Tour and presentation by Malaz Elgemiabby October 31, 2019 | 9-10 AM Riverview Welcome Center, 1701 West 25th Street, ClevelandMalaz Elgemiabby, a Cleveland-based design consultant from Sudan, will discuss a public art project highlighting the potential of a future park overlooking the Cuyahoga River and the downtown skyline at Irishtown Bend. The Welcome Center, used for more than a decade as a storage facility, is just north of CMHA’s Riverview apartments.

Planners envision turning the one-story, gable-roofed building into a gateway for the proposed 17-acre park at Irishtown Bend that will take shape on a weed-covered slope downhill, once occupied by 19th-century Irish immigrant laborers.

Malaz's project grew out of her participation in the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program, which engages local and international artists in creative ventures in Cleveland. The project, completed in partnership with LAND Studio, is a local manifestation of a global initiative launched by the French photographer known as JR, who plasters large black-and-white photographs on buildings to broadcast the identity of participants. The work grew out of extensive community discussions in Ohio City.This event is free and open to the public. More information: cudc@kent.edu | 216.357.3434