To be polite and understated, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture has a lot going on right now. The organization that administers public funding for the arts is facing criticism from artists over the way it has handled individual artist grants in recent years, and a discrepancy between amounts budgeted for individual artist grants and the amounts actually spent. In discussion of […]
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Individual Artists’ eyes—perhaps a lot of them—will be on Cuyahoga Arts and Culture during the public, grant making organization’s December 2022 Board of Directors meeting. The meeting is scheduled at 3:30 pm Wednesday, December 14 at Trinity Commons in Cleveland. (See below for a post-meeting update on the proceedings.) The agenda for the meeting includes approval of grants to four […]
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This is a digest of information, news, and questions relevant to changes in Individual Artist Grant Funding in Cuyahoga County. The Board of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC) meets at 3:30 pm Monday, December 12 in the Miller Classroom of the Idea Center to discuss what will be elements of a new program. Things to know: 1) In November, Cuyahoga […]
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In a surprising arts funding turn, the Washington DC-based National Arts Strategies, which Cuyahoga Arts and Culture had proposed to run its individual artist program, has withdrawn its proposal for that program. Cuyahoga Arts and Culture made the announcement Tuesday. From a prepared statement on CAC’s website. “In the last few days, National Arts Strategies, a potential partner for delivering fellowship support to Cuyahoga […]
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