Shawn Godwin has created the Cleveland Public Theatre PAN Award each year since it was established in 2004. The award is a unique and personalized piece of art, inspired by the mission of CPT as symbolized by an architectural detail from the historic Gordon Square Theatre and the recipients’ biographies.

Shawn Godwin is an enthusiastic supporter of local culture. He has provided fine art services and curatorial assistance in the Cleveland area for more than 25 years, providing collection management as well as skilled preparatorial services to a diverse group of individuals, corporations, and regional cultural institutions ranging from the Cleveland Foundation to the law firm Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP. He is the Managing Director/Curator of the David Davis Sculpture Foundation which preserves Cleveland Sculptor David Davis’ historic studio campus in University Circle and his numerous public sculptures, and provides space for The Sculpture Center and Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.

Shawn also works in the area of historic preservation specializing in scholarly restoration. He has completed many projects including several for the Wisconsin Historical Society and an extensive Save America’s Treasures project here in Northeast Ohio. His focus is on preservation and analysis of original architectural fabric, particularly related to early structures and projects that require special care because of their fragility, complexity, or need for special scholarship and craftsmanship. Shawn’s wide-ranging interests in art, history, and the natural world are reflected in the many diverse projects in which he is involved. Godwin is a graduate of Oberlin College.