HELP COMMUNITY ARTS-SEPT 7TH AT 7PM IN EUCLID

"There is a City Council meeting Sept 7th at 7 p.m. at Euclid City Hall on E. 222nd Street to discuss more and possibly vote on this issue. I am asking that you attend this meeting to give input on how arts and culture have positively affected your own community."

"Shore Cultural Centre is an old converted school that was built between the years of
1918 and the 1930’s. Twenty some odd years ago it was taken over by the City of
Euclid and turned into a cultural center. Due to the fact that the city was unsure
of how to manage the building, they hired a management corporation, Coral, a little
over a year ago to run the building. Coral has done a spectacular job running,
maintaining, managing and bringing in new arts, cultural, health and wellness and
community outreach tenants to the building on a limited budget.

Back in May, the City Council of Euclid approved a five year strategic plan for
Coral and the management of Shore. However, we attended the Euclid City council
meeting this past Monday night about the city approving the budget for Coral
Management Company to keep managing and improving Shore. It was eye opening, to say
the least. Coral has done an impossibly stupendous job in turning the place around
in a year, yet it doesn't look good. City Council seems unsure if Euclid should
subsidize some of the operational and capital funds Coral needs to ensure that Shore
can continue to be run successfully. It is now up for a vote on the behalf of City
Council to approve the budget to continue to operate the building. The projection
that the city would have to contribute is higher than they would like it to be. Key
aspects included in the funding are for a new boiler and the hiring of a development
director to solicit grants and private donations
that will help reduce the City of Euclid’s financial commitment.

We need your help.

All of our businesses, classes, educational opportunities, quality of life in the
Downtown Euclid area and community outreach opportunities are at stake. There is
once again talk of closing the building. This will be devastating to the downtown
area, as well as the region for many reasons: it will place a brownfield and/or
boarded up building in the middle of an economic center, it will eliminate the most
recognizable and historically relevant landmark in downtown Euclid, schools,
daycares and businesses within Shore will have to either close or be uprooted, a
significant amount of money will have to be spent on tearing down a building that
may contain asbestos, lead paint and other hazards, downtown traffic flow will be
interrupted indefinitely, and an arts, wellness and cultural district and presence
will cease to exist in a town that is already battling many social and economic
difficulties.

Some of the council members, as well as the Mayor are NOT in favor of giving the
full amount of money to subsidize Shore, as it continues on the path to
self-sufficiency.

I am reaching out because you love the arts. While I know that every one of you
have your own battles and your time is precious I thank you in advance for your
support.

Thank you,
Joanna Longo"

Cleveland Handmade on Fox 8 Friday!

A treasury made in celebration of Cleveland Handmade being featured on Fox8 this coming Friday, June 26th on the 8:00-9:00 news show.
petitelibellule & virtuallori will represent the team!
Go team!

With love from Cleveland Handmade!

Etsy treasury with items from the Cleveland Handmade team!
May 15, 2009

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Oddmall show!

Hudson, Ohio will be the site of the first annual Oddmall Emporium of the Weird on Saturday, May 9th, 2009.

Oddmall needs you! Reserve your booth by February 8th and save 20%!

To apply for the show: "email a sample or three of your work (72 dpi jpegs, please) or a link to your website to Andy at mailto:andy@andyhopp.com?subject=Oddmall."

"We are looking for various performers to entertain the masses at Oddmall. If you are a musician, magician, juggler, dancer, balloon animal maker, or any other unusual performer and you'd like to strut your stuff at Oddmall please contact Andy at andy@andyhopp.com."

Great Trunk Show Tonight!

The Cleveland Team trunk show was great this evening.
Etsy gave us front page glory while we were meeting....
Thank you virtuallori
for hosting the show so beautifully!

Autumn in Cleveland Treasury...

Great items from our team!
Clicks and comments welcome!
Treasury expires Saturday, Oct 11 at 7:00pm

free fabric-save it from the landfill! :)

"Carnegie Textile Company Closing WarehouseAll Fabrics in Storage offered to artists at NO COST
Background - Carnegie Textile Company is planning to exit the warehouse in July and dispose of the materials (in thegarbage/trash!). The company would like to offer the goods to thecommunity via ZeroLandfill. Due to the timeline and the inabilityto transfer and store such a large amount, ZeroLandfill felt itwould be easier to organize a visit to the warehouse and artistscould choose their own items and transport them directly.
When Katherine Dunlevey attended the June ZeroLandfill disbursement day, she was approached about possible interest in the treasure trove. She was able to make the arrangements as listed below.
Anyone is welcome to attend the event, but Katherine must be contacted (even up to the day of the event) so the names can be added to thesecurity check list. The warehouse has a large number bolts of fabric including scrim (about the weight of interfacing), gauze, and other types as well asboxed fabrics including a large selection of cut denims in many colors, prints, and styles (sample was 48"x48"). Many of the fabrics are industrial or institutional in grade.

Pickup - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 9:30 Warehouse located in East Cleveland at
1734 Ivanhoe Road.
Parking is available in their lot. Park near the docks.Please pass the word on to friends, and ask them to contact Katherine Dunlevey at 440 543-8138, 440 478-4051 (mobile), dunlevey [!at] alltel.net
Bring box cutters and wear old clothes - the plastic bags containingthe fabrics are very dusty."

show season starts.....NOW ;)

ready for all the super summer shows where you can see your favorite cleveland makers-of-awesome? get set because this weekend is just the start :)


here's to the beginning of a great season, see you all there!

......


Spring Boutique

April 11, 2008 7–9 p.m. and April 12, 2008 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Rocky River Memorial Hall 21012 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River

ClevelandHandmade Artists: erinw440 sajslaby petitelibellule minimeg Lori Paximadis




2008 Spring Craft Show for Relay for Life

April 12, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Regula Conference CenterNEOUCOM Campus, Route 44, Rootstown
ClevelandHandmade Artist: lazytcrochet




Lazy Mama Trunk Show

April 12, 2008 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Birds of a Feather 36840 Detroit Rd., Avon
ClevelandHandmade Artist: Lazy Mama Designs


please click any picture for artist information :)
best of luck everyone!

Friday! open gallery in Rocky River

this Friday, March 28th at 7pm will be the second Gallery Night at Papercuts & Gluesticks, a new gallery in rocky river. Kari, the owner, says all are welcome to attend, so that means you! she promises new art on the walls and drinks and hors d'oeuvres on the tables and on the house ;)

the gallery is located at 20119 Lake Road in Rocky River (next to Wild Flour Bakery) and you can call 440.799.4344 with any questions.

i'm super excited to see this gallery in person, it looks great in the pictures i stole from kari's blog, no? ;) and there are very cool classes there to sign up for AND every sunday at noon beginning March 30th is the Art Swap and Collaboration meet up where EVERYONE is welcome to come and make and trade art, more info here.

there have been artists from Etsy featured in the gallery which is very cool and Kari also said that she wants to have space available for artists to meet. so, this could be a possible future meeting place for our team, how sweet is that? let's stop by and welcome her to the neighborhood ;)