Gray’s Auctioneers will offer up a host of modern and contemporary art for its upcoming auction, including a unique little sculpture loaded with big local history. In November 1979, Clevelanders watched on as a dynamic public art installation rose before the new Frank J. Lausche State Office Building on the corner of West 6th Street and Superior. While a […]
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Varias organizaciones artísticas que han participado en el programa Fusión Creativa (Creative Fusion) de la Fundación Cleveland, se encuentran entre los inquilinos del edificio ahora conocido como El Centro Pivote para las Artes (The Pivot Center for Arts, Dance and Expression), en West 25th Street, entre las avenidas Seymour y Castle. La doble inversión de dinero y energía creativa que […]
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It is only a coincidence that several arts organizations that have participated in the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program are among the tenants of the building now known as The Pivot Center for Arts, Dance and Expression—on West 25th Street, between Seymour and Castle Avenues. However, the dual investments of money and creative energy that the artist residency program represented […]
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La artista Kubra Al Hilali se convirtió en ciudadana estadounidense en 2017. Está feliz de vivir en Parma con su familia y ve la oportunidad de participar en una residencia artística como la forma de retribuir a la comunidad que la recibió. La residencia, patrocinada por la organización de servicios sociales Building Hope in the City, como parte del programa […]
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Artist Kubra Alhilali became a US citizen in 2017. She is happy to be living in Parma with her family, and sees an artist residency as a way to give back to the community that welcomed her. The residency is hosted by the social service organization Building Hope in the City, as part of the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program. […]
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Cheikhou Ba came to Cleveland from Dakar, Senegal, as part of the Creative Fusion cohort in Fall 2013. Hosted by Zygote Press, he worked with students in the Sisterhood after-school arts program at the West Side Community House, with Cleveland-based artist April Bleakney. To create an exhibit opportunity, Zygote connected with Waterloo Arts, which presented Cheikhou’s work in their Waterloo […]
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Clothing and fashion are expressions of culture. That’s visible in the traditional clothing of any place, but also in couture. The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center embraces that idea, and with support from the Cleveland Foundation through its Creative Fusion program, has commissioned a collection of fashion looks celebrating 21 countries and islands of Latin America. Due to the COVID-19 […]
Read moreThe global COVID-19 pandemic slowed the progress of the 2020 Creative Fusion cohort, but didn’t stop it. Sometimes that was because international travel was restricted, and sometimes because we could not host large gatherings, but mostly it was common sense as artists and organizations did their part to slow the contagion. Several of those projects continue or will come to […]
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PAINTED IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, located near the corner of West 25 St. and Castle, this mural is a celebration of the life and story of Gina DeJesus. Gina and her cousin, Sylvia Colon, have founded the Cleveland Family Center for Missing Children and Adults, located across the street in the former Astrup Awnings Building. Gisela McDaniel is a diasporic, […]
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Durante las próximas semanas, tres artistas residentes estarán trabajando con estudiantes y artistas profesionales locales a través de la Sociedad de Guitarra Clásica de Cleveland (CCGS, por sus siglas en inglés) y el Comite Mexicano de Cleveland. Estos artistas son Anastasia Sonaranda, de México; Hermelindo Ruiz, de Puerto Rico; y Thomas Flippin, de Estados Unidos continental. Los tres son guitarristas […]
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