Inspired Art call for artists

Inspired Art Cleveland

For the Artists

Inspired Art is a collaboration of Cleveland artists and young Cleveland poets. Put on by the local nonprofit America SCORES Cleveland, the event asks local artists to create and donate original works, drawing their inspiration from poems written by Cleveland youth enrolled in SCORES after-school programming. Through this cycle of inspiration and influence, students will witness their creativity brought to life, artists will connect with their community and SCORES’ supporters will see the profound impact these children’s words can have on others.

We are looking for artists of all mediums to participate in this cycle of inspiration. Artists are asked to choose one poem from the Student Poetry Collection available on the Inspired Art Project website and then create and donate an original work (or submit a previously completed piece) inspired by this poem.

The artwork will be displayed alongside the original poem and sold at a benefit silent auction on June 22, 2013 at at smARTspace at 78th, 1305 W. 80th Street, Suite 1 on Cleveland’s west side. Proceeds will benefit SCORES’ work in providing creative programming to Cleveland youth.

Deadline

Artist registration deadline is February 15, 2013. Download the Artist registration form here.

Interested artists should also submit at least three (3) digital photographs of your work or a hyperlink to your online portfolio to Alissa O’Neill by February 15, 2013 at aoneill@americascores.org . All accepted artists will also be eligible to enter artwork into the Cover Design Contest; winning artwork will be featured on event marketing collateral and the benefit program cover.

For questions, please call Alissa O’Neill at (216) 881-7988 or e-mail at aoneill@americascores.org .

*Call for artists direct link

Arts and Culture Roundtable: Sustainable Communities

The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

Cleveland Museum of Natural History: Sears Hall
1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106

Friday, January 25, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 9:30 PM (EST)

Cleveland, OH

Eventbrite page

CPAC will kick off our 2013 Arts and Culture Roundtable series with a focus on sustainability. On January 25, Hunter Morisson will join the arts and culture community to present and discuss information about the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium Initiative (NEOSCC). We'll discuss how the arts and culture community can engage with the effort for Northeast Ohio's sustainable future.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and we will begin promply at 8:30.

Hunter Morrison: Before acting as Director of the NEOSCC, Hunter worked as the Director of the Center for Urban Regional Studies at Youngstown State University. The Center was established for the purpose of understanding applied research addressing issues of urban and regional development and providing technical assistance to local government, social service organizations and businesses. Prior to this he was Director of the Cleveland City Planning Commission and was responsible for Civic Vision 2000, a $3 million initiative that resulted in the comprehensive updating of the City's Downtown Plan, Citywide Plan and Zoning Code. 

Please post questions ahead of time to our Creative Compass forum. We'll share these posts with the event moderator prior to the live discussion. The Arts and Culture Roundtable is a way for representatives from the arts and culture community to come together and discuss common concerns and solutions. 

  

made possible by:

        The George Gund Foundation          

The ABC of Architects

I ran across this today at lunch time (I swear!) and figured I would share it. While limited to some of the most popular works by the most popular architects it is quite an impressive array that blends examples well (the video is quite nicely done) but also is an interesting take on finding elevation form parti's, something that some students have difficulty with as they overcomplicate the effort (everything is supposed to be hard, right?

Sort of my feel good post for the day. I hope it brought some sunshine to your deskbound activities.

via the every profusive ArchDaily

Zygote Press Printmaking Expedition Project @ Shaker Historical Society

Zygote Press Printmaking Expedition Project

Jan 15, 2013 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Shaker Historical Society

Categories: Community

Exhibit Opening Reception

January 18, 2013 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Zygote Press Printmaking Expedition Project

January 15, 2013 - March 17, 2013

On Friday, January 18, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm The Shaker Historical Society (SHS), 16740 South Park Blvd. in Shaker Heights, OH invites you to join friends and artists for an opening reception featuring prints from Cleveland’s award winning Zygote Press, Inc., in the Jack and Linda Lissauer Gallery. The exhibition will run from Tuesday, January 15th thru Sunday, March 20th 2013.

The Zygote Press developed this traveling exhibition, known as the Printmaking Exhibition Project, to make contemporary printmaking more accessible to the broader community. The exhibition features many individual works offering a different technical approach to the printmaking medium. The works in the exhibit were selected by four distinguished curators: William Busta, William Martin Jean, Bellamy Printz and Lisa Schonberg. The mission of Zygote Press Inc. is to enable artists to produce fine art prints within an atmosphere of collective exchange by providing them with affordable work space and exhibition opportunities. ZPI is a resource dedicated to increasing awareness about contemporary printmaking by creating active communication among artist-printmakers and the broader community. ZPI was the recipient of the 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize, the Martha Joseph Prize for Distinguished Service to the Arts.

Museum Hours: 

Tues – Fri 11-5 pm and Sun 2-5 pm. Closed Holidays.

Admission: 

Members & Children under 6 - Free

$4 fee for Non-Members Adults and $2 fee for Children 6-18

Shaker Historical Society events calendar

Taken from another Creative Compass blurb

Zygote Press

Exhibit Reception: Don Hisaka - The Cleveland Years @ Shaker Historical Society

Don Hisaka: The Cleveland Years Reception

Opening Reception

January 18, 2013 5:30pm to 7:30pm 

Location: Shaker Historical Society

16740 South Park Boulevard

Shaker Heights Ohio, 44120

Don Hisaka: The Cleveland Years

January 15, 2013 - March 17, 2013

On Friday, January 18, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm The Shaker Historical Society (SHS), 16740 South Park Blvd. in Shaker Heights, invites you to join us for an exciting opening reception featuring the history and pivotal work of Don Hisaka, architect of many major buildings from Cleveland and Northeast Ohio to Tokyo. Compositions include residences, educational structures and commercial spaces. The exhibition will run from Tuesday, January 15th thru Sunday, March 20th 2013.

Don Hisaka was born in Stockton, California and earned his Bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s of Architecture at Harvard University. Beginning in 1960 when he opened his practice in Cleveland, he designed noteworthy buildings such as, Beachwood’s Signature Square office complex (1986-9), the glass atrium connecting Thwing and Hitchcock Halls at CASE Western Reserve University (1980) and University Center at Cleveland State University (1974) with characteristic attention paid to the surroundings and their relationship to the building. In 1970, Hisaka was awarded the prestigious Cleveland Arts Prize in Architecture.

On Sunday, January 27th 2013 at 3:00 pm James D. Gibans, FAIA Emeritus, will speak about the local homes designed by Don Hisaka for illustrious clients such as, Agnes Gund and Anita and Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic. Mr. Gibans will spotlight Hisaka’s design of a very contemporary home in Shaker Heights known for its stately brick Georgians and Tudor mansions. Mr. Hisaka is the only Cleveland architect to win a prestigious national Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Gibans co-curated the 2011 exhibit of Don’s work for the Cleveland Artists Foundation, had the privilege of working as an Associate in Don’s office in the mid-70s, and for over 20 years was a principal in the Cleveland firm currently known as Herman Gibans Fodor, Inc. Reservations requested.

Museum Hours: 

Tues – Fri 11-5 pm and Sun 2-5 pm. Closed Holidays.

Admission: 

Members & Children under 6 - Free

$4 fee for Non-Members Adults and $2 fee for Children 6-18

Shaker Historical Society Event Calendar

*blurb taken from Creative Compass

2013 Urban Innovators Speaker Series: University Park Akron

2013 Urban Innovators Speaker Series

Registration is now open for the 4th annual Urban Innovators Speaker Series.  Seating will be limited to 100 per presentation and the series has sold out quickly in previous years.  Call 330.777.2070 or email info@upakron.com .

January 30th
Sabrena Schwyer & Samuel Salsbury

February 20th
Terry Schwarz

March 20th
Sharon Sykora, PhD

Andrew Jackson House
277 East Mill St. in University Park
Akron, OH 44308
6.30-8pm