Weapons of Mass Creation Fest celebrates its fifth year with a new national team!

Rapidly growing midwestern art, design, and music festival celebrates its fifth year Cleveland's Gordon Square neighborhood, on August 15-17, 2014 CLEVELAND, February 4, 2014 Running headstrong from the success of 2013, Go Media's Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (WMC Fest) is pleased to officially announce WMC Fest V returning to Cleveland in August this year! This year WMC has added new team members to its roster including former WMC speakers Margot Harrington, (Graphic Artist/Entrepreneur, Pitch Design Union, Chicago) and Stewart Curran, (Art Director, CNN, San Francisco) who share duties in curating the phenomenal WMC Speaker Series. In addition to the new team members, Todd Gauman will be returning for his third year as WMCs Event Director. Jeff Finley, founder of WMC is excited for the new changes to the WMC Team. It shows us that WMC is not just a local curiosity, but a national movement built by creative dreamers and doers across the country. We want to continue to showcase a diverse lineup of inspiring speakers and artists so we all can share and learn from each other. Margot is excited to be joining the WMC Team along with Stewart as they start to put together an incredible lineup; Stewart and I will be sharing the role of curating the speaker line-up, as well as emceeing during the festival. We plan to push the conference's format by integrating a greater degree of multi-media content and formats, along with the usual range of creative voices. Diversity continues to remain our biggest focus as well as keeping the festival as accessible as possible. We are so thrilled and can't wait to show WMC what we are working on!

In addition to new team members, WMC will be reformatting some of the very popular programming to make the speakers, art, and music more integrated than ever before with 20 Speakers, 20 nationally featured artists, and 20 bands! There will be a greater offering of breakout sessions, workshops, and more! The grand Cleveland Public Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts District of Cleveland, OH. will once again be the venue for Weapons of Mass Creation.

WMC Fest IV at-a-glance:

- DATE: August 15-17, 2014 - LOCATION: Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio - 20 speakers, 20 designers in a gallery show, 20 bands About Weapons of Mass Creation Fest: Now in its fifth year, Weapons of Mass Creation Fest (WMC Fest) is the premier art, design, and music event in the Midwest. Its goal is to inspire and enable the creative mind and will feature 20 speakers, 20 designers, and nearly 30 bands over the course of one weekend. Creative professionals, entrepreneurs, musicians, artists, students, and fans will gather to learn, get inspired, collaborate, network, and celebrate their passion for art, design, music, and entrepreneurship. Speakers, gallerists, and bands are renowned both regionally and nationally, and come to Cleveland from popular creative hubs like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. WMC Fest has seen attendance double each year since its 2010 debut, with more than 1,300 packing event venues in 2012. About Cleveland Public Theatre: Founded in 1981, the nationally recognized Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is a fixture of the Gordon Square arts district and the city's leading stage for groundbreaking new theatre. Since its founding, CPT has grown from a volunteer artist-driven organization with an annual budget of $5,000, to a vital member of the national arts community with a budget of one million dollars, a staff of dedicated professionals, and multiple performance facilities. CPT's mission is to develop new, adventurous work, nurturing Northeastern Ohio artists particularly those whose work is inventive, intelligent, and socially conscious. Their acclaimed education programs engage underserved communities in devising new works that speak to contemporary issues, and empower participants to work for positive change in the community. About Go Media: Go Media, located in Cleveland, Ohio, offers design services, products, and knowledge for clients who seek unexpected and compelling visual communications. Founded in 2003 by William Beachy and Wilson Revehl, Go Media now houses a team of artists, programmers, and strategists who practice the art of communication. Go Media works with brands who have a passion for smart design, bold creativity, and meaningful ideas. The company is active in building thriving creative communities online through educational content hubs, and via events including Weapons of Mass Creation Fest and On the Map. WMC General Media Information: Jeff Finley, jeff@gomedia.us / 216-939-0000 x227