Write Your Story: College Essays
Get a head start on next year with Lake Erie Ink’s College Essay Workshops for teens! Writing essays for college admissions can be a daunting task. Lake Erie Ink’s workshops help students build confidence as they explore personal narratives. College Essay Workshops will be hosted virtually in June and July. Join us for writing exercises that will help you tell your unique story!
Visit https://lakeerieink.org/summer/ for more information and registration.
Growing Fresh Ink This Summer
Lake Erie Ink’s young professionals board is gearing up for summer! Fresh Ink members promote Lake Erie Ink’s mission and events, organize fundraisers, and volunteer throughout the organization. It’s a great way to support Lake Erie Ink and get experience with nonprofits. Fresh Ink will have an open meeting on June 8 from 5:30-7 at Lake Erie Ink’s site for those interested in joining. Come help us plan our next fun event!
Contact astar@lakeerieink.org for more information.
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Poems in Print with Arthouse and Spaces!
Join us for a FREE poetry and printmaking session with Spaces Gallery and Arthouse! The event will be at Spaces on April 9 & April 23 from 10:30 – 12, open to all ages! Participants will write poems and print them in this one-of-a-kind workshop! Sign up today for one of both of the sessions! Learn more: https://www.arthouseinc.
Fresh Ink Virtual Trivia Night RETURNS!
Have an inkling for trivia? Join us for Fresh Ink Trivia Night in support of young writers in our community! Click here to get your ticket!
This trivia will feature love and anti-love inspired questions as well as literary trivia.
Tuesday, February 8 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom
Fun prizes for the winning team!
The cost is $10 to play as an individual or $25 for a team up to 5 people. Please only have one person register for the team. We’ll be utilizing breakout rooms on Zoom, so you and your teammates don’t have to be in the same physical location to play together! Click here to get your ticket!
We’ll be sending the Zoom link out the day before the event.
Fresh Ink is Lake Erie Ink’s young professionals board. Lake Erie Ink is a not for profit 501(c)3 that provides creative expression opportunities and academic support to youth in the Greater Cleveland community.
Community Thrives: Race to $3000 for the Teen Book Project
Lake Erie Ink is excited to be a part of the Community Thrives crowdfunding campaign this year.
A Community Thrives is a grantmaking and crowdfunding program from the USA TODAY NETWORK, which includes USA TODAY and Gannett’s hundred of local media brands. The initiative is part of the Gannett Foundation and supports nonprofit organizations with projects focused on community building. If we are able to raise $3000 in support of Lake Erie Ink and our Teen Book Project over the next month, we will be eligible for both additional project grants in support of the Teen Book Project and General Operating Grants.
Beyond the eligibility for a grant for the Teen Book Project, Lake Erie Ink can leverage additional dollars through challenge grants throughout the campaign. There are top fundraiser grants of $10,000-$25,000, awarded to the top three fundraisers at the end of the challenge period as well as bonus challenge grants that are awarded weekly for most donors and most money raised within the week. The bonus challenge grants are anywhere from $3,000-$5,000.
This week, the bonus challenge is for the largest number of unique donors, so every person who donates will count towards our total and give us the opportunity to receive an additional; $5,000 of support. Also, please help us spread the word! Share on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to help us leverage this important funding to support creative youth voice in Cleveland.
Questions about the campaign? Reach out to our Development Manager, Abby Star, astar@lakeerieink.org
Teen Book Project – On the Other Side Now Available
A Word of Thanks
We offer our deepest gratitude to our young professional board, Fresh Ink, for sponsoring this program. Fresh Ink is a group of young professionals who raise funds and friends in support of Lake Erie Ink’s mission. This program is also made possible with the support of the Callahan Foundation and the Nord Family Foundation.
The books in this series are produced by Belt Magazine. Thank you, Belt, for your commitment to grooming the Rust Belt writers of tomorrow.
Summer Ink: Creature Creations, Teen News Room and MORE!
This summer, Lake Erie Ink asks the question: how do we grow together?One way is through our new series of creative expression camps. We’ve worked hard to create programs that will meet youth needs at all grade levels while accommodating a variety of schedules and safety concerns. We are running summer camps both in-person and virtually.
In Person Camps: June 14 – August 6
Virtual Evening Ink: June 14 – July 29
In Person Camps
2-week, daytime camps
Virtual Evening Ink Programs
Held once a week for 6 weeks
LOGISTICS
The chart above indicated the start and end date for each camp. Our virtual camps will be held in 6 weekly sessions with a break the week of July 5th. There will be no virtual camps the week of July 4.
If you would like to download a copy of our Summer Ink flyer, click here!
COVID GUIDELINES: We will be following the health guidelines suggested by health officials. Space is limited, and camps will be held outside except in the event of inclement weather. We will limit registration for in-person camps to 14 with 2 groups of 7 participants each. Please call us at 216-320-4757 if you would like more information or see our FAQ WITH MORE DETAILS ON COVID GUIDELINES.
COST
The registration fee for each in person camp is $150.
Evening Ink programs are $60.
Scholarships and discounts are available. You will get a $10 discount per sibling or $10 off your second camp.
Payment can be made online from our registration page! Click here to register!
Questions
Contact Jill Levin, Program Director at 216-320-4757 or jlevin@lakeerieink.org.
9th Annual Kids’ Comic Con
Click Here to Register
Comic Con Schedule at a glance:
What’s Happening at Comic Con?
Comic Con Kick Off Event – All Ages (adults too) | 7-8:30 pm | Friday, March 19
Join us for a conversation with Brian Azzarello, a Cleveland-grown comic book writer for D.C. comics! Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s and is know for many DC titles including the the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS!
Comic Con Workshops – Friday, March 19, after school for grades 3-6 | Saturday, March 20, 10:00 am -4:00 pm All Ages
Featuring a range of talented guest artists and awesome workshop topics! Click HERE to see the full workshop list.
Comic Con Panels – All ages | 10:00 am -4:00 pm | Saturday, March 20
Join us for a series of discussions with comic book artists and experts on a range of topics.:
- Comics Represent! –How well does the industry represent marginalized communities?
- Learning through Comics –How can educators and parents use comics for learning?
- The Cleveland Connection – Who are the comic book talents coming from or writing about Cleveland?
- Careers in Comics – What are the ins and outs of making a career in comics?
- Arts as Activism/Social Justice – How do artists use their work to effect change?
Evening Reading – Teens & Adults | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Saturday, March 20
Join us for a program featuring a reading and Q&A with Alison Bechdel, known for her memoir Fun Home, which became a Broadway musical. She is also known for her long running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For. Alison’s comics have appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, McSweeney’s, The New York Times Book Review, and Granta.
Teen After Party – Grades 6-12 | 7:30 pm – 9 pm | Saturday, March 20
Evening program features cosplay and Comic Social Clubs with guest artists!
CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL SCHEDULE
Who’s coming to Comic Con?
Dawn Arrington – Kate Atherton – Brian Azzarello – Alison Bechdel – Dr. Michael Bitz – Nicole Boose – Sequoia Bostick – Gary Dumm – Greg Anderson Elysée – Juan Jose Fernandez – Jim Giar – Michael Gill – Shauna J. Grant – Matt Haberbusch – Miguel C. Hernandez – Gabe Kusner – Lisa Kollins – Terri Libenson – Michelle Littlejohn – Scott MacGregor – Perris “p_ ThaNerd” Mackey – Wendy MacNaughton – Deidre McPherson – Clarence D. Merriweather – Awet Moges – MeSseD Comics by Creative Mussel – Kelly O’Grady – James Quarles – Jarod “Od” Perry-Richardson – Brad Ricca – Gilberto Rivera – Karen Sandstrom – Mike Sangiacomo – John Siuntres – Lee Smith – Marc Sumerak – Gina Washington – West 10 G productions (Antonio Harper and Abby Burton) – David Wilson – Valentino L. Zullo – YOU!
Cost & Logistics
We are so happy to be able to offer this event at no cost to kids and families because of our partners and generous sponsors. We’re thrilled that the Cleveland Public Library is hosting the event. Lake Erie Ink is a long time CPL partner and both organizations are looking forward to helping young people experience the joy of creative expression during these challenging times! You can register for the event using our registration form here!
If you are interested in registering a group: click here
Registering for comic con will give you access to our full selection of workshops, panels and events for which your registration age makes you eligible. you do not have to register for any specific workshop or panel individually.
Even though the 9th Annual Kids Comic Con is free, your donation of $25 will go directly towards the cost of one of the teaching and guest artists. You can make your donation to support this year’s Comic Con here! If you want to buy a Comic Con T-shirt, click here!
All programs and panels will be held virtually. Upon registration, details about accessing your virtual codes will be sent through email.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Heroic Journeys from the Mary Bethune School 8th Grade
The eighth grade students in Ms. Uter and Ms. Inzana’s class during the 2019-2020 school year wrote this amazing anthology of hero’s journeys.
Read it here! Awesome Adventures
