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<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>In 2009 and 2010, forty of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cuyahoga</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>’s most talented
professional artists benefited from a more than $1 million investment, through
a grant to the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) from Cuyahoga
Arts and Culture (CAC). Now that their Creative Workforce Fellowships have concluded,
CPAC, with the support of CAC, is sharing what these individuals are bringing to
the region. Starting today, CPAC will release five new videos every other
Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. through May 25, 2011, at <a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/user5360704/videos">http://www.vimeo.com/user5360704/videos</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Produced by media artists Ben
Kinsley and Paul Sobota, with original music by Matt Fitzpatrick, the videos
are introduced with “<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/18012914">The Creative
Workforce Fellowship – One Story, Many Voices</a>,” a piece that
features a number of the Fellows as they share their perspectives of the
Fellowship and of Cuyahoga County as a place for artists to call home. The
videos that follow focus on the individual artists as each Fellow shares their
process and unique story.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=body style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>In the first week, the following
five artists tell their stories:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/18403562">Bruce Checefsky</a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a
name="OLE_LINK2"></a> describes his inspiration and innovative techniques in photography;
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/18403889">Charmaine Spencer</a> reveals her story as
an environmental sculptor;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/18404261">David Hansen</a> demonstrates his
versatility and passion for the theatre arts; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/18402825">Mikaela Clark</a> recounts her work in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region></st1:place>
using dance to help at-risk youth; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.vimeo.com/18403220">Sarah Willis</a> shares a bit of her journey
to becoming a renowned author.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Valerie Schumacher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Community Partnership for Arts and Culture<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(216) 575-0331 x128<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.cpacbiz.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.cpacbiz.org/">www.cpacbiz.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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