Rooms To Let: CLE

September 6th-7th, 2025 Cleveland, OH
Explore temporary immersive art installations from over 30 artists as blight turns to beauty. 12-6 PM Broadway Historic District at E 55th St, Cleveland, Ohio.

Blight Turns To Beauty

Since 2014, this community art project has been transforming demolition-worthy houses into temporary art exhibits but we began a new approach in 2021 by activating vacant storefronts and public space. In 2025, we will pivot again, this time focusing on outdoor spaces, including vacant lots, gardens, and the heart of the Broadway Historic District.

400+

artists have participated

18

houses artistically memorialized

12,000+

visitors

From houses to storefronts to greenspace

Traditionally set in vacant houses set for demolition, Rooms To Let: CLE is using 2025 to transform spaces again, this time exploring outdoor vacant spaces! Working with local artists and business owners, the project will use adapted temporary and semi-permanent art installations to beautify the Broadway Historic District.

Additionally, preceding the event weekend, artists, community members, and volunteers will come together for beautification street clean-ups around the E 55th location.

We invite neighbors to join the effort as an artist or clean up volunteer. Stay tuned for announcements on the Rooms To Let: CLE Facebook page.

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Want to participate as an artist?

Artists interested in transforming vacant and garden spaces will be selected by the curators through an open call for artists process which opens in early June 2025.

Rooms to Let: CLE offers a unique opportunity for the participating artists to interact with the community, bringing beauty and dialogue around the effects of the foreclosure crisis and how a neighborhood can positively evolve in the aftermath.

Timeline:
- June 6th: Call for artist proposals opens
- June-August: Proposals reviewed by curators
- Early August: Artists notified and meet with curators to plan installations
- August-September: Installations begin
- September 6th-7th: Rooms To Let: CLE opening weekend 12-6 PM

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