ANCHORS AWAY! Brite Winter 2023 brings you a Fluri-filled Maritime Adventure on the High Seas, full of sea spray, surprises, and swift winds at our backs!
Held February 25, 2023 in the crook of the Cuyahoga on the West Bank of the Flats, this year's Brite Winter Festival is all about lifting our anchors up, shedding old weight and setting sail for new adventures ahead!
Now in its 14th year, Brite is Cleveland's premier wintertime event, a festival full of music, art, fire and fun! The Brite Art Team works collaboratively on large-scale, immersive community art experiences that bring Brite to life with YOUR help! Read on to learn about the range of ways to get involved, and let us know about your talents and ideas!
Public Art Workshops are held at IngenuityLabs at the Hamilton Collaborative, Thursdays at 6 -9 pm and Saturdays at 2-6 pm. Read through/fill out this form to find out about each opportunity and how to get involved!
In 2023, Anchors Away! will manifest in a series of large and smaller scale installations and we need all hands on deck! We're looking for seaworthy folks of all experience levels to join the community art team, and you can join as a Volunteer, Crew Member, or a Project Lead (Update: Project Lead Applications are closed!). Please read on to learn more!
VOLUNTEERS step aboard when they can! Make new friends, clean up after yourself, follow safety procedures . . . and you're IN! Volunteers join up to learn new skills, and may work on any number of projects during any number of sessions over the course of the Brite Build.
ART CREW MEMBERS will work with us over many weeks leading up to Brite Winter and are usually committed to one or more projects over the full course of the build. Experience is not necessarily required, but helps to know what skills you have and/or want to practice! Crew members are different than volunteers (who can show up at any time) in that we will ask you to commit to supporting some aspects of a project and see them through. Your attendance at a majority of workshops, installation, and breakdown/clean-up is required. Activities take place at the IngenuityLabs @ the Hamilton Collaborative and at the Brite Winter site in the flats.