[NEohioPAL] COVENTRY PEACE CAMPUS Hosts BURNING MAN CO-FOUNDER

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*Press Inquiries: *
Deanna Bremer Fisher
216-789-4499 (cell)
216-320-1423 (office)
*dbfisher at futureheights.org <dbfisher at futureheights.org>*

For Immediate Release: May 7, 2019, 4p.m.

*Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus Hosts Burning Man Co-Founder on May 31*

Cleveland Heights, Ohio – Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus will host a discussion
on Friday, May 31, with one of the founders of the annual Burning Man
festival, an event that draws more than 70,000 people to the Black Rock
Desert in Nevada for a week of creative expression, at a fundraising event
to support the renovation of the campus. The event, *“The Art of Community:
A Discussion with Burning Man Co-Founder Michael Mikel,*” is a unique
opportunity to learn about the “10 Principles of Burning Man” and how they
can apply to permanent communities and placemaking.

*"Burning Man is a three-decades-long experiment in creative
collaboration,” said Michael Mikel. “It can provide important lessons for
our time; lessons about community building, civic innovation, arts and
culture."*


   - Michael Mikel (M2) is best known by his playa persona at Burning Man,
   “Danger Ranger.” He is both an historian and futurist with an interest in
   technology and social communities. He serves Burning Man as director of
   advanced social systems and is an Ambassador and speaker for the
   organization, as well as serves on its board of directors. M2 will speak on
   the 10 Principles (10P) of Burning Man, which were crafted in 2004 to help
   guide a growing network of participants and regional events. Such tenets as
   valuing creative collaboration and cooperation and welcoming all to
   participate, reflect the community’s ethos and culture as it had
   organically developed since the event’s inception in 1986.


   - Burning Man has become well-known for the large-scale works of art
   that are created for the event. The organization supports the creation of
   “impactful, interactive artwork around the world through art grants,
   mentorship, and art management programs. Last year, the Renwick Gallery of
   the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., hosted an
   exhibition of work from the festival entitled “No Spectators: the Art of
   Burning Man,” calling Burning Man “one of the most influential phenomenon
   in contemporary American art and culture.” The exhibit opened at the
   Cincinnati Art Museum in April and will run through Sept. 2. It then moves
   to the Oakland Museum of California.


*“At Coventry P.E.A.C.E., we are seeking to create a sustainable,
supportive and collaborative environment for the community to create,
share, learn and grow. We see a lot of parallels with the kind of
environment that the Burning Man culture supports,”* said Deanna Bremer
Fisher, Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus president and executive director of
FutureHeights, one of six nonprofit organizations housed at the property.

In addition to the talk, Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus will offer tours of the
building and a free screening of the film “Spark: a Burning Man Story” in
Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Park.

The event will benefit Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit,
which is embarking on a facilities planning process that it hopes will lead
to a land lease with Heights Libraries, the renovation of its 1970s-era
building, and its self-sustaining operation. A former elementary school in
the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District, the building
was closed as a school in 2007 and subsequently rented to a diverse group
of arts and community nonprofit organizations. In 2018, the district sold
the property, which includes the building, a playground and green space, to
Heights Libraries, whose Coventry Village branch is immediately adjacent to
the property and who has given the tenants the bridge they needed to create
a shared future.

The nonprofit members of Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus are *Ensemble Theatre*,*
ARTFUL*, *Family Connections, Lake Erie Ink, FutureHeights *and *Reaching
Heights*. The campus provides a sustainable, supportive, and collaborative
environment for these organizations that offer artistic and educational
opportunities, as well as community services, for residents of the Heights
and Greater Cleveland. Their goal is to transform the building into a
modern and self- sustaining arts, culture, education and incubation center,
which will interact with an improved playground and park, be open to all,
and capable of hosting even more community events. With thoughtful creative
placemaking, Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus seeks to solidify Cleveland
Heights’ reputation as “Home to the Arts.”

More information and tickets for the fundraiser, which begin at $50, are
available at
*http://coventrypeacecampus.org/events/the-art-of-community-fundraiser/.*
<http://coventrypeacecampus.org/events/the-art-of-community-fundraiser/.>

The program begins with a Meet & Greet with Michael Mikel for PEACE Maker
ticket holders at 6 p.m. The talk will take place at 7 p.m. The movie
screening, which is free and open to the public, will take place at
approximately 9 p.m. in the park. The movie is not rated and may not be
suitable for children.

For more information on Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Campus, visit:
*www.coventrypeacecampus.org
<http://www.coventrypeacecampus.org>* or contact Deanna Bremer Fisher,
president of the Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Board of Directors, at 216- 320-1423
and *dbfisher at futureheights.org <dbfisher at futureheights.org>*.

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