From 2016 to 2018, Ingenuity consulted with the City of Shaker Heights on multifaceted initiative to bring arts and entrepreneurship to Shaker’s historic Moreland neighborhood. As partners and consultants to the department of Neighborhood Revitalization, the Dealership (formerly Shaker Launchhouse) and the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, our work involved issuing and administering calls for public art, building and launching the Shaker Makers program of the Dealership, and planning & implementing neighborhood gatherings around making, creativity, play, and a sense of neighborhood pride such as the Come, Play! Festival and Moreland Roll n’ Stroll.

As long-time collaborators with the Brite Cleveland organization, Ingenuity expands Brite’s mission to bring light to the darkest months of Cleveland by extending the reach of Brite’s artistic programming into a months-long community-driven process of ideation, design, and collaborative creation. Working with the Brite team, Ingenuity hosts a series of workshops that stir artist imaginations, engage creatives at all levels of experience, and result in otherwordly environments that appeal to a wide audience, creating an unforgettable community experience.

Ingenuity specializes in creating teams of artists who work in fire and light. For the 50th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Fire, Cleveland’s Office of Sustainability partnered with the Burning River Foundation and dozens of organizations to create a full weekend of experience. Ingenuity provided projection mapping and custom-built waterborne flame effects, visible from the Historic Coast Guard Station at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.

Ingenuity curated a range of kid-friendly activities ranging from creative movement classes to art activities to game design for a summer-long programming series on Cleveland’s newly redesigned public square. Additionally, Ingenuity provided costumed characters and roaming performers for various ceremonies and events.

Since our inception, Ingenuity has been a leader in Cleveland’s Maker Movement, launching Cleveland’s Mini Maker Faire in 2012. Since then we’ve partnered with Cleveland Public Library in the ongoing creative evolution of this event, programmed dozens of other maker-centric events and activities in town, and represented Cleveland nationally as a leading city for making, collaborating with area partners in response to the first ever White House Maker Faire and National Day of Making. 

Currently, our support of the Maker Ecosystem is focused on supporting a diversity of makers through our IngenuityLabs Incubator, Ingeneers community, and Ignite! programming for creative entrepreneurs.