Valerie Schumacher · Artist Fellowships Available

January 26th, 2009

$20,000 Fellowships for Individual Artists Available

CPAC launches Creative Workforce Fellowship program

 

CLEVELAND — Professional artists who make their home in Cuyahoga Co. will soon have a new prospect to further their careers through the Creative Workforce Fellowship (CWF) program.  Artists who meet eligibility requirements will have the opportunity to compete for fellowships that each include:  a $20,000 financial award; membership in the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Arts Network; a full tuition waiver for Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC’s) Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute and inclusion in a publication of Fellows’ work. CPAC through the generous support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture will launch the newest of its artist-based programs beginning with a series of five informational workshops to assist artists in learning about the CWF’s application process: The workshops are scheduled to be held throughout the County on the following dates, times and locations:

 

o        January 27, 2009 from 6:30-7:30pm at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood

o        January 31, 2009 from 9:30-10:30am at the East Cleveland Public Library

o        February 7, 2009 from 9:30-10:30am at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont

o        February 10, 2009 from 6:30-7:30pm at the Cleveland Heights Public Library

o        February 14, 2009 from 9:30-10:30am at Baldwin-Wallace College Strosacker College Union, Berea

 

“The CWF purpose is to make a substantive investment in the workforce that is central to the success of our community’s creative and idea-based economies and quality of life. Performing, visual, literary and media artists are the professional workers that develop and drive those types of 21st Century markets”, said Tom Schorgl, president, CPAC. “Our organization believes the more we can do to establish a supportive environment that nurtures creativity and innovation the better it is for Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Northeast Ohio.”

CPAC will offer two cycles of the CWF program.  Each cycle is designed to competitively award up to 20 fellowships. The current cycle is open to visual, media, craft, design, and mixed-media artists who have lived in Cuyahoga County for at least two years.  The second cycle to begin this summer will be open to the County’s music, theatre, dance, literary, and interdisciplinary artists who have been residents for a minimum of two years.  Detailed guidelines and application information including all eligibility requirements can be found at:

 

http://www.cpacbiz.org/business/CWF.shtml

 

About CPAC

Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) is a nonprofit arts and culture service organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of Northeast Ohio’s arts and culture sector.  CPAC is focused on filling three functional gaps identified through Northeast Ohio’s Arts & Culture Plan:  capacity building, public policy and research. 

 

For more information please visit http://www.cpacbiz.org/

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One Response to “Artist Fellowships Available”

  1. George Nemeth Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Thanks for posting this here Valerie!