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Silver Linings in a Dark Year: Our 2020 in Review
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To our dear friends, fans, and flames,
We are so honored by the support we've received this year from all of you. From tuning in to our Virtually INGenious festival, showing up to help clean up St. Clair-Superior, to voting us one of the best Festivals and Arts Events in Cleveland, you have been the brightest lights in an otherwise dark year. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU. 🔥🧡
Let's take a look back at this year. For all of its dark spots, it sure had its fair share of shining moments.Â
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Ingenuity was proud to partner with 48 Hour Virtual Music Fest CLE to produce the first-ever Virtually INGenious festival. We featured 100+ bands, artists, performers, creatives, and difference-makers in our community. This event also raised over $5,000 to keep ingenious programming going in Cleveland throughout the year.
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Did You Know?Ingenuity continues to partner with and support our friends at 48 Hour Virtual Music Fest CLE. After our initial partnership for Virtually INGenious, they received an Ignite! Impact Award to help grow their capacity. Ingenuity will continue to contribute content for their events, just like we did with Touch Cleveland's Unspoken: Impact Series for the December Blizzard Bash (which has raised over $8,000 for Hunger Network!). Remember, you can revisit all of the performances from each festival by visiting the Facebook event page and navigating to the discussion tab!
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We launched the INSPIRE (Initiative for Neighborhood Social Progress, Impact, and Equity) Committee. This committee designs tools and events to increase our reach and our impact. For instance, if you saw the Make(r) a More Equitable Movement panel during Virtually INGenious, that was the result of the INSPIRE Committee's hard work and a new partnership with Made Cleveland!
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Did You Know?Made Cleveland is now running a pop-up in Cleveland Heights for all your holiday gifting needs! You can shop in person (hours below) or shop online, 24/7. Support small businesses and shop local this holiday!
In-Person Shopping Hours (1854-A Coventry Rd, MASKS REQUIRED):
Monday, 12/21: 10am - 6pm
Tuesday, 12/22: 10am - 6pm
Wednesday, 12/23: 10am - 6pm
Thursday, 12/24: 10am - 2pm
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| Amplified Important Voices...
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The Ignite! Impact Awards offer seed funding, space, resources, and consulting to entrepreneurs from minority communities. 8 Ignite! Impact Awards were granted in 2020.
#VoicesofCLEÂ created space for artists of color and for the conversation surrounding racial equity and social justice as our community strives to heal and evolve.
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Did You Know?The Unspoken: Impact Series from Touch Cleveland was made possible through an Ignite! Impact Award! When 2020 brought systemic racism to the forefront of all our lives, Touch Cleveland (a local marketing and public relations firm) interviewed 10 of Cleveland's most prominent small business owners to capture their stories and experiences navigating institutional racism. You can find all 4 episodes of the Unspoken: Impact Series on Touch CLE's YouTube Channel!
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| Fused Art and Democracy Together...
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We hosted events that encouraged all of you to complete your census and get out to vote! With our #VoicesofCLE partners, we invited young people to our space to work with Census educators and community engagement specialists. We also worked with Sankofa Fine Arts Plus and the St. Clair-Superior Teen Center, to create 2 large-scale murals that help ensure everyone counted and voted!
The murals created were displayed in US Bank/Star Plaza in August, September, and October.
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Did You Know?We have an amazing group of people who work to capture what we do on film. You can see some of our participatory democracy work for yourself by visiting our website! Stay tuned for more videos in the future, in partnership with awesome folks like Matt Tyrrell, who created the awesome preview video below!
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Did You Know?Participation in our programs is available to creatives of all stripes and experience levels! You (yes, YOU!) can:
- *sign up to receive Ingeneers emails if you're looking for a fun, creative outlet that'll teach you a thing or two about being an artist. No prior experience needed!
- nominate someone (or yourself!) for an Ignite! Impact Award if they've got a program or organization with strong social impact!
- apply for a space in the IngenuityLabs Incubator if you're looking to take the next step in your small business journey!
- spread the word about our consulting and commissions work to any other organizations you know that might benefit from a little Ingenuity!
- *attend any of our events (stay tuned here and follow us on social media to find out about them!) if you're a fun human being!
*please note that we do not yet know when in-person events like the Ingeneers or public events will pick back up, but subscribing to newsletters and social media channels will keep you in the loop!
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When you donate to Ingenuity, you're not just supporting the mission, programs, and day-to-day operations of one organization - you're reaching all of our IngenuityLabs Incubator tenants, Ignite! Impact Award winners, and Ingeneers, too!
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| Help Ensure 2021 is Even Brighter!
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At Ingenuity, we believe that art heals. We also believe that everyone could use some extra healing as 2020 comes to a close. Through your generous support, we can continue to be a resource for recovery and inspiration.
Will you consider making a gift to Ingenuity before the year is over?
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We are getting closer and closer to our $7,500 year-end digital donations goal! This campaign is open until 12/31. Watch the thermometer climb - stay tuned to our Facebook page over the next 10 days!
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On behalf of all of us at Ingenuity, we wish you a Happy Holiday season! Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay (relatively) sane. See you next year!
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|  | Emily Appelbaum,
Executive Artistic Director
| |  | Alyssa Perna,
Managing Director
| |  | Hannah Maier-Lann
Marketing & Development Manager
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