It’s that time of year when we all get end-of-year requests for donations from worthwhile non-profit organizations.  Is it the spirit of the season?  The tax benefit?  Or is it simply a time of year that we take a breather and consider how we can help to shape the year ahead? At Ingenuity, we are asking our supporters to Inspire Ingenuity, a clever (or not so clever) turn of phrase replacing “support” or “give”.   Inspire Ingenuity is about more than just supporting an event that you’ve attended.  A contribution to Ingenuity is really an investment in all that is great about the place many of us call home as well as what the future of Cleveland can be. So What Can We Be? If you’ve ever visited Chicago or Austin or Toronto or New York and said “Why can’t Cleveland be more like this?”, a contribution to Ingenuity right now will

Craig Worrell (www.cbworrell.com) talks about his work and inspiration on the Inspire Ingenuity campaign postcard.  We worked with Craig using a template of 1960′s travel posters and the results are pretty stunning.  You can download a hi-res version of Worrell’s work here.  While you’re at it, why not support Ingenuity with a donation?

Alyssa Lee Wilmot discusses TXT Me Move Me, an interactive movement piece featured at IngenuityFest 2011.  Wilmot’s group A dance explores movement not only in dance and by dancers, but normal people in normal situation.  TXT Me Move Me at Ingenuity is a perfect example of this kind of work.  Wilmot and her crew collected cell phone numbers from Ingenuity attendees under the guise of a corporate promotion.  Then they sent texts  out live giving movement instructions.  In this podcast, Wilmot talks about the work at Ingenuity and her thoughts on technology as art and art as technology.