The Cleveland Arts Prize will induct a new class this fall, reflecting people who have excelled in poetry, music, photography, philanthropy and performance art in Northeast Ohio.

This year's winners of the juried discipline prizes are poet Ali Black , guitarist Jason Vieaux and sculptor Mark E. Howard. Each will take home a $10,000 award.

The non-monetary prizes, recognizing advocacy and philanthropy, go this year to the Mandel Foundation, playwright Robin Pease and former LAND Studio Executive Director Greg Peckham. Effie Nunes, the Cleveland Arts Prize executive director, said the board also bestowed a special citation this year.

“It was brought to our attention that there is someone in the community that is very deserving of a Cleveland Arts Prize, and at 93 years old, they didn'

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