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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 15,
2009<b>
Contact:
Valerie Schumacher<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE <b> </b>
216.575.0331
x128; vls@cpacbiz.org<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>$20,000 Fellowships for Individual
Artists Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>CPAC launches Creative Workforce Fellowship
program<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CLEVELAND — Professional artists
who make their home in Cuyahoga Co. will soon have a new prospect to further
their careers through the Creative Workforce Fellowship (CWF) program.
Artists who meet eligibility requirements will have the opportunity to compete
for fellowships that each include: a $20,000 financial award; membership
in the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Arts Network; a full tuition
waiver for Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC’s) Artist as
an Entrepreneur Institute and inclusion in a publication of Fellows’
work. CPAC through the generous support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture will
launch the newest of its artist-based programs beginning with a series of five
informational workshops to assist artists in learning about the CWF’s
application process: The workshops are scheduled to be held throughout the
County on the following dates, times and locations: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 27, 2009 from
6:30-7:30pm at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 31, 2009 from
9:30-10:30am at the East Cleveland Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 7, 2009 from
9:30-10:30am at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 10, 2009
from 6:30-7:30pm at the Cleveland Heights Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 14, 2009
from 9:30-10:30am at Baldwin-Wallace College Strosacker College Union, Berea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“The CWF purpose is to make a
substantive investment in the workforce that is central to the success of our
community’s creative and idea-based economies and quality of life.
Performing, visual, literary and media artists are the professional workers
that develop and drive those types of 21<sup>st</sup> Century markets”,
said Tom Schorgl, president, CPAC. “Our organization believes the more we
can do to establish a supportive environment that nurtures creativity and
innovation the better it is for Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Northeast
Ohio.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CPAC will offer two cycles of the CWF
program. Each cycle is designed to competitively award up to 20
fellowships. The current cycle is open to visual, media, craft, design, and
mixed-media artists who have lived in Cuyahoga County for at least two
years. The second cycle to begin this summer will be open to the
County’s music, theatre, dance, literary, and interdisciplinary artists
who have been residents for a minimum of two years. Detailed guidelines
and application information including all eligibility requirements can be found
at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/08-09/CreativeWorkforceFellowship.pdf</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About CPAC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Community
Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) is a nonprofit arts and culture service
organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of Northeast
Ohio’s arts and culture sector. CPAC is focused on filling three
functional gaps identified through Northeast Ohio’s Arts & Culture
Plan: capacity building, public policy and research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more
information please visit <span style='color:blue'>http://www.cpacbiz.org/</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>(216) 521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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