Maintains a calendar of literary events in the Ohio area, along with links to literary blogs (written by local and national writers), literary organizations, and a wealth of other resources for writers, with a local flavor.

Creating Quality is a program of Big Thought. It is a tool designed to specifically address assessment of arts education programming. Creating Quality is a continuous process with at least four different entry points. Your current objectives and resources will determine where you can best jump into this work. Once you get started you’ll find the process provides a solid framework for understanding the current strengths and weaknesses of teaching and learning in your community, along with resources for gathering and sustaining support from partners and stakeholders to make quality improvement happen. The four entry points are engage, define, assess and advance.

Explore programs for toddlers through seniors. Classes, workshops, music lessons, lectures, camps, speakers series, special events and performances are all offered in a welcoming, friendly environment.
It’s a fun place to learn and to feel inspired. It’s a place to create friendships – for kids and adults. It’s value for time and money. It’s a real community asset that brings people together.
Learn more at this link: https://www.fairmountcenter.org/about-mission/

The Fine Arts Work Center, a non-profit enterprise, is devoted to encouraging the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers through residency programs, to the propagation of aesthetic values and experience, and to the restoration of the year-round vitality of the historic art colony of Provincetown. Today the Fine Arts Work Center is a leading long-term residency program in the country for emerging artists and writers.

Address: 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
Phone: (508) 487-9960
Email: general@fawc.org

Glass Bubble Project, teaches glassblowing and welding, has kilns available for rent, designs custom back splashes & chandeliers to trade, creates pet memorials and other glass items. They also host corporate team building events and individual instruction for those 5-years and up. Open 10:00am - 6:00pm Daily

Address: 2421 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: 216-696-7043
Email: info@glassbubbleproject.com

A community arts organization aiming to cultivate a strong and diverse arts community. Supports artists through exhibition opportunities and arts education.

Address: 2175 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Phone: (216) 371-3457

Finding and celebrating truly passionate and engaged people using every tool at their disposal to explore and create. Visitors to IngenuityFest see that technology becomes a natural extension of art, and artistic expression flows freely from the exploration of science, engineering, and math.

Address: 5401 Hamilton Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 589.9444
E-mail: info@ingenuitycleveland.org

Offers opportunities for the study and practice of creative writing and literary analysis to participants around the world. The courses are funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the University of Iowa. MOOCs are available to anyone who wishes to enroll. There is no cost to participants, and there are no application requirements. Upcoming classes include How Writers Write Poetry, and How Writers Write Fiction. Visit website for additional details.

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival offers 138 week-long or weekend workshops for writers working from early June through the month of July. Courses are based on the workshop model, and are appropriate for all skill levels. For a complete schedule, visit http://www.iowasummerwritingfestival.org/.

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a nonprofit museum in Wisconsin that offers a number of residency programs, including a unique collaboration between artists and industry.

Landscape. Art. Neighborhoods. Development.

Lit Cleveland's vision is to build a strong community of writers and readers in Northeast Ohio through classes, workshops, readings and other events.

The Mattress Factory is a contemporary art museum that houses permanent collections as well as installations created by resident artists in a renovated industrial building. "The Mattress Factory’s artistic program is focused on the commission, presentation and collection of new site-specific installations that are developed in residency."

Address: 500 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-4444
Phone: (412) 231-3169
Email: info@mattress.org

The McColl Center for Visual Art is a "nationally acclaimed contemporary art center dedicated to connecting art and artists with the community." Its artists in residence program provides its artists with time to research and develop work, while engaging communities through open studios and other programs of the center.

Address: 721 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: (704) 332-5535

The Millay Colony for the Arts offers residencies and workshops in a number of disciplines. The colony is located in New York about 2.5 hours away from NY city.

Advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries, domestically through the MPAA and internationally through the MPA. Research, educational opportunities, information on piracy and outreach resources are available online. (Chapters located in Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles).

A nonprofit association whose membership comprises a diverse mix of organizations and individuals dedicated to a common goal: the support and advocacy of independent film, video, audio and digital arts.

Address:145 9th Street, Suite 250 San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 431-1391

Neighborhood Connections is an innovative, nationally recognized community-building program established in 2003, with a mission to fuel the power of neighbors to create, together, an extraordinary world right where they live.

This is an extensive resource of funding and professional development information for individual artists and arts organizations.

Address: 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013

This is an online clearing house for dance professionals in ohio with listings in professionals in Ohio with listings in professional development and performance, along with an online resource guide. MEmbers receive a newsletter, discounts to various programs, and representation through OhioDance's advocacy role.

Phone: (614) 224 2913
E-mail: ohiodance@hotmail.com