Amber N. Ford
Amber N. Ford
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 7: Asia Town, Downtown, Hough and St. Clair-Superior
About the artist
Amber N. Ford is a photographer/artist based in Cleveland, OH. Ford received her BFA in Photography from the Cleveland Institute of Art ’16. Primarily working in photography while occasionally exploring other mediums such at printmaking.
She is best known for her work in portraiture, which she refers to as a “collaborative engagement between photographer and sitter”. While always questioning “the truth”, Ford aims to establish a platform in which her sitter may present themselves as they please. She is interest in topics such as race, and identity.
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact Council Member Stephanie D. Howse in Ward 7
Office Phone Number: 216.664.2908
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Jamal Collins
Jamal Collins
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 6: Fairfax, Larchmere, Little Italy, Woodland Hills, and parts of Buckeye-Shaker, University Circle, North Broadway, Slavic Village and Union-Miles.
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact Council Member Blaine A. Griffin in Ward 6
Office Phone Number: 216.664.4234
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Gwen Garth
Gwen Garth
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 5: Central, Kinsman, Midtown, North Broadway Slavic Village
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact Council Member Richard A. Starr in Ward 5
Office Phone Number: 216.664.2309
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Gary Williams
Gary Williams
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 4: Shaker Square and portions of Buckeye-Shaker, Woodland Hills and Mt. Pleasant
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact your Council Member Deborah A. Gray in Ward 4
Encourage your City of Cleveland Council member to vote in favor of 2 cents of each ARPA dollar to arts and culture. Email your Council Member now, and put the arts in ARPA for Cleveland.
Office Phone Number: 216.664.4941
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Timothy Herron
Timothy Herron
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 3: Downtown, Tremont, Ohio City
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact your Council Member Kerry McCormack in Ward 3
Encourage your City of Cleveland Council member to vote in favor of 2 cents of each ARPA dollar to arts and culture. Email your Council Member now, and put the arts in ARPA for Cleveland.
Office Phone Number: 216.664.4945
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Ali Black
ALI BLACK
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 2: Mt. Pleasant, Union-Miles and Mill Creek Fall.
About the artist
Ali Black is a writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize for her poem “Kinsman”. Her work has appeared in december, jubilat, Literary Hub, The Offing and elsewhere. Her first book of poetry,
If It Heals At All was selected by Jaki Shelton Green for the New Voices series at Jacar Press and it was named a finalist for the 2021 Ohioana Book Award.
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Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact your Council Member Kevin L. Bishop in Ward 2
Office Phone Number: 216.664.4945
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Cinnamon K. Carswell
Cinnamon K. Carswell
An artist and fellow neighbor in Ward 1: Lee-Harvard, Lee-Seville, Union-Miles, and Mt. Pleasant.
Follow the artist
Two Cents for Arts & Culture
Commit 2% of the $500 million+ Cleveland is receiving in federal ARPA funds to Arts & Culture!
Covid has hit the creative sector hard. An ARPA investment of $10 million helps protect and brings jobs to EVERY neighborhood. We are creative businesses. We are cultural nonprofits. We are individual artists and so much more. We remain anchors for neighborhoods all over the city. ARPA funds will protect one of our greatest assets that is central to Cleveland’s economy and identity.
Artists for ARPA
Led by creative people, for creative people, we’ve created 18 unique and vibrant postcards, featuring artists of all disciplines in all 17 Cleveland City Wards. Take a look through the art below.
Right now, we have the opportunity to acquire more funding for our Creative Workers. Our city has received $511 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, a pandemic support program enacted by President Biden. We need your help in asking Cleveland City Council to dedicate $10 million of these dollars to our Creative Workforce. This is only 2% of the ARPA funds Cleveland received – that’s only 2 cents on the dollar!
Let’s flood City Hall with powerful postcard messages! Attend an ARPA Postcard Party on Feb 24 or March 3 and Tweet + Email your City Council Member today.
We’re making progress
Recently, Mayor Bibb included a recommendation in his transition report to allocate $10 million to arts and culture. This is an exciting step, but we must help Cleveland City Council understand why their vote in favor of this recommendation is a smart choice. Your voice matters.
Assemble Now
Contact your Council Member Joseph T. Jones in Ward 1
Office Phone Number: 216.664.4944
Attend a Postcard Party
Happy Dog, Thursday, February 24, 4:30-6:30
Sankofa Fine Arts, Thursday, March 3, 4:00-6:00
Nonprofit COVID-19 Recovery & Resiliency Survey
Overview
The Funders Collaborative on Covid Recovery (FCCR) has launched the Nonprofit COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Survey to better understand the needs, opportunities, and makeup of the nonprofit sector in Cuyahoga county. The results of this survey will be used to develop nonprofit resilience strategies, advance equity, and help the community understand recovery needs post-COVID.
Timeline
To participate, please complete the survey between January 5 and January 28, 2022.
Results
Results of the survey will be available in May 2022, for both funders and nonprofits to understand: the issues different parts of the nonprofit sector are facing; the capacity needs and opportunities in different issue areas; existing program and focus areas; and opportunities for advancing nonprofits, as well as to understand the tireless leadership and workforce carrying out this crucial work in our region. Survey results will be published anonymized and in aggregate form, your individual response will not be shared with funders or others outside of the data analysis team.
Survey Length / Timing
This survey will take approximately 25 to 35 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey you will have an opportunity to leave feedback and to enter the raffle.
Win up to $5,000
Organizations that complete the survey will be eligible for a raffle for one of the following prizes: $5,000 (1 organization), $2,500 (2 organizations), $1,000 (10 organizations).
Survey Support
Review the Toolkit for Taking the Survey here. To download a full PDF version of the survey before beginning, please visit the FCCR website. If you have questions about the survey, or need support, please register and attend a TA Session.
City of Cleveland - City Council Meeting - December 6, 2021
Source: City of Cleveland
Abstract: President and CEO, Jeremy Johnson presented at the City of Cleveland City Council meeting on December 7, 2021.
Assembly for the Arts lobbies for $10M in federal funds to support arts and culture in Cleveland
Source: Ideastream
Abstract:
Deliberations continue in Cleveland City Hall over proposals for spending federal stimulus money. Monday night, Jeremy Johnson, president and CEO of Assembly for the Arts will make a pitch to City Council.
In recent months, Assembly has put together a proposal for a portion of the $500 million stimulus package the city will be receiving as a result of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
“The ARPA dollars are here to really help communities and cities and workers that have been walloped by the COVID pandemic,” Johnson said. “And no industry, in my point of view, has been hit harder than the arts and culture industry, which was forced to shut down immediately and is only now beginning to emerge. Three big buckets: artists, non-profits and creative businesses.”
Johnson’s appearance in council chambers is part of a series of pitches he’s made to city officials.
“Arts and culture is a part of this gigantic economy in Cleveland. To get it back on its feet, to get workers back to working, we need to continue to invest supportive dollars into that sector,” Johnson said. “And we are making a request of $10 million.”
Ultimately, if the request passes muster with the city, Johnson said distribution of funding would be done through a partnership between Assembly for the Arts and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC), the local agency that funds area non-profits, including Ideastream Public Media. Assembly for the Arts is set up to handle distribution to individual artists and creative arts businesses.