CURRENT WORK
Work developed with communities across St. Clair-Superior, Cleveland (2026)
“Even the smallest acts of imagining hold within them seeds of transformation.”
— Vlad Glăveanu, Possibilities Studies: A Manifesto (2022)
Making Room
Join workshops in St. Clair Superior, share stories, sound and images, and help shape the work.
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Making Room
Join workshops in St. Clair Superior, share stories, sound and images, and help shape the work.
eat-chat-make-create together
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Making Room is a co-created project that works across theatre, sound and visual practice to explore how people move through and shape the places they live.
Developed through workshops in St. Clair Superior (Ward 8), Cleveland, the project gathers stories, images and voices from lived experience. These are developed into shared creative forms. Writing, street essays, visual making and sound come together as a live, participatory work for IngenuityFest. A core group of stewards supports the work throughout, helping shape and carry it into its public moment.
IN THE ROOM: The project is led by a cross-disciplinary team of artists and producers working collaboratively across all phases. Rebecca Groth, a multi-disciplinary artist and producer, supports delivery, community connectivity and participant experience, alongside Naomi Lord as practice-based researcher and producer.
Sound and collective voice development are led by Ben Smith and Angus K. Williams (CARAMEL), working across composition, recording and integration. Kadijah Wingo, a theatre-maker, producer and stand-up comedian, leads performance, writing and dramaturgical development, while Aaron D. Williams (aawful aaron) develops the visual language through street essay and image-making processes.
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HERE IS WHERE WE
MEET
Street essays, pop-up exhibitions, an art installation, gallery, and theatre space built from the Making Room workshops, bringing the work into public view.
It holds community performance, image, sound and text together, creating a shared environment for visibility, representation and active discussion around change.
Format:
Immersive installation· Participatory theatre · Archive.
Presented at:
Community venues + IngenuityFest 2026
Methods:
Story circles. Walkshops· Shared tables· Arts & Crafts.
Participatory theatre.
Locations:
St Clair–Superior (diners, churches, public spaces, Ingenuity)
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STORY-MAP: Take a moment to explore the creative prompts below — reflect on your city, then send us your thoughts using the form.
An open call to notice, reflect and respond to what lies beneath. Inspired by the Hopewell Culture and Greater Cleveland’s layered ground, The Hopewell Project invites you to choose one or more prompts and respond in your own way.
Choose your format – text, image, voice, or video.
Your submission will be added to a digital map and may be included in exhibitions, workshops and community archives.
Share your voice. Add to a living public record of place, memory, and connection.
Submit Your Response
An open call to notice, reflect, and respond to what lies beneath. Inspired by the Hopewell Culture and Greater Cleveland’s layered ground, The Hopewell Project invites you to choose one or more prompts and respond in your own way.
Choose your format – text, image, voice, or video.
Your submission will be added to a digital map and may be included in exhibitions, workshops and community archives.
Share your voice. Add to a living public record of place, memory, and connection.
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