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					<description><![CDATA[Read more about the featured ensemble for Gallery Concert 2 on March 7]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hyperius Blake, Black Voltron</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Formed in 2018 by Cleveland-based artist Hyperius Blake (Cleveland Arts Prize Verge Fellow 2025), Black Voltron brings together musicians from diverse backgrounds. They represent true community—the magic that happens when artists prioritize authenticity, understanding, and connection. Hyperius founded Black Voltron to share&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kisha Nicole Foster</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kisha Nicole Foster lives in Cleveland, and is the recipient of the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artist in Literature. Foster is an alumnus of Cleveland State University-BA English, and holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Foster&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ross Karre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ross Karre (he/him b. 1983 in Michigan) is a percussionist, filmmaker, and producer based in Oberlin, OH and New York City. He is the associate professor of percussion at Oberlin Conservatory. After completing his Doctorate in Music at UCSD with Steven Schick,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Barbara Marie Minney</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barbara Marie Minney, a native of West Virginia and a seventh generation Appalachian, is a Christian transgender woman, award winning poet, speaker, teaching artist, guest reader/editor, and quiet activist. Her poetry and essays have been widely published and translated into Spanish. Barbara&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>July Musical Artist of the Month — Dan Bruce</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By embracing the influence of his heroes from the jazz tradition and retaining his own musical personality, guitarist Dan Bruce has developed a unique and impressive musical voice. He returned to Cleveland, Ohio in 2017 after spending a decade as an important&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>July Literary Artist of the Month — Philip Metres</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Philip Metres is a poet, scholar, translator, essayist, playwright, and peacebuilder. He is the author of twelve books, including Fugitive/Refuge (2024), Ochre &#38; Rust: New Selected Poems of Sergey Gandlevsky (2023), Shrapnel Maps (2020), The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance (2018), and Sand Opera (2015). His work has&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>July Visual Artist of the Month — Cass Penegor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cass Penegor (They/Them) is a nonbinary artist and educator currently based in Lakewood, Ohio. They received their BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and their MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Their work has been featured in various online exhibitions, and&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>June Musical Artist of the Month – Theresa May</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Theresa J. May (she/her) is a native of Shaker Heights, Ohio. She holds a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Dayton. May is adjunct faculty at Cuyahoga Community&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>June Visual Artist of the Month – Al Fuchs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 14:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Al Fuchs is a Cleveland native and has spent most of his life here. He attended Bowling Green State University and graduated in 1983 with a degree in Photojournalism, and he then worked at newspapers around the country until 1993. Fuchs moved&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>June Literary Artist of the Month – Dayshawnda Ash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 14:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dayshawnda Ash is a multifaceted artist born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. As an actress, singer, painter, sculptor, dancer, poet, and writer; art was her escape from bullying. Within the last few years, she’s been focused on play and screenwriting. “My purpose&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>May Musical Artist of the Month – Jamey Haddad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Percussionist/Drummer Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations. Born of Lebanese descent,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>May Visual Artist of the Month – Marty Resnik</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Marty Resnik has been a long time Cleveland Heights resident. He became interested in ceramics after attending a continuing education class on wheel throwing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He has been &#8220;throwing bowls&#8221; for more than 10 years and attributes his skill&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>May Literary Artist of the Month – Conor Bracken</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Conor Bracken is a US-born poet and translator. The author of Henry Kissinger, Mon Amour (winner of the 2017 Frost Place Chapbook Competition) and The Enemy of My Enemy Is Me (winner of the 2020 Diode Editions book prize), he is also the translator of Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine&#8217;s Scorpionic Sun (CSU&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>April Literary Artist of the Month – Carrie George</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carrie George is a poet and teacher living in Akron, OH. She received her MFA from Kent State University and the Northeast Ohio MFA program. She is the manager at Elizabeth’s Bookshop &#38; Writing Centre. She is coeditor of &#8220;Light Enters the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>April Visual Artist of the Month – Leo Covault</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Leo Covault is a Cleveland-based transgender artist with an interest in exploring gender through the lens of historical fashion and folklore. He was inspired by stop motion animation, shadow puppets, and stage design to create his photographic illustration style. Leo creates&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>April Musical Artist of the Month – Genevieve Smelser</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Genevieve Smelser joined the first violin section of The Cleveland Orchestra in August 2023. She comes from a family of musicians in Chicago, Illinois, and her primary teachers included Mathias Tacke of the Vermeer Quartet and Gerardo Ribeiro. Smelser received her bachelor’s&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March Musical Artist of the Month &#8211; Afendi Usuf</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Afendi Yusuf joined The Cleveland Orchestra as principal clarinet with the start of the 2017-18 season. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he has appeared as guest principal with a number of North American ensembles, including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March Literary Artist of the Month &#8211; Beks Freeman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heights Arts Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where there is a sword to be swung, song to be sung, or tale to be spun, there you’ll find B. T. Freeman (they/he). AKA “the sword-wielding chaos goblin,” they are an actor-combatant, writer, and singer/musician from West Lafayette, Indiana. Currently an&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March Visual Artist of the Month &#8211; The Gypsy &#038; the Hermit</title>
		<link>https://www.heightsarts.org/portfolio-item/march-visual-artist-of-the-month-victoria-cole/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet the creative minds behind The Gypsy &#38; the Hermit! Cristina and Victoria are a dynamic mother-daughter duo on a mission to spread the art of mindful giving. Through their carefully curated, reusable fabric gift wraps and hand-painted greeting cards, Cristina and&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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