Summer of Purpose: The Best of Both Worlds

By Kathleen MarincicWest Side Market Storytelling is something I have always been passionate about. I love recounting events in as much detail as I can, hoping to prompt a few laughs and share nice memories with those I encounter. Stories help define us, give meaning to context and connect generations. I decided to major in public...

The Latest from #CreativeFusionCLE

We're excited to share a few updates from our Creative Fusion artist residency program, including new cohorts, exhibitions and opportunities to engage with Creative Fusion artists and their work! What is Creative Fusion? Launched in 2008, Creative Fusion is an international artist residency program that has brought more than 90...

Creative Fusion

Since 2008, the Cleveland Foundation has brought more than 90 accomplished or rapidly rising artists from around the world to Cleveland as part of the Creative Fusion international arts residency program. Beginning in 2016, the program strengthened collaboration between local Cleveland artists and the visiting artists by focusing each...

Where the World is Going

This is a second posting from my experiences at this year’s Grantmakers in the Arts conference in Brooklyn, but I want to start it from an unusual place – a quote by our own Mayor Frank Jackson, overheard in a recent interview on Cleveland Public Radio: WCPN ideastream.  It’s probably the most brilliant and insightful thing I have...

CLEVELAND FOUNDATION TURNS 100

On its centennial, Jan. 2, 2014, the Cleveland Foundation today officially kicked off its year-long celebration by unveiling the first in a series of monthly “Cleveland Foundation Day” birthday gifts to the community.

How I Spent My Summer: MaryKate McHugh

What could be better than strolling out of your office on a warm summer day than freshly harvested produced, flowers, prepared lunch food, and more? On Wednesday, June 5, the North Union Farmers Market opened two summer lunch-time markets at the Cleveland Clinic main campus and Cleveland Clinic in Beachwood. The markets start at 10:30...

Cleveland Black Futures Fund

Click Here to Give to the Cleveland Black Futures Fund The Cleveland Black Futures Fund has amassed more than $6.8 million since inception on Sept. 1, 2020, to invest in and strengthen Black-led and Black-serving social change organizations.   updated aug. 28, 2023, 9 A.m. EST About the Fund In 2020, in the midst of a global...

FRONT International Madison Residency artists see Cleveland in a new light

FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art is just a few months away! The inaugural edition of FRONT, titled An American City and comprised of artist commissions, performances, films and public performances, will take place July 14 - Sept. 30. In collaboration with museums, civic institutions and other spaces around...