Amy Arbus’ striking portraits beautifully capture the essence and energy of Cleveland’s performing artists and the remarkable gifts they bring to our community. Arbus has published four books of her photographs, and her work is in many prestigious collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Arbus’ photographs have appeared in more than 100 periodicals, and she has had 21 solo exhibitions around the world. She also teaches portraiture at the International Center of Photography, Maine Media Workshops and the Fine Arts Work Center. The Foundation has been a longtime supporter of the arts because we recognize that their innovation and creativity are essential to our community’s continued vitality. The talented actors, dancers and musicians pictured in this report, and so many others like them, make Cleveland a more rewarding, interesting and lively place to live and work. We are richer because of their presence.
Holly Holsinger (as Ev), Insomnia: The Waking of Herselves, Cleveland Public Theatre
Rod Freeman (as Trombone #2), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Sarah Perrett, Dancer, GroundWorks DanceTheater
Kenesha Terrell (as Mourner), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
M.A. Taylor (as Gratiano), Othello, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Sean Jones, Trumpet, Artistic Director, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Faye Hargate (as Fand), Open Mind Firmament, Cleveland Public Theatre
Eduardo Placer (as Vicomte De Nanjac), An Ideal Husband, Great Lakes Theater Festival
David Tony Smith (as Iago), Othello, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Richard L. Shanklin, Alto Saxophone, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
John J. Polk (as Fred Clotaldo), FEVER/DREAM, Cleveland Public Theatre
Sheffia W. Randall Dooley (as Aoife), Open Mind Firmament, Cleveland Public Theatre
Chris Anderson, Trombone, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Laura Perrotta (as Mrs. Laura Cheveley), An Ideal Husband, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Felise Bagley, Dancer, GroundWorks DanceTheater
Miguel Osborne (as Trombone #4), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
John L. Klayman, First Tenor Saxophone, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Sally Groth (as Grace), The Book of Grace, Cleveland Public Theatre
Nina Domingue (as The Venus Hottentot), Venus, Cleveland Public Theatre
Paul Ferguson, Lead Trombone, Associate Artistic Director, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Michael L. Andrews-Hinders (as King Conchubar), Open Mind Firmament, Cleveland Public Theatre
Katie Wells, Dancer, GroundWorks DanceTheater
Deja Conner (as Angel of Death Assistant) and James Boyd (as Jesus), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Canaan Parrott (as Adam) and Jeffri Black (as Eve), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Jodi Dominick (as Lady Gertrude Chiltern) and Richard Klautsch (as Sir Robert Chiltern), An Ideal Husband, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Kyle Carthens (as Trombone #7), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
David Hansen (as Pengo), And Then You Die, Cleveland Public Theatre
David Shimotakahara, Artistic Director, and Katie Wells, Dancer, GroundWorks DanceTheater
B. Durand Ferebee Jr. (as Mourner) and Kaben D. Jones (as Mourner), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Val Kozlenko (as Nicky McManus), Fire Dance, Cleveland Public Theatre
Kelly Elliott (as Kelly), Kill Will, Cleveland Public Theatre
Alison Garrigan (as Viviane Blaine), Pulp, Cleveland Public Theatre
Jala Khateeb, Destiny Bloodworth, Kurana Glaros, Shirley Bell, Deja Conner and Tijai Monroe (as Red Sea Dancers), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Kenneth C. Parker (as Trombone #6), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Nathan Ramos (as Aston Martin), FEVER/DREAM, Cleveland Public Theatre
Laurel Brooke Johnson (as Stella Frigidaire), FEVER/DREAM, Cleveland Public Theatre
Anne McEvoy (as Dechtire), Open Mind Firmament, Cleveland Public Theatre
Theron Brown, Piano / Keyboards, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Charles Kartali (as Vet), The Book of Grace, Cleveland Public Theatre
Howie Smith, Lead Saxophone, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Doug Kusak (as Crumpet), The Santaland Diaries, Cleveland Public Theatre
Brenda C. Adrine (as Trombone #5), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
Jodi Dominick (as Bianca), Othello, Great Lakes Theater Festival
Elizabeth R. Wood (as Sarge or Winchester Cox), Pulp, Cleveland Public Theatre
Kenny Charles (as Trombone #3), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre
David Alan Anderson (as Othello) and Sara M. Bruner (as Desdemona), Othello, Great Lakes Theater Festival
David Tony Smith (as Viscount Goring) and Sara M. Bruner (as Miss Mabel Chiltern), An Ideal Husband, Great Lakes Theater Festival
David Shimotakahara, Artistic Director, GroundWorks DanceTheater
Steve Enos, Trumpet, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Darlisheo A. Averhart (as Mardi Gras Lady), God’s Trombones, Karamu House Theatre