

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Nearly two years after the sunset of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture’s Creative Workforce Fellowship program, a new version has been birthed.  Its creation follows the instigative energy of public discord resulting from a change in the status of the program (formerly administered by Arts Cleveland / Community Partnership for the Arts and Culture), which awarded $15 and $20 thousand-dollar unrestricted […]

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2018 Cleveland Arts Prizes announced

The Cleveland Arts Prize has announced the winners of its 2018 awards. The 58th annual prizes recognize artists working in fields as diverse as architecture, literature, painting, and comics. A Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Rita Dove, a playwright, author, poet and lyricist based out of Akron. In 1993, Dove became the first Black Poet Laureate of the United […]

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Cleveland Arts Prize Inaugurates New Award

As a young woman, Barbara Robinson was already changing the landscape for women and the arts, graduating from Wellesley College with the highest honors, and from the Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration in the top two percent of her class. Her life exemplifies a progressive, unstoppable, and dedicated commitment to arts and culture. Few Americans have been more acknowledged and […]

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The Invisible Man: William Robinson

  This is adapted from a letter from Henry Adams, nominating William Robinson for the Cleveland Arts Prize. When there’s a great exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, not many people stop to think about who was responsible for creating it, or about the challenges of making it happen.  The key visionary and impresario behind a great many of […]

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With support from The Cleveland Foundation, 100 CMSD students Attend 56th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards

This year, the Cleveland Foundation served as the Presenting Sponsor of the 56th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards Event, which included foundation support for 100 Cleveland Metropolitan School District students to attend the ceremony. Throughout the last quarter century, the Cleveland Foundation has awarded nearly $200 million in grants to maintain the vibrancy and viability of our region’s artistic and […]

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Peter van Dijk, FAIA, Architect 1969 CLEVELAND ARTS PRIZE RECIPIENT FOR ARCHITECTURE will be the 2016 Cleveland Arts Prize Special Honoree

Few figures have so profoundly shaped Cleveland—and done so for the better—as Peter van Dijk. The architect designed some of the best buildings in the region, including the Blossom Music Center; has played a major role in historic restoration; and for decades has quietly played an active and positive role in civic design and planning, and arts activities of all […]

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Cleveland Arts Prize: Your Support Makes All the Difference

From generations past to the present, we recognize that all artists have made a difference in our lives and shaping our community.  For nearly 60 years, we know that the Cleveland Arts Prize has made a difference to those who have been awarded this special honor. Extended to emerging artists, mid career artists and lifetime dedication to excellence.  The Cleveland […]

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