Creative Fusion
The Cleveland Foundation's International Artist-in-Residence Program
"Creative Fusion" is a multi-year initiative to bring accomplished artists from diverse cultures to Cleveland for extended periods of time. These artists will be embedded within existing cultural institutions to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences across sectors, populations, ideologies and modes of creative expression.
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Click to listen to a panel discussion on Creative Fusion from an edition of WCPN 90.3 FM's "Around Noon" program. The Cleveland Foundation's Kathleen Cerveny was part of that panel. You may also:
The artists of Creative Fusion
Özen Yula
The Cleveland Foundation has partnered with Cleveland State University and Cleveland Public Theatre to bring internationally acclaimed Turkish playwright and director Özen Yula to Cleveland. Yula is regarded as one of the world's most daring avant-garde theatrical artists. His collected plays have been published in five volumes and translated into more than 10 languages. His work is characterized as dark, comical, visually daring, and at the forefront of controversial issues of social justice and human rights.
During his nine-month residency in Cleveland, Yula is engaging university students in theatre and the social sciences, as well as working with Cleveland Metropolitan School District students and other urban youth, professional artists, and the general public. He will create two original works during his stay, one of which will be a world premiere professional production.
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Creative Fusion director Kathleen Cerveny with Özen Yula
Özen Yula chats with Cleveland State University dean Gregory M. Sadlek