A diverse membership of 1000 individuals, families and businesses support SHAD in its pursuit of the following objectives: to maintain and promote the 4000 units of apartment/ condominium housing located in the Shaker Square area; to promote home ownership and housing maintenance in the Historic Shaker Square, Larchmere and Ludlow neighborhoods; to revitalize and promote Shaker Square, Larchmere Blvd. and Shaker Blvd. West as regional shopping, entertainment and business districts; to preserve, protect and enhance the area’s landmark architecture, public spaces and green spaces; to address security and quality of life issues within our physical environment; to foster neighborhood pride and collaboration.

Address: 11811 Shaker Blvd, Suite 206 Cleveland, OH 44120
Phone: (216) 421-2100
Fax: (216) 421-2200

Slavic Village Development (SVD) is a non-profit community development corporation serving the North and South Broadway neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio. With an investment of $160 million over the past 25 years, Slavic Village Development has proven itself to be an aggressive and capable community development corporation.

Address: 5620 Broadway Avenue, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44127
Phone: (216) 429-1182
Fax: (216) 429-2632

Cultural Politics; Social Movements and Culture – a general resource of “arts activism in social protest.”  Art activism, both directly within movements and in the surrounding culture, has been a key element of social protest. 

The SGA created the first standard uniform popular songwriters contract. This website provides industry news, event listings, and members are provided with additional services.

South Shaker is within minutes of the grand theaters of Playhouse Square, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Case Western University and Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra. Cleveland and surrounding areas also have thousands of acres of parks including the Shaker Lakes and Emerald Necklace.

Based on the 2011 “Putting Artists on the Map”, 40.8 % of artists in South Shaker practice the visual arts. There are a high number of musicians at 15.8 % followed by a smaller number of people involved in craft (10.8%), interdisciplinary (7.5%), literary arts (7.5%), design (4.2%), media (3.3%), theater (2.5%) and dance (1.7%).

Established in 1966, the Spanish American Committee for a Better Community is a response by the Hispanic/Latino community of Cleveland to take ownership of the key issues impacting our community and to provide leadership in addressing those issues. The Spanish American Committee offers services and education in five core program areas: Family Support Program; Early Childhood Enrichment Center; Employment and Training Program; Educational Training Services; Pre to Post Homeownership Program.

Address: 4407 Lorain Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Phone: (216) 961-2100
Fax: (216) 961-3305
Email: sac@spanishamerican.org

The Hyacinth Lofts make up a live/work building with 51 unique suites. It is home to many artists from various fields, but targets those in film and music. It offers amenities such as two soundproof editing suites for all residents and soundproof rehearsal/editing suites in select units, Black-box space with a ‘green-screen’ and an available projection screen.

Based on the 2011 “Putting Artists on the Map”, the majority of artists in St. Hyacinth are interdisciplinary at 40 %. The visual arts follows at 30 % followed by music and craft each at 10 %.

Though Strongsville is mostly known for SouthPark Mall, the neighborhood has a number of arts organizations. Arts In Strongsville focuses on the promotion and preservation of the arts by providing opportunities for arts education, promoting facilities for the arts and encouraging broad-based community interest in the arts. Strongsville Community Theatre produces serious dramas, literate comedies, family favorites, mysteries, thrillers and musicals within seasons filled with diversity, inspiration and art.

The majority of artists living in Strongsville are visual at 54 %. Also making up a large percentage of the artists in the neighborhood are designers and media artists, each at 15.4 %. Interdisciplinary and teaching artists make up 7.7 % of the total artist population.

This article will discuss the importance of ‘credit scores’, explain how these figures are calculated, explore methods of improving one’s credit history, and share some strategies for avoiding the most common financial mistakes that students make.

A service of Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+), the studio protector offers a wall guide (by order) and a full guide online guide with information from safeguarding and insurance to disaster planning, warning and relief to clean-up, salvage, e-salvage and rebounding. Read through and prepare yourself for unplanned damage to your property and life's work.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists' Emergency Resources
PO Box 838
Montpelier, VT 05601-0838
Phone: (802) 229-2306
info@craftemergency.org

Taking the Leap is an online guidebook and resource to production and presentation for emerging dance artists in Montréal. Geared towards professional emerging choreographers, recent graduates, self-taught artists and those new to the city, this site offers tools and insight into the production and presentation of dance, demystifying the practical aspects of being an artist.

A group of artists in Portage County working on artist live/work space and professional opportunities.

Address: PO Box 1471 Kent, OH 44241
Phone: (330) 310 3982
E-mail: tank_coprez@mac.com

TAXI is an independent artist & repertoire company. Members also receive a monthly newsletter about the industry and access to an online database designed to help with finding collaborators, band mates, producers, vocalists, and other contacts.

Phone: (800) 458-2111

Download a teachers guide to using architecture to create a design response to community trauma.

A program of Carnegie Mellon, this site serves as a connection between the arts community, collaborative discussion and learning. It provides the arts community with resources to better understand and benefit from the intersection of arts and technology in order to make more informed management decisions in an increasingly technological society.

A national organization, focusing on strengthening the performing arts by offering information on grants, workshops and research and information on legislative issues for both nonprofits and individual performers.

Address: 520 8th Avenue, 24th floor New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 609-5900

The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for writers. Since its beginnings over a century ago, we have served as the collective voice of American authors. Our members include novelists, historians, journalists, and poets—traditionally and independently published—as well as literary agents and representatives of writers’ estates.

Free and open to all, to use think[box], start by viewing an Orientation Presentation, which explains general lab policies as well as how to get started using machines at the lab.  If you would like to bring a group or class to think[box], please read the Information for Groups and Classes.

 

In the 1970s and '80s, artists began to settle in the area, drawn by the fantastic homes and churches, downtown and river views, cheap studio space - as well as the unique European feel of the neighborhood. Their presence made the community exciting again, and hard work by neighbors, business owners and institutions resulted in a rebirth of Tremont.

www.annuity.org offers information on the different types of annuities, the tax implications involved in owning one, and how to handle a structured settlement. Annuities and structured settlements are insurance products that provide long-term income through a stream of future payments. While investment annuities can be used to save money for retirement and beneficiaries, structured settlements are used for personal-injury cases, wrongful death claims or lottery payouts. Also visit www.annuity.org/cash-value/future-value/ for information on calculating the future value of an annuity.