Friday · November 7 · 7 p.m. · @thekafela
Pull up for SWOB’s 2025 Midwest Cypher, an evening for Hip-Hop heads and artists inspired by the culture. Experience authentic community, raw creativity, and genuine inspiration.
✷ Open to all MCs, Rappers, Singers, Dancers, Poets, Creatives, Intellectuals, Lovers of Hip-Hop
✷ Open to beginner and veteran lyricists
✷ Audience participation encouraged; show love!
✷ Three winners will take home cash prizes
🎤 Gotta mention, rap = violence prevention. Tap in!
What an inspiring night at the Envision2025 mixer! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate MLK Day and honor his legacy of dreaming. It was an energizing moment to envision the future through the creative voices of young artists. Congratulations to the open mic winners and participants—your art lit up the room. Shout out to the judges, the community, and @humanheartstudios for making it all happen.
Join us on Saturday, January 25 at Human Heart Studios for our Envision 2025 Mixer — a night dedicated to creative expression and envisioning in celebration of MLK Jr. Day.
The night will include live performances by @lospost216 and @quietkid23_ , an open mic with cash prizes (Visa gift cards), vision boarding, and more. All are welcome to attend. Open mic participants must be between 20-25 years old.
Learn more about the PRISM open call, a @clevelandpubliclibrary initiative platforming public art as advocacy to end mass incarceration.
@clevelandpubliclibrary will be hosting two information sessions on Sept 19th and Sept 28th (visit link in bio to sign up).
Interested artists are strongly encouraged to attend. Sessions will be recorded and answers to all questions will be made available to the public.
To view full call, visit the link in our bio. 🔗
📣 OPEN CALL - Artists are invited to submit their qualifications to create public artworks for PRISM, a @clevelandpubliclibrary initiative platforming art and justice to end mass incarceration.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
- Four artists will be selected to design and install artwork at four Cleveland library campuses.
- Each selected artist will have an all-inclusive budget of $75,000 to deliver their project by the Fall 2025 deadline.
- Artists who resonate with themes of justice, community engagement, and the impact of incarceration are strongly encouraged to apply, especially if they have a connection to Cleveland, the Midwest, or marginalized communities.
- Two virtual information sessions will be offered on Sept 19th and Sept 28th (visit link in bio to sign up).
- Submission deadline: Monday, October 14, 2024; 11:59 pm ET
Questions can be directed to Ahlon Gonzalez (@ahlonatland ) at [email protected].
To view full call and project brief, visit the link in our bio. 🔗
pARTy Recap Pt 1 💫
Before we de-installed our pop up space at Transformer Station for FRONT, we hosted a pARTy with @contrasthigh and @xhibition_ in celebration of creative expression, collaboration, and community.
Swipe for a recap to see some familiar faces and style moments!
Ph. @backpackdave365
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#swob #front22 #xhibition #contrasthigh #transformerstation #cleveland #ohio #creativeagency
"I've been polluted by the human race.
Judged by the way I drench because
they only see the sunshine..."
LaVon @quietkid_20 wears "Dust & Rainbows Tee" from our latest capsule collection for FRONT, powered by Xhibition and Puma. Our pop-up shop has come to an close but you can still shop the capsule collection at Xhibition.co! We appreciate your support.
Link in bio 🌈☁️
Ph. Kenyatta Crisp @28karatblack
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#swob #dustandrainbows #fronttriennial #front22 #xhibition #cleveland #clevelandarts
Cleveland-based photographers Kenyatta Crisp @28karatblack and Aja Joi Grant @joi_shoots pulled up to our activation at Transformer Station. Get to know them!
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#swob #fronttriennial #front22 #clevelandartists #supportblackart #cleveland
“This love goes beyond reason
If you can stitch the flesh of the pitfalls you face
to nurture those to come,
you are like your father…”
- Kelli Price @kellaiko
Kelli wears "Dust & Rainbows Tee" from our latest capsule collection for FRONT, powered by Xhibition and Puma. This is the last week to shop at our experiential pop-up at Transformer Station!
Open Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm through October 2nd, 2022.
Transformer Station, Second Floor, 1460 W 29th St, Cleveland, OH 44113
Swipe for more locations to shop and support SWOB's mission and as a creative agency and arts ecosystem.
Ph. Kenyatta Crisp @28karatblack
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#swob #dustandrainbows #fronttriennial #front22 #xhibition #cleveland #clevelandarts
Cleveland-based photographers Amber N. Ford @ambern.ford and Chris Horne @what_knots pulled up to our #front22 activation at Transformer Station. Get to know them!
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#swob #fronttriennial #front22 #clevelandartists #supportblackart #cleveland
"And the dust taught us how to sneeze
How to see our reality in a cleansed light..."
- @mixxedrose
Tara wears "Dust & Rainbows Tee" from our latest capsule collection for FRONT, powered by Xhibition and Puma. This is the last week to shop at our experiential pop-up at Transformer Station!
Open Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm through October 2nd, 2022.
Transformer Station, Second Floor, 1460 W 29th St, Cleveland, OH 44113
Swipe for more locations to shop and support SWOB's mission and as a creative agency and arts ecosystem.
Ph. Kenyatta Crisp
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#swob #dustandrainbows #fronttriennial #front22 #xhibition #cleveland #clevelandarts
Research Tip 💫
Explore primary resources like libraries, archives, vintage shops, to discover more context, narrative, and sensory character through tactile experience.
Slide 1: Recto scan of an image of Langston Hughes visiting Harlem Public School 113 in New York City, 1943.
Slide 2: Verso scan of caption from New York Bureau, 1943.
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#primaryresearch #langstonhughes #swob #shootingwithoutbullets #frontriennial #ohgodsofdustandrainbows
