ArtWorks - Hired to Create, Inspired to Succeed
Young Audiences' ArtWorks program is an arts-based job training program for high school students designed to develop 21st Century skills for the workplace through apprenticeships in the arts. Students are hired to work in small groups called co-ops, under the guidance of a professional master teaching artist.
Young Audiences is proud to offer two different ArtWorks experiences to provide more opportunities for students to earn a wage, gain valuable workforce skills, prepare for higher education, and have fun working in an art form of their choice!
To learn more about each of these opportunities or to apply for either one, choose a program below:
ArtWorks Summer
ArtWorks Afterschool
Young Audiences' ArtWorks is an award-winning program. Founding patron Deborah Ratner and Executive Director Marsha Dobrzynski were the recipient's of University Circle Inc.'s 2008 Joseph D. Pigott Leadership Award for bringing ArtWorks to University Circle, involving several other cultural organizations, and making "an especially noteworthy contribution" to the area. The 2008 program also received a best practice honor from national Young Audiences at an all-chapter conference and Ms. Ratner was honored for her vision and annual commitment to realize the program.
In November 2010, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals honored Ms. Ratner with the Philanthropist Leadership award.
In spring 2011, Marsha Dobrzynski was bestowed the Cleveland Arts Prize's Martha Joseph Prize for her commitment to arts education in Northeast Ohio, and Young Audiences received the Ohio Association of NonProfit Organizations' Excellence Award for ArtWorks programming. In early December, the organization received the Ohio Department of Youth Services' Director's Community Recognition Award in partnership with the Governor's Council on Juvenile Justice and the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges and Ms. Ratner was honored with MyCom's 2011 Youth Voice Award for Civic Leadership from The Cleveland Foundation and Cuyahoga County's Family and Children's First Council.
In January 2012, ArtWorks was named a finalist for "the coolest internship" award from the Northeast Ohio Council of Higher Education.
2012 Sponsors
$10,000 +
Deaconess Community Foundation
Dominion
The George Gund Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Kulas Foundation
Maltz Family Foundation
Albert and Audrey Ratner |
Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner
James and Susan Ratner
Mark and Nancy Ratner
Deborah and Ronald Ratner
The Reinberger Foundation
RPM International Inc.
Treu-Mart Fund |
$2,500 - $9,999
Joe Cimperman*
Greenleaf Avenue Foundation
Gross Builders
Stewart and Donna Kohl
Toby Devan Lewis
Meisel Family Foundation
Abe and Barb Miller |
Samuel H. and Maria Miller Foundation
John P. Murphy Foundation
Matt Ratner
Zachary Reed*
Swagelok Foundation
Martin J. Sweeney*
John S. Zeiler |
| *Member Cleveland City Council |
$1,000 – $4,999
Brian J. Cummins*
Randall and Barbara Gordon
Stacy and Jeffrey Halpern
David and Dozie Herbruck
Maria Herman
Jeff Johnson*
Doug and Karen Katz
Sally Menges
Mamie J. Mitchell*
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Terrell H. Pruitt*
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Linda Rae and Andrew Hertz
Jonathan and Meg Ratner
Barbara Robinson
Katie Solender and Dr. William Katzin
Kevin J. Kelly*
US Bank
Jay Westbrook*
Tim and Sandy Wuliger
Matt Zone* |
$100 to $999
Shelly Bachman
T. J. Dow*
Roe Green
Kenneth L. Johnson*
Patti and Steve Keener
Andrew Koonce and Tania Younkin
Susan Orenga
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Laura Polutnik
Marty Resnik and Sherri Appleton
Jenny Underwood
Meredith and Michael Weil
Rosemary and Harry Weltman
Employees of Forest City Enterprises |
Special Gifts in honor of ArtWorks Founder Deborah Ratner
James and Susan Ratner
Nancy Ratner
Matt Ratner |
Additional thanks to the many other individual donors of gifts less than $100 who helped make ArtWorks possible.
Program Partners
Effective Leadership Academy
Cleveland Arts Prize
The Music Settlement
Cleveland State University Foundation
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College Now Greater Cleveland
Tri C Metro Campus
Forest City Enterprises
Halle Building
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