Event serves as kickoff to new afterschool art clubs
The Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (CAL) will host a grand opening celebration at its new creative arts center for children and teens on Sunday, October 21, 2018 from 1 to 5pm. The public event invites community members to explore the organization’s second programming space, located at 1470 E. 105th Street in Cleveland, formerly the FRONT Porch.Beginning with a ribbon cutting at 1:30pm, the free event will feature a student art gallery, drumming workshops, hands-on arts activities, and refreshments. Throughout the afternoon, there will be performances by Kevin Conwell & the Footprints, Ray McNiece, Jewel Jackson and African Soul International, and Mama Fasi of the Fasi Cultural Experience. CAL will also unveil an interactive mural created by 3rd and 4th grade students from Patrick Henry Elementary School in Glenville. Using touch activated circuits, attendees will be able to learn about the community through the students’ own words. Additionally, members of the community will be invited to vote to help determine the new name for the community programming space.“Over the years, we have witnessed not just the positive impact the arts have on children’s educational success, but also how valuable it is to children’s personal growth - helping cultivate critical thinkers, confident collaborators, and dedicated citizens,” said CAL Executive Director Marsha Dobrzynski. “This was a key motivator for us to open a community arts space in the Glenville neighborhood and expand the arts programming we are able to offer children and teens in our community.”The event will serve as a kickoff to CAL’s new Makers and Mentors Art Clubs which begin the following day. The free afterschool clubs are open to students in grades 3-12 and run Tuesdays from 3 to 5pm for elementary students, Mondays-Thursday from 3 to 5pm for middle school students, and Thursdays from 4 to 6pm for high school students. A main goal of this kickoff is to give potential art club members (Makers) and their families the opportunity to interact with the club teaching artists (Mentors) who will be on hand at the event. Students will experience the types of art they would create as art club members and will be able register for the clubs on site.“Our afterschool clubs were designed to support and mentor students through the arts,” continues Dobrzynski. “We look forward to engaging with families at the kickoff event so they can be confident that our clubs provide their children a safe place to create and express themselves, have fun, and just be kids!”To learn about programming on E. 105th Street or to enroll in a club, visit
arts-inspiredlearning.org/community-programs.For complete event details visit
arts-inspiredlearning.org/event/105th-street-kickoff.
