CUYAHOGA COUNTY ARTISTS. CPCP’s Learning Lab is a cohort-based professional development program for artists and community organizations to develop partnerships for co-designed, arts-based projects.

With support from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Center for Performance and Civic Practice (CPCP) is offering Learning Lab, a professional development program for artists and nonprofit organizations rooted in civic, social, public and placemaking practices. In the program, artists and local nonprofits build partnerships and receive funding to explore and implement co-designed, arts-based projects. Learn more about civic practice at thecpcp.org.

On October 29, CPCP's Lead Artist for Civic Imagination and Founding Artist, Michael Rohd, will join us in Cleveland to offer a presentation about the Center for Performance and Civic Practice and their approach to arts-engaged collaboration and co-design. Afterwards, the focus turns to the Learning Lab program itself. Attendees are invited to learn about the program, its success in Cleveland and Nashville, Tennessee, and the unique opportunity for artists coming to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County again in 2020. Ample time will be allotted for Q&A.

1:30 PM - doors open
2:00 PM - civic practice presentation by Michael Rohd
2:45 PM - Learning Lab overview, followed by Q&A

We hope you will join us to learn about this artist training and funding program which launched in Cleveland in 2019. Use of public transportation is encouraged, as Trinity Commons is easily accessed via the RTA HealthLine. Limited street parking & paid surface lots are available nearby, including the Trinity Commons Parking Lot, which is $3.

QUESTIONS? Contact Jake Sinatra at jsinatra@cacgrants.org or 216-515-8303 x103.

MORE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Twelve artists from Cuyahoga County will be selected through an application process to participate in CPCP’s Learning Lab. Participating artists must commit to three day-long training sessions (January 22, 2020, February 11, 2020 and March 11, 2020). Artists will attend the sessions with representatives from participating local nonprofits and after the sessions conclude, artists and local nonprofits will have the opportunity to pair up in teams to develop a co-designed, arts-based, civic practice project.
Artists who complete the training will receive a stipend of $500. After completion of the training, artist and nonprofit teams will be eligible for up to $7,500 in funding to co-design arts-based public projects informed by Learning Lab’s practices. Projects must take place between June 2020 and May 2021.

Learn more about the 2019 Learning Lab.

CPCP's Learning Lab - Informational Session for Cuyahoga County Artists