Center for Arts-Inspired Learning Receives $20,000 Grant from Burton D. Morgan Foundation
CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 29, 2024) - The Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (CAL) is proud to announce a generous $20,000 proactive community grant from Burton D. Morgan Foundation in support of the organization’s general operations. This contribution will play a vital role in advancing CAL’s mission to champion creative learning, drive educational innovation, and transform the lives of youth across Northeast Ohio through the arts.
With this funding, CAL will continue to build on its over 70-year legacy of using the arts as a catalyst for creative learning and personal growth for youth. The grant ensures that CAL can further its work, providing impactful arts education programs that integrate creativity into academic, social-emotional, and personal development. By engaging youth from preschool through 12th grade, CAL fosters a love of the arts that contributes to well-rounded learning experiences and opens new opportunities for youth to thrive in school and beyond.
Burton D. Morgan Foundation, a prominent advocate for entrepreneurship and innovation, has been supporting organizations that embody these principles since its founding in 1967. The foundation’s mission to strengthen free enterprise aligns with CAL’s vision of helping youth develop skills that will serve them in their futures, both personally and professionally. This impactful grant highlights the foundation's belief in the transformative power of creativity and entrepreneurship.
About the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (CAL)
The Center for Arts-Inspired Learning (CAL) has a rich legacy dating back to 1953 as Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, founded by George Szell. For over 70 years, CAL has been a pioneer in championing creative learning and leading arts education across 18 counties. With a focus to drive educational innovation, we engage approximately 75+ professional teaching artists in dance, theater, music, digital arts, visual arts while constantly adding new art forms to our selection. Our programs integrate the arts into academic, cognitive, social-emotional, personal, and professional growth, providing well-rounded experiences for youth from preschool to 12th grade. CAL ensures arts education continues at every developmental stage, empowering youth to pursue dreams, build skills, and thrive in school and beyond. Its four primary service platforms include:
Arts-integrated programs (PreK-12th grade students) created to instill the arts in learning through in-person and virtual classes offered by educators, schools, libraries, community organizations, and other venues.
ArtWorks arts education and workforce development apprenticeships (10th-12th grade students).
Inspiration Through Music programs (3rd-12th grade students living in Cleveland or attending a school within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District) offering beginner-to-intermediate instrument instruction and free instruments upon successful completion of the program.
Professional Development for educators looking to integrate art into their teaching practices and artists preparing to positively impact students as teachers.
CAL’s mission is to champion creative learning, drive educational innovation, and transform lives through collaborative efforts involving teaching artists, students, educators, and communities.