collinwood 2015 project details
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The Collinwood 2015 initiative engages stakeholders in thinking about how the arts can improve community health. As a whole, these grassroots projects will help bend theupward trajectories of obesity and other chronic diseases in the neighborhood, while also activating neighborhood greenspaces and getting stakeholders collectively engaged in what otherwise might seem to be an intractable problem.Throughout 2015, Northeast Shores will be awarding $100,000 of funding to support projects in the North Shore Collinwood neighborhood ($50,000 in the current program cycle). Artistteams are being asked to propose creative solutions to improve health outcomes in the neighborhood. How can artists improve neighborhood health?TRANSCRIPT
Northeast Shores Development Corporation (NSDC) is offering an exciting new program that gives teams of artists and health practitioners an opportunity to propose creative solutions to improving health outcomes in the North Shore Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The Collinwood 2015 initiative engages stakeholders in thinking about how the arts can improve community health. As a whole, these grassroots projects will help bend the upward trajectories of obesity and other chronic diseases in the neighborhood, while also activating neighborhood greenspaces and getting stakeholders collectively engaged in what otherwise might seem to be an intractable problem. Throughout 2015, NSDC will be awarding $100,000 of funding to support projects in the North Shore Collinwood neighborhood ($50,000 in the current program cycle). Artist teams are being asked to propose creative solutions to improve health outcomes in the neighborhood. How can artists improve neighborhood health? For example:
• What role can the arts play in increasing awareness of Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance resources?
• How can the arts facilitate access to preventative care?• How can artists encourage stronger and earlier prenatal care?• Can the arts reduce domestic violence?• How can artists encourage healthy eating practices?• Can the arts create opportunities for neighborhood stakeholders to join together in
exercise?
Collinwood 2015 projects are available to artists of all disciplines (craft, dance, design, literary, media, music, theatre and visual) and all skill levels. Competitive applications will have a strong arts focus but also be well-based in health practices. Therefore, artists are encouraged to collaborate with health practitioners in their program concept and implementation. Information sessions for Collinwood 2015 will be held on April 13th at 6pm at the Collinwood Recreation Center and April 15th at 6pm at Euclid Hospital’s Waltz Auditorium. To register to attend one of these sessions or to check out the guidelines and application, visit www.welcometocollinwood.com and click on the “Get Help” tab. For more information, contact the Northeast Shores office at 216-481-7660.
Collinwood 2015