In 2020, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture is pleased to fund 212 organizations with over $1.6 million through the Project Support grant program. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s mission is to inspire and strengthen the community by investing in arts and culture in Cuyahoga County. Since 2007, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture has invested $193 million in more than 420 arts and culture organizations in Cuyahoga County.
| Organization | Project Title |
|---|---|
| AfricaHouse International | AHI Arts & Culture Presents African Children's Choir |
| America Asian Pacific Islander Organization | Aloha Hawai'i Theater Performance and Luau Event |
| America SCORES Cleveland | Power of Poetry Project |
| American Hungarian Friends of Scouting | 65th Annual Hungarian Arts Festival |
| Aradhana Committee | 2020 Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival |
| Art Song Festival | Art Song Festival 2020: Big Emotions in Compact Packages |
| Arts In Strongsville | 21st Annual A Day at the Chalet |
| Arts Renaissance Tremont | 2020 Arts Renaissance Tremont Series |
| ATNSC: CENTER FOR HEALING & CREATIVE LEADERSHIP | Community Based Art Exhibitions and Artist Talks |
| Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University | 2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Truth |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Summer Arts Programs |
| Baseball Heritage Museum | A Centennial Year |
| Baseball Heritage Museum | An All Star Year |
| Bay Village Community Band | Summer Concert Series |
| Beachwood Arts Council | Sunday Sounds |
| Beachwood Historical Society | Take A Moment of SCIENCE |
| Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging | Feeding the Soul Through Arts & Culture |
| Berea Arts Fest | Artistic Journeys |
| Bethlehem Community Health | Community Based Youth Music Education Program |
| Big Creek Connects | Big Creek Watershed Awareness and Stream Monitoring Program |
| Blazing River Arts Group | Music for the Seasons |
| Bodwin Theatre Company | Presenting Cleveland History - The Crossroads |
| BorderLight Festival of International Theatre Cleveland | BorderLight Cleveland Artist Participation |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland | Amistad: A Musical Exchange of Ideas, Understanding, and Friendship |
| Brite Cleveland | Brite 2020: Cleveland's 11th Annual Winter Celebration of Music & Art |
| Brooklyn Heights Service Clubs | Art in the Park Program |
| Burning River Baroque | Witches: Revered and Reviled |
| Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. | 15th Annual Ward 5 Community Family Festival and Parade |
| Campus District, Inc. | Campus District Women's Art Group |
| Carolyn L. Farrell Foundation for Brain Health | Creative Connections |
| Catholic Charities, Fatima Center | Embracing the Arts |
| Cavani String Quartet | Beethoven for a New Generation |
| Cedar Fairmount Special Improvement District | Cedar Fairmount SummerFEST |
| Celebrate the arts performance academy | Community Garden and Learning Sanctuary |
| Cesear's Forum | Larry Shue's WENCESLAS SQUARE |
| ChamberFest Cleveland | ChamberFest Cleveland Season 9 |
| Choral Arts Society of Cleveland | The Mass in C by George Bristow: a World Premiere |
| CityMusic Cleveland | "The New World" : Then and Now |
| Cleveland Ballet | World Premiere of Ballet "The Magic Flute" by G. Guadalupe |
| Cleveland Chamber Choir | With Heaven and Earth: Music of Walker, McDowall, Tann and Fauré |
| Cleveland Chamber Collective | Music of our Time |
| Cleveland Chamber Music Society | Chanticleer: Trade Winds, A Musical Journey of Exploration |
| Cleveland Chamber Symphony | NESonicFest VII - 7th Annual Northeast Ohio New Music Festival |
| Cleveland Classical Guitar Society | CCGS Education Program |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Using Arts to Improve Chronic Health, Resilience & Well-Being |
| Cleveland Composers Guild | Creativity: Learning through Experience XXVIII |
| Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association | Entertain Seniors and Community |
| Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation | 2020 One World Day |
| Cleveland Kids' Book Bank | Literacy Brought to Life: Book Bank - Cleveland Bureau of Cultural Arts Partnership |
| Cleveland Leadership Center | Connecting and Engaging through Arts & Culture Sessions |
| Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra | Musical Cultural Exchange |
| Cleveland Print Room, Inc. | In Transformation: Self-Portrait Photo Workshops |
| Cleveland Rape Crisis Center | Art Therapy for Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse |
| Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present and Future | Waterloo Makes Music 2020 |
| Cleveland School of the Arts Board of Trustees | Festival of New Works 2020 |
| Cleveland Seed Bank | Sowing the Seeds of Community Resilience |
| Cleveland Shakespeare Festival | Free Outdoor Shakespeare |
| Cleveland TOPS Swingband | Keeping Seniors Swinging (and Juniors too!) |
| Cleveland Treatment Center | "Someone Saved My Life Tonight: The Pastor Sal Perez Story" |
| Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project | Re:Sound New and Experimental Music Festival 2020 |
| Cleveland Women's Orchestra | 85th Anniversary Community Concert |
| CollectivExpress | The Music Pantry |
| Connecting for Kids of Westlake OH | Music Therapy & More Westlake |
| convergence-continuum | Resist/Revolt: a three-play series |
| Coventry Village Special Improvement District | Coventry Village Summer Series |
| Cudell Improvement Inc. | Edgewater Street Fest |
| Cuyahoga River Restoration | River Day 2020 |
| DANCEVERT | Full STEAM Ahead |
| Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio | Colors of the Rainbow Team Match |
| Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization | WINTERTIDE 2020 |
| Doan Brook Watershed Partnership | Outdoor Fun & Education in the Doan Brook Watershed: Creating a Culture of Environmental Action |
| Downtown Cleveland Alliance | SPARX City Hop 2020 |
| DuffyLit | "Soul" Food |
| Earth and Air: String Orchestra | Declamation and Dialogue |
| Edward E. Parker Museum of Art | It's a Family Affair! Intergenerational Art Program |
| Eliza Bryant Village | Voices of the Village |
| ENCORE Chamber Music Institute | "Beethoven in America: - 2020 Summer Concert Series |
| Environmental Health Watch | Fresh Fest Cleveland: Urban Farm, Music, Arts and Culture Festival |
| Errin Ministries | Mojuba Cultural Dance Festival |
| Esperanza | STEAM Summer Camp for Hispanic Students |
| Euclid Beach Park Now | Remembering the Sights and Sounds of Euclid Beach Park |
| Famicos Foundation | SuperGirlsCLE |
| Far West Center | Open Art Studio - Supporting Recovery from Mental Illness |
| Fevered Dreams Productions | 11th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Festival |
| FOCUS ON EDUCATION |
The Arts of Peace Program |
| Folknet | Folknet Spring and Fall Concert Series |
| Foluke Cultural Arts Center | The ARTS in Central: Arts Education for the Community |
| Food Strong | The Artful Garden Project |
| Friends of Euclid Creek | Healthy Food Choices for Ourselves and for the Environment |
| Friends of East Cleveland Public Library | The East Cleveland Community Arts and Mentorship Program |
| From Me 2 U | Through Their Eyes: An Illustrative Walk Through Culture |
| Front Steps Housing and Services | Chronically Homeless with a Persistent Mental Illness Express Themselves Through Visual Arts |
| FrontLine Services | Art Workshops for those Experiencing Homelessness |
| FutureHeights | 2020 Heights Music Hop |
| Golden Ciphers | D'Jembe and Beyond Project |
| Gardening in the District | Bringing the Arts Alive! |
| Good Company: a Vocal Ensemble | Contemporary Composers Series Presents a Weekend with Morten Lauridsen |
| Graffit HeArt | The HeArt of the City: Conversations at the Intersection of Public Art and Community Cohesion |
| Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers | Cultivating Cleveland's Creativity |
| Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival | 9th Annual Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival |
| Harvard Community Services Center | Jazz for Harvard |
| Hasani Management | The Black History Oratorical and Spoken Word Workshops and Contest |
| Heights Youth Theatre | The Magic of Theater and the Transformative Impact of Inclusion |
| Henry Johnson Center | The Saving Lives with Art Project |
| Hispanic Business Center | La Villa Hispana Artist Colectivo |
| Hispanic Police Officers' Association | 52nd Annual Puerto Rican Parade |
| Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation | 2020 Take a Hike Tours |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve | 2020 Healing Arts Program: Art therapy for all who grieve the death of a loved one |
| iN Education | Battle of the Teal 4EDU |
| India Festival USA | Celebrating Culture & Diversity thru Dance & Music |
| International Community Council-Worldwide Intercultural Network | The World in Your Backyard |
| International Women's Air & Space Museum | 2020 Dinner with a Slice of History |
| Italian Cultural Garden Foundation | Opera in the Italian Garden |
| Jennings Center for Older Adults | Gateway to Culture |
| Jewish Family Service Association | A Cultural Exploration: Art of the World |
| Jewish Federation of Cleveland | Cleveland and Israel Arts Connection Exhibition |
| Jones Road Family Development Corporation | Literacy Through the Arts Summer Academy |
| Joseph's Home | Art Therapy & Soap Making for Acutely Ill Homeless Men |
| Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School | Individual & Small Group Music Lessons |
| Judson Services | Theatre in the Circle |
| Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center |
Reimagination of Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center |
| Kulture Kids | A.J. Rickoff is the Place; Family, Farm and Table |
| Lake City Fuse | Underground Classical 2020 Music Series |
| Lake Erie Native American Council | Native American Cultural Classes |
| Lake View Cemetery Foundation | Summer Concert Series: Music, Nature, and History |
| LakewoodAlive | Front Porch Concert Series |
| Lakewood Historical Society | Oral History Project |
| Larchmere PorchFest | 12th Annual Larchmere PorchFest |
| LatinUs Theater Experience Company | 2020 Season - Get to Know the Latino Community |
| Les Délices | Expanding Audiences for Early Music (EAEM) |
| Lexington Bell Community Center | Kuumba Program |
| LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland | Pride in the CLE 2020 Arts & Culture Programming and Speak Out Stage |
| Literary Cleveland | Cleveland Inkubator: A Festival for Writers and Readers |
| Little Italy Redevelopment Corporation | Little Italy Summer and Holiday Art Walks |
| Little Lumpy's Center for Educational Initiatives | Great Lakes African American Writer's Conference & Youth Poetry Slam |
| LYLESART | ARTOGRAPHY "Cleveland Portrait Project" |
| Maelstrom Collaborative Arts | Mixed Media Series |
| Malachi Center | Unity in the Community |
| Mandel Jewish Community Center | 14th Annual Cleveland Jewish FilmFest |
| May Dugan Center | Senior Health & Wellness - Arts and Culture Programming |
| Mercury Theatre Company | My First Musical! |
| Merrick House | Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival |
| MidTown Cleveland, Inc. | The MidTown Mixtape |
| MorrisonDance | ARCHEtypical |
| Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corporation | Family & Unity in the Park |
| M.U.S.i.C. | Classical Cabarets |
| Music and Art at Trinity Cathedral | 2020 Brown Bag Concert Series |
| NAMI Greater Cleveland | Arts-Based Support Groups for Individuals with Mental Illness |
| Negative Space Gallery & Studio | Open Doors @ Negative Space Summer Art Workshops |
| New Avenues to Independence | Integrating Individuals With Disabilities And The Community Through Music And Art |
| NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology | CLE | LEAD - An Arts-Infused Youth Leadership and Social Emotional Learning Program |
| NO EXIT | Forging New Traditions: Chester Englander, Cimbalom Artist, with Hong-da Chin on Chinese Flute |
| North Union Farmers Market | Music at the Market |
| Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope | East Cleveland Pattison Park Concert Series |
| Notes for Notes, Inc | Sonic City: An Exploration of Cleveland Through Sound |
| Ohio City Incorporated | Ohio City Street Festival |
| Open Doors Academy | ODA Arts & Culture Summer Programming |
| Organization of Chinese Americans Greater Cleveland | Cleveland Asian Festival Live Performances |
| P.A.L.S. for Healing | Healing Arts |
| Parma Heights Historical Society | Community Placemaking Mural Project |
| Playwrights Local | NEO Voices & Lives: 2020 Curated Co-Productions |
| Polish Village Parma | Polish Constitution Day Parade & After Party |
| Praxis Fiber Workshop | Natural Dye Garden and Programming |
| Quire Cleveland | Journey Home: Finding Unity in Loss |
| Reaching Heights | 2020 Summer Music Camp |
| Refresh Collective | Music Videos and Mini-Documentaries from Stories of Struggle and Success (Volume 1) |
| Restore Cleveland Hope | Freedom Seekers and Their Helpers on the Ohio Underground Railroad |
| RollinBuckeyez Foundation | Turning Wheel's Program |
| Sankofa Fine Art Plus | Urban Renaissance with heART |
| Schuhplattler Und Trachtenverein Bavaria | Annual Cultural Events |
| Shaker Arts Council | Painting the Town |
| Shore Cultural Centre | Shore Kids STEAM Fest |
| Slavic Village Development | Rooms to Let: CLE 2020 |
| Slovenian Museum and Archives | Cleveland Kurentovanje Festival |
| SOS: Strengthening Our Studentsy | Bolton After School Program |
| Suburban Symphony Orchestra | Fauré's Requiem |
| Symphony West Orchestra | Alba an Aigh (Scotland the Brave) |
| Talespinner Children's Theatre | Exceptional Inclusion: Accessibility Programming |
| Tender Hearts Crusades | Sankofa @ Karamu |
| The Brecksville Theatre | The Brecksville Theatre's Traveling Education Series |
| The Cassidy Theatre | The Cassidy Theatre's 2020 Season |
| The City Club of Cleveland | Authors in Conversation Series |
| The Cleveland Grays Armory Museum | Unwritten History: A Grays Lecture Series |
| The Cleveland Vegan Society | Cleveland VegFest 2020 |
| The Harvard Square Center | 6th Annual Arts & Culture Fun Day Festival |
| The Movement Project | 2020 Spring Performance |
| The Parma Area Fine Arts Council | Art For The Fun of It! Classes |
| The Refugee Response | The Ohio City Farm Public Access |
| The Roberto Ocasio Foundation | The 2020 Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Camp & Concert |
| Thea Bowman Center | Community Music Group |
| Transformer Station | Transformer Station Artist Residency |
| Tremont West Development Corporation | Arts in August |
| Union Miles Development Corporation | Union-Miles Arts in the Park |
| University Circle Inc. | WOW! Wade Oval Wednesdays Concert Series |
| University Hospitals Health System | Arts for Wellness |
| UpStage Players | 2020 Production of Frozen, Jr. |
| Ursuline College | The New Masters: Women Artists of Northeast Ohio 2020 |
| Wake Up And Live's Actors' Studio | "A New WUAL Day! Creative Miracles, Magic & Makeovers" for Living Life & Career on a Higher Level |
| Waterloo Arts | Waterloo Arts Fest |
| West Creek Conservancy | Putzfrau Historical Artistic Interpretative Creation |
| West Shore Chorale | The Class of 1685: A Musical and Educational Experience |
| West Side Catholic Center | Expressive Arts Program |
| West Side Community House | Summer of Sisterhood Youth Program |
| Western Reserve Chorale | Women's Writes |
| Western Reserve Fire Museum | Expansion Continues! More Suburbs Emerge and the Fire Service Grows |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Reforest Our City Tree Farm |
| Westlake Chinese School | Chinese Culture and Art Dissemination |
| Westlake-Westshore Arts Council | Community of Fine Arts Show |
| Westown Community Development Corporation | Westown Neighborhood Arts & Culture Programming |
| Windsong: Cleveland's Feminist Chorus | Giving Women Voice - Spring 2020 Concerts |
| Women In History | Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage: Women for the Vote |
| Woodland Cemetery Foundation | Open House at the Gatehouse 2020 |
