Come fall, one Cleveland neighborhood will offer artists more than inspiration and the camaraderie of fellow creatives. The Artists in Residence initiative announced Monday by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture will provide loans for artists buying or renovating property, home ownership services, and grants for artists undertaking community projects.
The winning artists’ enclave will be announced July 1, and the $500,000 committed to the two-year project will start flowing in October. Area community-development corporations competing to bring the project home should know that a bit of dilapidation could help.
This article appears in Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2011.