Cleveland School of the Arts

Derek Walker is a graduate of the Cleveland School of the Arts who left behind a lasting image for the student body. Now he's getting ready to graduate from the Cleveland Institute of Art, where his award-winning paintings look to the past and the future.

Damian Goggans, 18, went from picking up an instrument at an after-school program to Oberlin Conservatory of Music in just five years.

A non-profit arts organization is turning inner-city Cleveland kids into classical guitarists. It's a growing outreach program started by the Cleveland…