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Celebrating Cleveland Book Week 2021 and the 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
The sixth annual Cleveland Book Week officially kicks off today! This year’s showcase has been expanded beyond its traditional timeframe and includes a variety of events celebrating present and past Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners well into the fall.
The lineup of programs, all with virtual options, are presented in partnership with Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, The City Club of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Public Library, the Great Lakes African American Writers Conference and Ursuline College.
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Apply for a grant from the Equity in the Arts Fund
The Minority Arts and Education Fund, soon to be known as the Equity in the Arts Fund (EITAF), seeks to strengthen and build the capacity of organizations that promote the arts and cultures of communities of color and to provide meaningful creative opportunities for artists of color.
The EITAF is currently accepting applications for grants ranging from $5,000 – $20,000 to organizations that are led by people of color and serve, engage in, and promote the arts and cultures – both traditional and new – of communities of African, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Indigenous and Middle Eastern descent. The deadline to apply is Nov. 1, 2021. You can learn more about this opportunity and how to apply here.
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Catch up on the first season of The Asterisk*
The complete first season of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA) podcast, The Asterisk*, is now available! Hosted by Karen R. Long, the manager of the awards, each episode features an in-depth conversation with an esteemed AWBA winner. Learn more here and subscribe to The Asterisk* on your platform of choice: |
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Discussing arts, culture and inclusive economic prosperity in Greater Cleveland
Jeremy Johnson, president and CEO of Assembly for the Arts, joined fellow community leaders to discuss the arts as an economic driver in Greater Cleveland as part of a panel discussion on fostering inclusive economic prosperity in our region during Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Week Presented by KeyBank: It Starts With Community. Catch the full conversation among Johnson, Ricardo León, executive director, Metro West Community Development Organization; Karis Tzeng, director of AsiaTown Initiatives, MidTown Inc.; and Keisha González, Cleveland Foundation program manager for economic and workforce development, on our YouTube channel.
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Recent Arts & Culture grants
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc. (CPT) ($200,000) – Like many arts organizations around the country, CPT was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, CPT will use this support to produce a full season of plays – including a full lineup of outdoor, in-person performances – designed to raise consciousness and nurture compassion, while also conducting cultural engagement programming and neighborhood events.
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The Sculpture Center ($25,000) – Much of the histories of East Cleveland and Cleveland’s near east side neighborhoods have been forgotten or overwritten, which has been detrimental to racial harmony in the community. This grant will support the organization’s Crossroads program, a triennial exhibition of public art viewed in augmented reality (AR), and its new exhibition “Still We Rise,” featuring 12 local Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) artists who will create AR public art that explores this history.
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Program Director for Arts & Culture and Racial Equity Initiatives |
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Manager of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards |
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Program Officer, Arts & Culture |
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Analese Chandler-Nieves
Arts & Culture Strategy Fellow |
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