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CAC
invites residents to vote for arts and culture project
CLEVELAND, January 24,
2013: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) has announced that
beginning February 1, 2013, it
will invite Cuyahoga County
residents to help decide which two large-scale arts or culture
projects will receive up to $150,000 each through its new
Creative Culture Grants program. The six projects on which
residents will vote are included below.
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“We launched this program
to both bring new, creative projects to our community and to let
our community have a say in which projects would receive public
funds,” said Karen Gahl-Mills, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s
executive director. “The six finalist projects embody the great
creativity of our region’s arts and culture organizations and
artists, and we encourage all County residents to get involved
in the public vote, which begins on February 1.”
Arts and culture
organizations based in Cuyahoga County proposed many creative
and diverse projects that have been narrowed down to the top six
by an independent
panel of arts
and culture experts. The public vote will help decide
which two projects will be funded.
Residents in Cuyahoga
County will be able to vote on which projects they want to see
happen in our community beginning February 1. In order to be
eligible to vote, individuals must be of at least 13 years of
age and reside in Cuyahoga County. Residents will be able to
vote in two ways:
• Online until February 20 at 11:59
p.m. EST. The link to the online voting site will go live
athttp://www.cacgrants.org/voteon
February 1.
• By mail until February 15 at 4:30
p.m. EST. Paper ballots will be available for download athttp://www.cacgrants.org/creative-culture-grants.php
beginning February 1, or by calling (216) 515-8303. Paper
ballots must be delivered in person or by U.S. mail to Cuyahoga
Arts & Culture’s offices (1501 Euclid
Avenue, Suite 407, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115) by February 15
at 4:30 p.m. EST.
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s
Board of Trustees is expected to approve and announce the
winning projects during its regular meeting which begins at4:00
p.m. on Monday, February 25, and the projects will
take place between March 2013
and August 2014. For more
details about the grant program, and to view the complete
program rules, visit
http://www.cacgrants.org/creative-culture-grants.php.
Editor’s Note: Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s mission is to
inspire and strengthen the community by investing in arts and
culture. CAC was approved by Cuyahoga County voters in 2006, and
since 2007, CAC has invested more than $95 million dollars in
more than 208 local arts and cultural organizations in Cuyahoga
County. CAC’s vision for its first ten years of public funding
for arts and culture is to help build stronger, more resilient
arts and culture organizations, create vibrant and energetic
neighborhoods infused with culture, and establish Cuyahoga
County as a hub of creative activity and a destination for
artists. For more information about CAC, please visit
www.cacgrants.org.
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