Cleveland Arts Prize winners to be recognized Oct. 22

For more than six decades, the Cleveland Arts Prize has played both historian and cheerleader – documenting the region’s artistic legacy while championing those who create it. Since 1960, CAP has honored more than 400 artists, cultural leaders, and organizations whose vision has enriched Northeast Ohio’s cultural life. This fall, it will welcome a new class of honorees – poets and guitarists, public artists and arts advocates – whose work continues to shape the region’s creative landscape.

Here are this year’s winners:

• Emerging Artist Award: Ali Black, a vital voice in Cleveland’s literary scene whose latest poetry collection, We Look Better Alive, explores the struggles and resilience of Black women.

• Mid-Career Artist Award: Jason Vieaux, a Grammy-winning guitarist and longtime Cle