[NEohioPAL] video interviews tell the story of Cuyahoga County performing and literary artists

Thu Sep 27 11:03:25 PDT 2012

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video interviews tell the story of Cuyahoga County artists

CLEVELAND - The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) has
released video interviews with the 2012 Creative Workforce Fellows
<http://cultureforward.org/our-programs/fellowship/2012> . This release
completes the 2011-12 video catalogues, "Investing in Artists.
Strengthening Community." Each three-minute video interview offers a
snapshot of the process and the motivations of each of the twenty
artists who received a $20,000 award for 2012.  The Fellowship artists
were chosen by panelists from across the country based on the
creativity, innovation and proficiency of their work. 

Anne Trubek, a Cleveland Heights writer, who is celebrated locally for
her work on "Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology," shares her latest
project about handwriting and how "revolutionary our moment is in terms
of handwriting." During her fellowship year, she also developed and
offered free writing courses to help people strengthen their voices and
better tell their story. 

As contributor to a very different anthology, "Love Insh Allah, The
Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women," Huda Al-Marashi is
fostering community understanding as she shares her life as a first
generation Iraqi American.  Having begun her writing career following
the tragedy of September 11, she felt that "there was a price to pay for
not writing."  

Michael Oatman, playwright-in-residence at Karamu House, focuses on
writing plays about the challenges African American men continue to face
in society. First presented in a staged reading at Cleveland Play House
FusionFestival in 2008, with a world premiere at Karamu House in 2010,
his play "Before I Die: The War Against Tupac Shakur" will  be presented
at Washington D.C.'s Essential Theatre's New Play Reading Series.

These are only three stories of artists, who are shedding light on, and
influencing the fabric of greater Cleveland's cultural landscape. In
addition to the individual videos, the title video "Investing in
Artists. Strengthening Community." offers a larger picture of the
artists in the community. It chronicles the sense of invigoration these
artists have received from the Fellowships and reflects on the countless
individuals that will be touched by engaging with these artists now and
in the future.

Tom Schorgl, president and CEO of CPAC states that "by supporting these
artists, we have committed to advancing the culture and vitality of
greater Cleveland." 

Videos were created with additional in-kind support by Paul Sobota
Photography <http://www.paulsobota.com/> .

The Fellowship is made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga
County residents through a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC).
CAC's mission is to inspire and strengthen the community by investing in
arts and culture. For more information, please visit www.cacgrants.org.

CPAC is a nonprofit arts and culture service organization dedicated to
strengthening and unifying greater Cleveland's arts and culture sector.
Since its founding in 1997, the organization has accomplished this
through a range of programs and services within its core competencies of
capacity building, public policy and research. For more information,
please visit www.cultureforward.org. 

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