Your Creative Weekend Awaits!
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Summer is heating up, and the calendar is bursting with ways to plug in and play! Check out what’s coming up and catch the creative spark!
Mark your calendar:
- Impart216: Breathing Creativity into Community: Clean Up + More!
- The Annual MetroHealth Juneteenth Freedom Festival!
- Join us for the Grand Opening of North Coast Yard!
- Ingenuity IgNights: Financial Skills for Creative Entrepreneurs!
- IngenuityFest 2025!
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Impart216: Breathing Creativity into Community
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Ingenuity is proud to support the Impart216 initiative as a recipient of the City of Cleveland's Transformative Art Fund. Impart216 is a community-engaged mural project taking place in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. We are so excited to announce upcoming events around this initiative and we hope you will join us!
- Community Clean-Up | June 13th at 2-4pm | 3465 E. 130th Street (meet-up location; we'll move throughout the surrounding area!)
Help us breathe creativity into the community with a group clean up day! Join us and NuPoint in the neighborhood and make a difference with our team! Plus! Meet the artists, learn about the mural concepts, and enjoy a snack on us: Refreshments and supplies will be provided.
- Gettin' in the Garden! Hood Honey x Impart216 | June 22nd | 3410 East 119th Street
Get your hands a little dirty! Learn about how Hood Honey is stewarding both the environment and the neighborhood through gardening education and beekeeping. Learn more about the Impart216 project and mingle with our team, plus take a peek at our artists' mural concepts!
- Community Celebration + Mural Unveiling | August 16th | Union-Kinsman Triangle Area
A fun, family-friendly block party to celebrate the unveiling of the murals and lighting the spark of empowerment, pride, and public art in Mt. Pleasant!
Questions?
Email Us via program coordinator Rebecca, [email protected]!
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The Annual MetroHealth Juneteenth
Freedom Festival
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Join us Saturday, June 14th from 12-8pm on Mall C for the annual MetroHealth Juneteenth Freedom Festival! Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery on June 19, 1865 - the day when all African Americans were freed from slavery.
Ingenuity is so proud to Co-Present our FIFTH! Annual MetroHealth Juneteenth with our partners at Karamu House and Downtown Cleveland, Inc!
Join us in welcoming Live Painters Jerome White, Alicia Vazquez & Davon Brantley, plus hands-on activities from Ingenuity Labs members and Ignite! Impact Award Winners Paula Coggins of Oh! Sew Powerful, Inc., Kenneth Purdue of Rollin'Buckeyez and Trayvon Porter of CHESS with Tray, plus so, so much more!
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Opening This Weekend North Coast Yard!
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Ingenuity is thrilled to share our partnership with North Coast Yard, Cleveland’s new lakefront gathering place! Opening THIS WEEKEND next to the Steamship Mather, this seasonal space transforms a city-owned lot into Cleveland’s lakeside backyard, with food, drinks, music, arts, and open space for play and connection.
An initiative of the North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation, the project brings the North Coast Master Plan to life, inviting the public to test ideas, build momentum, and reimagine what’s possible for our waterfront.
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Want to get involved?
You can help bring North Coast Yard to life! Volunteer shifts are available to build, paint, assemble, and make it your own. No experience needed, just come ready to get involved and have fun!
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Call For Artists!
Through the YARDWORK Pilot Program, artists, performers, and community groups with existing programs, creative talents, or hands-on activities are invited to lead small-scale activations at the Yard this summer.
Whether you're a dancer, gardener, DJ, educator, or just have a creative idea to share, we’d love to hear from you. Limited stipends available. Space + support provided.
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Ingenuity IgNights: Financial Skills for
Creative Entrepreneurs
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Join us Tuesday, June 17th at 6pm for the next Ingenuity IgNights! Workshop, where we will welcome Marcia Coleman, Community and Economic Development Educator at Central State University, to discuss Financial Skills for Creative Entrepreneurs! Whether you are an artist, small-business owner, or creative, this is your chance to learn all about best practices for starting your own business and ask all of your burning questions!
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PLUS! ICYMI:
IngenuityFest 2025!
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Ways to Get Involved with IngenuityFest 2025!
This year, IngenuityFest will crank up the creativity and throw sparks of innovation with a weekend-long celebration of Cleveland’s rich industrial roots! From time-tested tools to tomorrow’s tech, it’s all about honoring where we’ve been and imagining where we’re going! Get ready for a hands-on, high-energy display of art, industry, and imagination. Let’s forge the future together!
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There are still plenty of opportunities to participate in IngenuityFest 2025!
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Present: While the priority deadline to apply for IngenuityFest 2025 has passed, applications are still considered on a rolling basis and we still have space for exhibiting artists working in all creative media from sculpture, to painting, to immersive artwork and more! If you have a piece you'd like to present to 20,000+ attendees from across Northeast Ohio and beyond, be sure to get your application in ASAP!
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Join the IngenuityLabs Incubator: Artists, makers and creatives of all stripes are invited to apply to join our community this summer. If you need a space, tools and support to bring your project or idea to life, IngenuityLabs is the place for you! IngenuityLabs is intended as a year-round home for creative entrepreneurs of all types, with private studios, access to shared shop spaces, and exhibit space at the festival, all available on a sliding scale.
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Sponsor IngenuityFest 2025: Interested in showcasing your brand to 20,000+ in-person attendees, and gaining more than 1 million impressions from across Northeast Ohio and beyond? NOW is the time to confirm your 2025 sponsorship! Sponsors and partners are critical in the showcasing of innovation, creativity and technology to our audiences, especially now, as support for the arts continues to shift. Your support will not only benefit your organization, but will allow us to continue presenting world-class arts and innovation experiences to our community.
Reach out to [email protected] to discuss your custom sponsorship package for the 2025 season and help Ingenuity Forge the Future!
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Join the Ingeneers: Are you looking to be a part of the creative force behind IngenuityFest? Maybe you have a creative idea but aren't quite sure where to start? Join the Ingeneers and help vision, build and create the festival from the ground up!
The Ingeneers are Ingenuity's year-round volunteer collective of visionaries who meet weekly on Thursdays from 6-9pm. Workshops are free and open to the public. No experience is necessary and we provide all the necessary tools and materials. Jump on board now and help us create the best IngenuityFest yet!
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Photo: Matthew Tyler Media
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Ingenuity Cleveland ignites the creative spark of creativity among artists, entrepreneurs, and innovators of all types through joy and collaboration, in service to social progress. With our year-round programming, including the annual IngenuityFest, we inspire audiences, push boundaries, and generate economic impact, all while changing attitudes about our region!
Ingenuity is also a founding member of the Hamilton Collaborative. We are redefining growth and innovation as an open, intentional community, managed cooperatively. We provide tools, space, and knowledge to a broad community.
Ingenuity is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with federal tax ID 20-2031718.
Any donation is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
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