<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Arts Colleagues and Friends,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are looking for a home for your rehearsals, performances, or studio space--keep reading!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.discipleschristian.org/about" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">The Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Cleveland Heights) has renovated our 30,000 sq. ft. building to be a home for Community Arts. We offer FREE space to arts organizations (that meet our community-building and inclusive mission) for youth arts programming in the community, and affordable rental space for studios, rehearsals, and performances for all arts organizations. Both short and long-term rentals are available. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Disciples Church is still an active, spiritual church home in the Heights Community (and our building houses two other church communities as well). We've worked intentionally to be inclusive in our renovations and to create a safe place of belonging for ALL people. Some additions include: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">an inclusive children's library housed in our entryway in the hopes that all young people who enter might see their diversity and beauty represented by the books on our shelves</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">gender-inclusive restroom on site</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nearly 3/4 of our building is ACDA accessible, including a ramp to our mainstage performance space and a ramp directly on stage</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Artists, organizations, and humans of every religion or none, of all genders, sexualities, cultures, races, backgrounds are welcome and celebrated at the Cultural Arts Center at Disciples Church!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;white-space:normal;line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You can view<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.discipleschristian.org/room-photos" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">photos of all of our spaces</span></a><span class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