A community effort, intent on creating ARTFUL space on the East side of Cleveland.
ARTFUL Volunteer Days – We Need Your Help!
As our time at the Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Building comes to a close, we are actively working toward securing a new home. While we’re not quite ready to share details, one thing is certain—we must vacate our current space by January 31st and need all the help we can get to pack up and prepare.
We’re hosting three Volunteer Days and could use extra hands to help disassemble our studios, move furniture and equipment to a staging area, pack, and clean. Snacks will be provided!
Dates:
- Sunday, January 5th
- Sunday, January 12th
- Sunday, January 26th
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Location: 2843 Washington Blvd.
Parking lot entrance is off Washington Blvd., despite what GPS may say. Street parking is also available.
No special skills are required—just a willingness to pitch in! However, due to sharp objects and heavy materials, this is not a safe environment for kids or pets.
Whether you can stay for an hour or the whole day, your help is greatly appreciated. Let’s come together to wrap up this chapter and make way for the next!
Questions? Reach out to us at info@artfulcleveland.org. We hope to see you there!
Support ARTFUL’s Move – Online Auction Ends January 16!
As ARTFUL prepares to move, we’re letting go of items we can’t take with us—and every purchase will help us secure a new home, relocate, and build new artist studios. This online auction is not only a fundraiser but also a chance to find some incredible items at great prices!
We’re offering a wide array of tools, supplies, and unique finds, including high-end power tools, woodworking and metalworking equipment, easels, heavy-duty folding tables, photographic enlargers and darkroom accessories, vinyl albums, printers and copiers, airbrush kits, enameling supplies, storage cabinets, router templates and bits, stainless steel sinks, vintage fishing and tennis gear, Cleveland Browns memorabilia, Chinese paper lanterns, LED and halogen lights, candle-making supplies, and much more. It’s an eclectic mix worth browsing—whether you’re an artist, maker, collector, or DIY enthusiast!
Bidding is open now and closes at the end of the day on January 16!
Be sure to read the full instructions and Terms of Sale before participating. Thank you for supporting ARTFUL and helping us create a new home for artists in our community!
A Heartfelt Thank You for an Unforgettable Lantern Festival
Last month, we celebrated the Lantern Festival, marking the final event at our beloved studios in the Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Building. It was a joyous celebration of light, art, and community, held in partnership with the Coventry Village business district. Throughout the day, community members of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds participated in free lantern-making workshops—generously led by ARTFUL artists and board members, including Jacqui Brown, Natalie Isvarin Love, and more. We are especially grateful to ARTFUL artist Robin VanLear, whose Art Acts Performers brought the Lantern Procession to life with dancing, giant puppets, enchanting costumes, and live drummers filling the streets with rhythm and energy.
For those who couldn’t attend—or if you’d like to relive the magic—enjoy this video of the event.
As we look ahead, we hope to continue this cherished event, along with other ARTFUL programs, in 2025. Once we find a new home and settle in, we’ll be sure to keep you updated on what’s next (be sure to join our email list). Thank you for your continued support—we can’t wait to create more art-filled moments together!
We’re honored to be featured in this month’s Gather Well Cleveland Heights Podcast! ARTFUL’s Co-founder & Board President, Brady Dindia, joined Julie and Eric to chat about the incredible community events we hosted at the end of 2024, including Halloween P.E.A.C.E. Pops and the Lantern Festival. She also shared important updates on what’s next for ARTFUL and our fellow organizations as we prepare to vacate the P.E.A.C.E. Building by January 31st.
We have queued this link to begin at Brady’s interview (around the 35:00 minute mark), but the hosts provide wonderful community gathering information leading up to the interview.
We’d like to convey our gratitude to the Gather Well Cleveland Heights team for inviting us to participate in their first podcast of 2025. This grassroots effort is a wonderful resource for our community.
ARTFUL is so excited to share that our Executive Director, Shannon Morris, is this year’s recipient of The Cleveland Arts Prize Robert P. Bergman Prize!! This is an incredible honor and now brings ARTFUL’s total to 3 Cleveland Arts Prize winners. Congratulations Shannon – we are all SO very proud of you and the work you do on a daily basis on behalf of the artists we serve.
A reflection on ARTFUL’s journey at the P.E.A.C.E. Building and the mission we will continue to uphold wherever we go.
Mission.
Establish and nurture affordable space that supports and educates artists in their mission to create, sell and display their art while making creativity and inspiration more accessible to the community at large.
24 art studios.
ARTFUL has 24 studio spaces that are available for rent to local artists. We are one of the only multi-tenant art spaces in greater Cleveland that is handicap-accessible, and our walls are constructed of a special antimicrobial material.
Large flex space.
In addition to our private studios, ARTFUL also features a large open work space. This space is available for our artists, classes and community gatherings. It can also be utilized by our artists for collaborations and large projects.
Classes and workshops.
Many ARTFUL artists teach small and private classes in their studios, while outside artist often make use of our Flex Space for teaching classes. Subjects include ceramics, home school art classes, painting and more!
We are located inthe
Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Building.
2843 Washington Blvd.
Cleveland Heights, OH. 44118
The Coventry P.E.A.C.E. Building is the former Coventry Elementary School, and is now home to multiple local nonprofits. We work hand-in-hand with these organizations on programming and special events. Many of our artists have either partnered, or utilized their services. P.E.A.C.E. stands for “People Enhancing A Community’s Environment”. Together with our neighbors in the building, we offer wonderful opportunities for our artists and local community members to continue to create, show, learn and grow.
