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May 1, 2024
Cleveland Arts Prize
- Submission Deadline: May 1, 2024
- Award Info: Monetary awards
- Type: Grants & Fellowships
- Eligibility: State
- Categories: Craft/Traditional Arts, Photography, Drawing, Film/Video/New Media, Mixed-Media/Multi-Discipline, Painting, Sculpture
- Location: Cleveland , OH, United States
- Online Only: Yes
Cleveland Arts Prize promotes creativity in Northeast Ohio by honoring artists for artistic excellence and recognizes community leaders who help regional arts flourish. Cleveland Arts Prize (CAP) was established by the Women’s City Club in 1960, and continues today as the nation’s oldest municipal arts award and an ongoing platform for celebrating Northeast Ohio’s exceptional arts community. In its earliest years, the group commissioned the Arts Prize medal, launched a scholarship program and established an endowment that secured the annual awarding of prizes.
Discipline Awards
Applications are accepted March 1 - May 1.
Discipline awards are application based only. If you would like to nominate an artist please complete this form. Your nominee will be notified and sent the link to complete the application. Nominations do not have an effect on their application and are not seen by the jurors. Nominations must be submitted by April 1st in order to give the nominee adequate time to complete the application.
Discipline Prize Criteria:
A body of original work that consistently exemplifies the highest level of artistic excellence as shown by but not limited to:
Mastery of traditional skill and willingness to challenge status quo
Awareness and/or acknowledgment of contemporary and/or changing schools of thought respective to discipline
High level of continuity between artist statement and work
Regional, national and/or international recognition*
Contributions to the canon of knowledge that will endure beyond the artist's life*
*These criteria will be assessed relative to career level.
Applicants will be placed into career levels based on the following requirements:
Emerging Artist Award: Candidate is currently living in Northeast Ohio and has created significant work or projects and shows remarkable promise for further development of their artistic careers.
Mid-Career Artist Award: Candidate is currently residing or has previously resided in Northeast Ohio and whose work has received both regional and national recognition.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Candidate has worked in Northeast Ohio over a period of decades and whose artistic achievements have brought distinction to the artist individually and to the region as a whole.
Past Arts Prize winners are not eligible to win a prize in the same category more than once.