Artist Bridge Coalition
The Artists Bridge Coalition (ABC) is a group of artists forming from all areas of creative practic
09/09/2022
There are two opportunities for artists to participate in Cuyahoga County. The first is The People's Art Show at Cleveland State University where anyone can enter up to two works.Easy cheese and so fun to be a part of! The second is for both artists and creative businesses who were greatly affected by the pandemic. To apply for recovery resources go to Assembly for the Arts and click on ARPA. https://assemblycle.org/arpa/
31/08/2022
❓ Have Questions about ARPA? ❓
Attend TODAY's free workshop at Larchmere Arts, 6-7:30pm.
This workshop will cover aspects of the application for Cuyahoga County artists and creative businesses requesting rescue funding.
👉 To register, visit: https://secure.assemblycle.org/np/clients/cultureforward/event.jsp?event=4856
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⭐ ARPA Applications are Now Open! ⭐
Apply Here: https://assemblycle.org/ARPA/
If you are a professionally creative artist or operate a small for-profit creative business in Cuyahoga County and have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be eligible for Cuyahoga ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) for Arts funding.
You may apply to either the Artist or Business Program. Minority Owned Businesses and Artists of Color are highly encouraged to apply.
Deadline is September 30, 2022
Assembly for the Arts – Assembly Required ASSEMBLY REQUIREDWe the People of Greater Cleveland, in Order to form a more perfect Community, establish a body of like-minded artists, storytellers, non-profit organizations and creative professionals that unite around a core set of values. Empowering all to activate through advocacy, activism, ra...
The Galleries at CSU bring back the popular People's Art Show.
Please pass this on to all the artist friends you know! All works included! Let's shake up this town honoring Robert Thurmer.
SEPTEMBER 20 TO NOVEMBER 26, 2022
JOIN US FOR THE OPENING RECEPTION
SEPTEMBER 22, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
24TH ROBERT THÜRMER PEOPLE’S ART SHOW
The signature event returns this fall! The 24th Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show is a non-juried, uncensored exhibition, celebrating diversity and imagination. This bi-annual exhibit was renamed in perpetuity to acknowledge the contributions and 30 years of service of former gallery director, Robert Thürmer. The exhibition is open to everyone and all entries will be exhibited.
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
Artists can submit up to two works of original art in any medium, any subject, any size. To submit your artwork simply drop off your piece September 6-10 at the Galleries at CSU. We will gather your information (name, title, medium) at that time. All submitted artwork must be exhibition ready with hardware and installation instructions as needed. CSU Gallery staff has final say as to how and where artwork is displayed dependent on available space in the Gallery. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
ARTWORK DROP-OFF
Tuesday, September 6 – Saturday, September 10
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Galleries at CSU, 1307 Euclid Avenue. Please use the E. 13th Street entrance at the side of the building.
ARTWORK PICK-UP
Tuesday, November 29 – Saturday, December 3
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Works not picked up will be stored at the owner’s risk
American Rescue Plan Act funding ALERT for artists and arts-based small businesses - Assembly for the Arts will open their application process next week to access the $1.65 million in arts funding that Cuyahoga County approved in ARPA funds for Cuyahoga County-based artists individual artists and arts-based small businesses.
Artists means musicians, photographers, graphic designers, and a bunch of folks who make their living making art, or supporting artists.
And arts-based small businesses includes venues, production companies, galleries, graphic designers, booking agents, promoters, photographers, record shops, record labels, recording studios & services, and any other arts-based businesses.
Folks fought hard to get these funds - this is for any artists and arts-based small businesses that were negatively impacted by covid. If this is you - APPLY! And tell your arts friends to apply, too!
https://assemblycle.org/arpa/
ARPA Funding Program – Assembly for the Arts Rescue Funds On March 28th, Cuyahoga County Executive, Armond Budish announced that $3.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds have been dedicated to arts and culture . Assembly for the Arts and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture are partnering to distribute these dollars directly to you through spe...
Dear esteemed Cleveland City Council representatives and Mayor Bibb-
I wanted to reach out to you all and thank you for this amazing news of the allocation of $10 million of ARPA to the creative sector and all the artists, creative businesses and cultural non-profits that call Cleveland its home and place of business. I was one of several artists who spoke at Public Comment from Artist Bridge Coalition about this support. As a person who can see from the grassroots level how art can change lives, this support will be incredibly helpful (and lifesaving) to artists who are
doing amazing and connective work to the citizens and neighborhoods of Cleveland.
I am an artist, run two arts-based businesses Art EverySpace located in Hough and also operate a gallery Yards Projects at Worthington Yards in the Historic Warehouse District and Ohio City. I teach observational drawing to men who are in residential treatment at YHAVEN off Woodland and am an arts faculty at Cleveland State University. I co-founded and was Executive Director of Zygote Press, a non-profit printmaking studio and gallery in Cleveland for over 25 years in both the St. Clair Superior neighborhood and Collinwood. I am currently co-managing logistics through Art EverySpace for the Collective Arts Network Triennial concurrent with FRONT Triennial in six neighborhoods in over 16 venues. Our sector is slowly limping back from the pandemic and this news of ARPA support is incredible.
I have seen the devastation this pandemic has had on artists in all stages of their careers and on many fronts. The pandemic devastated the arts sector and put a blaring spotlight on a host of disparities that are only growing across the region. The arts and cultural sector, despite these, came together to help residents through our work in educational, socio-economic, neighborhood-supporting and health and healing spaces throughout the pandemic and made us more connected to each other. We organized and created grassroots artists organizations like Cleveland Black Artists of Cleveland Kuumba, NIVA, Third Space Action Lab, CSU Arts Education Consortium, the Collective Arts Network and the Artist Bridge Coalition. The Assembly for the Arts and the leadership of Jeremy Johnson leveraged our voices and organized with us. As our city looks to recover from the pandemic, you all committed to making hard decisions about how to invest federal funding authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act and you supported us.
The ARPA funding represents an incredible opportunity to strengthen our city’s creative workforce with an eye towards the future, so our work can support those hardest hit by the pandemic through intersections of education, economic, therapy-connected programs, and public art initiatives. I commend you all in the inclusion of ART to the Health and Human Committee chaired by Kevin Conwell. The Creative Workforce continues to pursue representation in the city’s decision-making where an arts and cultural budget along with a broader cultural plan will aid this city in the healing and transformation process. Cleveland dynamism awaits us.
I have been telling everyone about this support. I wanted to say thank you for your collective work making the City of Cleveland stronger and more connected.
We all need to get the word out to the Creative Workforce to make sure everyone knows about this support and can easily access the ARPA funds. The sector is dedicated to
work beyond barriers to ensure all our Cleveland creatives can receive this recovery support.
Thank you Thank you so very much,
Liz Maugans
Co-founder
Artist Bridge Coalition
12/07/2022
I am so happy to see Cleveland City Council approved the recommendations of Mayor Justin Bibb for the arts sector and neighborhood ammenities of $10million in ARPA support! This is such fantastic news! Thank you to Assembly for the Arts, Artist Bridge Coalition, Black Artists of Cleveland Kuumba, Third Space Action Lab, NIVA, Collective Arts Network Journal and CSU arts education Consortium! THANK you to all the artists who helped be represented on the ART for ARPA Postcards that flooded City council and all the folks who showed up and helped at public comments! Wow! Such great news for Cleveland!
This just in creatives of Cuyahoga County!
https://assemblycle.org/cuyahoga-county-approves-3-3-million/?fbclid=IwAR2Et7TaoiwceJi3NAAzS1K2onrkGpKQkMcUrbI1rKHZ26_5AB3SbfphR_E&fs=e&s=cl
Cuyahoga County Approves $3.3 Million – Assembly for the Arts Cuyahoga County Approves $3.3 Million in Funding Made Possible by American Rescue Plan Act to Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Assembly for the Arts to Support the Creative Economy Funds will support arts nonprofits, creative workers, and for-profit creative businesses CLEVELAND (July 5, 2022) – Today,...
26/04/2022
A Working-Class Artist Is Something to Be Since 2019, Art Workers' Inquiry has been developing methods for everyday art workers to speak openly on capitalism and colonialism in the art world.
10/03/2022
An Artist and Met Museum Guard Whose New Work Is About Pay: Her Own Emilie Lemakis’s project of making buttons that show the wages and years of service of museum guards has taken on an extra resonance as their union pushes for a raise.
26/02/2022
The same goes for Cleveland...
The Other Columbus: Pay artists, period. While the value of art can be debated, that it has value cannot
24/02/2022
Assemblies are designed to keep you in the know and keep us accountable at Assembly for the Arts. Join us for our Winter Assembly tomorrow, February 24, from 10-11AM. You can register here https://bit.ly/33PfGBi
After our regular update with added focus on the Artists for ARPA campaign we’ll be asking for input on how we can advocate on your behalf.
Bring some ideas, or just bring yourself to this virtual meeting of the minds with our creative industries! Together, we can build a unified voice for our creative community.
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06/02/2022
360 Info Network with Jeremy Johnson - Executive Director of the Assembly for the Arts Our guest on 360 Info Network is Jeremy Johnson, Executive Director of the Assembly For The Arts at 11 a.m. on AM1490 WERE Radio. Assembly for the Arts is a ...
Here's a replay of our meeting with Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell, Thursday, January 27. Click the link below
https://www.facebook.com/vince.robinson.18/videos/481593157010105
29/01/2022
Still haven't heard about NFT's?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/14/iris-nevins-launched-business-umba-daima-to-uplift-black-nft-artists.html
This 29-year-old launched a business to support Black NFT artists—and it made $140,000 in 10 months: I see it as a way to 'rebalance power' Iris Nevins and her team launched NFT studio Umba Daima and its brand, Black NFT Art, in February 2021.
The Artist Bridge meeting will be virtual only tonight. See the event page for zoom link.
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Artists join us from every arts discipline! =ine and join usto show up and build relationships with our councilman making decisions that can impact our own quality of life and our impact on our greater communities. Kevin Conwell is an ally in this work ahead, and as a musician and creative he u set stands and blues out work. Join us for this very important meeting.
23/01/2022
Here's yesterday's broadcast of 360 Info Network with Liz Maugans of the ABC regarding the ARPA funds available for Cleveland. We'll be meeting with Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell to discuss the plans for the funds and his vision for arts and culture in Cleveland. He's chairman of the Health, Human Services and Arts commitee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guJGZaZFhKY
360 Info Network - ARPA & the Artist Community 360 Info Network welcomes Liz Maugans of the Artist Bridge Coalition and artist Shakka Hasberry for a conversation about the American Rescue Plan Act allocat...
Go Kevin Conwell! The arts should be applied to every committee but this is a start!
Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Kevin Conwell, was expanded to include the arts, which “can affect the social determinants of health, support child development, encourage health-promoting behaviors and is an economic driver in the community,” the release stated.
21/12/2021
Just wanted to celebrate some responses we recieved from our ABC artists. Thank you to all the artist's appreciating the good work in this year in review. We urge any artists, dancers, poets, designers, filmakers, performers, musicians to get in touch to be apart of this vibrant movement to bring agency and voice to individual artists. Please email lizmaugans at gmail dot com
21/12/2021
Just wanted to celebrate some responses we recieved from our ABC artists. Thank you to all the artist's appreciating the good work in this year in review. We urge any artists, dancers, poets, designers, filmakers, performers, musicians to get in touch to be apart of this vibrant movement to bring agency and voice to individual artists. Send your email to lizmaugans at gmail dot com
17/12/2021
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture announces $11.6M in grants for 2022 Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) announced Wednesday $11.6 million will be distributed to area arts organizations next year. There are 249 recipients sharing the revenue from Cuyahoga County’s cigarette tax. Some of the grantees, which includes Ideastream Public Media, will use their funding for gene...
03/12/2021
Please join us in contacting your representatives about the much needed American Rescue Plan support for the Arts and Culture sector. Here is a link to get your voices heard. https://www.ohiocitizensforthearts.org/action-center?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns%2f84946%2fRespond%3fvvcgUT%3dEGqaH33xL0hidLhX-9hjHA%26vvcgRD%3dB9Mb8REUziWEgRg%26vvsbr%3duUe2aX1MxKr1_Vf6IpQOOg
Action Center — Ohio Citizens For The Arts Action Alerts from Ohio Citizens for the Arts and Americans for the Arts below. An easy platform to contact your elected officials and make your case for arts funding, support, and relief. The template generates a pre-written message which you are free to customize and add your story. Check back for...
01/11/2021
Artists opportunities for artists and creating public art on the Eastside https://www.land-studio.org/artists/calls-for-artists/elevate-the-east
Elevate the East Artists and artist teams residing within Greater Cleveland or with connections to Buckeye-Shaker, Larchmere, Woodland Hills, Mt. Pleasant, and Kinsman neighborhoods are invited to submit their qualifications!
We are sorry to share that, due to scheduling issues, The Arts Vote forum for Cleveland Mayoral Candidates is cancelled.
We thank both candidates Justin Bibb and Kevin Kelley for answering our Primary Election questions, and we wish them both well. Whoever wins the election, we look forward to working with them to continue progress of the arts as an important part of civic, economic, educational and creative life in Cleveland.
We are also grateful for the collective of arts voices that participated in the organizing of this effort. You represent multitudes of important voices and concerns, and your energy makes Cleveland what it is.
We look forward to gathering our forces and working together again.
Links to their responses to questions about arts policy are in the comments.
06/10/2021
More opportunities for artists working with young people check out the open call for theater, musicians and visual artists
https://shakerlibrary.org/events-and-classes/aroc/
AROC | Shaker Heights Public Library Arts for Resilience in Our Community is designed to connect young adults, ages 15 to 24, with professional artists to foster confidence, build resilience, and increase social and community connectedness in response to the impact COVID-19 has had on them. AROC will contract with three professional ar...
05/10/2021
Hey artists check out the great opportunity for a new public art opportunity at the Recreation Center in Ward 1
https://planning.clevelandohio.gov/
Cleveland City Planning Commission One Table
04/10/2021
A Bipartisan Bill Aims to Assist Arts Workers The Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA) proposes a $300 million federal grants and commissions program for art workers.
Last night we announced at the Artist Bridge Coalition that we are looking for artists from all disciplines who are interested in creating an ABC endorsement process for candidates that have the best understanding, viability and implementation of policies that support individual artists and the larger cultural arts ecosystem in the city, county and state. We would love to utilize this process and distribute an endorsement for the next mayoral election. We will have a preliminary meeting before the Creative Vote Event at The Beachland Ballroom on 10/18 at 6pm with moyoral candidates Justin Bibb and Kevin Kelley. We need as many perspectives as possible. Please message the Artist Bridge Coalition for interest in participating.Let's make the creative vote matter!
22/09/2021
Thank you to all the folks that attended the Artist Bridge Coalition. Meeting tonight! It was great to hear from Jeremy Johnson and big thanks to Waterloo Arts for hosting! To get more involved in ABC please contact BellaMy Printz, Liz Maugans, Leah Lewis, or Vince Robinson and we will add you to the email lists!
Artist Bridge Coalition meeting with Jeremy Johnson today at 4:30 both in-person at Waterloo Arts and also on ZOOM
Here is the Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83191377620
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18/09/2021
Look forward to seeing all you artists, designers, dancers, poets, writers, filmmakers, performance artists, musicians ...at Waterloo Arts on September 21st at 4:30 to hear more from the Executive Director of Assembly for the Arts, Jeremy Johnson speak directly to independent artists, who as we know, are for-profit creative economies.
15/09/2021
Here's my interview with artist Mary K. Thomas. It aired on 95.9 FM WOVU Monday a.m. at 11.
Open Door w/ Vince Robinson & guest Mary K. Thomas Vince Robinson welcomes artist Mary K. Thomas. Ms. Thomas recovered from a stroke and brain aneurism and went on to success in visual and public art as well...
31/08/2021
A new bill being introduced to put creative workers back to work
https://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/legislative-news/new-bipartisan-federal-bill-to-put-creative-workers-to-work-for-community-recovery-introduced
New Bipartisan Federal Bill to Put Creative Workers to Work for Community Recovery Introduced U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the Creative Economy Revitalization Act authorizing $300 million to support the creative economy.
31/08/2021
Exciting work with art at the center in Elevate the East
https://elevatetheeast.org
Elevate the East What is Elevate the East?
31/08/2021
In preparation for the Artist Bridge Coalition Meeting on Sept. 21st at 4:30 at Waterloo Arts welcoming Executive Director of Assembly for the Arts, Jeremy Johnson, as an individual artist, what questions do you have for him?
24/08/2021
Meet the 28-Year-Old Who Works With Black Artists in Memphis to Uplift Communities plus how she's leaving her mark on the city
11/08/2021
Arts administrators of color unite to make Pittsburgh more welcoming The Pittsburgh Arts Administrators of Color’s mission includes fostering comradery, sharing resources and networking.
11/08/2021
Show us the money! Who is supporting the mayoral candidates?
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/08/02/new-campaign-finance-reports-show-whose-money-is-backing-cleveland-mayoral-candidates
New Campaign Finance Reports Show Whose Money is Backing Cleveland Mayoral Candidates Cleveland Councilman Basheer Jones raised nearly $400,000 in the first half of 2021 in his bid to become Mayor of Cleveland, while attorney Ross DiBello...
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