Big Deal: The Giant Supply Depot, a new concept for an innovative tutoring and literacy center on Euclid Avenue, was awarded $300 to cover the costs of the applicant to attend a national conference in order to learn how to establish this unique educational venue. The concept is based on successful literary centers established in cities across the U.S. by writer Dave Eggers.
Little Frogs in Bigger Ponds, a project of the Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School, was awarded $1,800 to cover the cost of sending 6 youth to summer music and drama camps at major art institutions in the Cleveland area.
Ohio City Bike Co-op was awarded $2,000 for improvements to bicycle valet services at public events. Funds will be used to make the free bicycle valet service more attractive, professional, and efficient, encouraging participants to choose cycling over automobile transportation.
Zygote Press, a print-making collaborative, was awarded $2,000 for the Artzreach Program. The funds will help purchase materials and pay teacher stipends for an initiative to provide arts programming to individuals in detention and re-entry programs, in the Broadway neighborhood of Cleveland.
The Building Bridges Mural Program was awarded $3,000 for artist Katherine Chilcote’s effort to create a youth internship program in partnership with Doug Horner at St. Paul’s Community Church that will result in a mural installation at the intersection of West 25th and Detroit Avenue.
See the mural in front of the Route 2 Bridge at the corner of West 25th and Detroit Avenue in Cleveland.
Cleveland Public Art was awarded $3,250 to create a juried artist competition for Public Art Signage for a Downtown Bike Station slated to be built this year.
The Committee for Larchmere PorchFest was awarded $1,875 for Larchmere Porchfest, a community event that promotes the historic Larchmere neighborhood, creating a free, multi-destination concert by pairing musicians with porches throughout the neighborhood.
Yellowcake, Inc., was awarded $1,000 towards the ongoing development of her Cleveland-based fashion design business and boutique. Valerie, recently seen on Lifetime’s Project Runway, hires local tailors to assist in the creation of her innovative designs and donates 5% of her profits to non-profit organizations each month.
Rebecca Garcia was awarded $4,000 for staffing and supplies in support of Weaving Culture, Knitting Community. Through this project, refugees participate in a weekly weaving workshop that serves as a cultural exchange as students and teachers learn American and Bhutanese weaving, practice English, and work towards establishing an artists’ co-op at the Cudell Fine Arts Center.
Wigglewords, a program of Verb Ballets, was awarded $2000 to present free weekly movement based literacy workshops this summer at various Cleveland community centers. The program gets children, ages 3-8 years old, moving while improving skills in spelling, phonics, and rhyming.
