What role does creativity play in sustaining a friendship? What role does friendship play in sustaining a creative practice? Teal Fitzpatrick and Giselle Restrepo met at Colorado College more than twenty years ago and have nurtured a friendship in which their creative work plays a joyful and central role. This exhibit inspired both artists to create new pieces inspired by one another’s CC senior thesis projects, alongside contemporary works and “creative correspondence” exchanged over the years. Highlighting diverse practices, the show includes embroidery, rug-hooking, collage, fiber arts, and clay.

Presented by Creativity & Innovation in collaboration with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, the Colorado College Alumni Office, and the CC Arts and Crafts Program.

Creative Mondays are Back!

Mondays from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Worner, Room 212

Creative Mondays are a weekly gathering where students, staff, and faculty can drop by and be creative. We provide abundant supplies for card-making, collage, painting, knitting, etc. Stop in at any point and stay as long as you like. If you can’t make it in person, feel free to join via Zoom.

Creativity & Innovation is on Instagram

We’ve relaunched our Instagram page! Follow us at @creativity_innovation_cc to learn about upcoming events, workshops, and happenings around campus.

To celebrate our Instagram relaunch, we are featuring/following the CC students attending COP27*. They will post about their experiences and observations while in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Check in daily to get first-hand accounts of what students think as they attend and participate in the 2022 United Nations Climate Control Conference.

*At COP 27, countries come together to take action toward achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and the Convention. The conference will take place November 6-18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Unfccc. int. (n.d.). Retrieved November 4, 2022, from https://unfccc.int/cop27

Student Seed Innovation Grants

Sponsored by Creativity & Innovation at CC, Student Seed Innovation Grants (SSIG) are donor-funded grants of $3,000 – $8,000, designed to empower currently enrolled Colorado College students to investigate questions and solve real-world problems.

The SSIG program seeks to be an idea accelerator by providing resources for students to:

Be creative problem-solvers
Embrace ambiguity
Iterate a project/idea foward

For more information, visit the SSIG webpage or email innovation@coloradocollege.edu” style=”font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline”>innovation@coloradocollege.edu.

The Draper Competition: 2023

Applications Open: December 1, 2022
Application Deadline: February 10, 2023

The Draper Competition is a national business plan competition designed as an on-ramp for women founders seeking access to networks, capital, and resources.

If you’re an undergraduate woman with an idea for a new business, we encourage you to apply for the ONLY competition where women’s entrepreneurial creativity is the sole focus … and the prize money doesn’t require you to give up any equity in your venture!

You are eligible if:

You are currently enrolled at a two-year or four-year accredited, not-for-profit college or university in the United States.
You or one of your founding team members is an undergraduate woman currently in good standing at a two-year or four-year accredited, not-for-profit college or university in the United States.
Your venture hasn’t raised more than $25,000 in funding or generated more than $100,000 in gross revenue by December 31, 2022.

To learn more about the Draper Competition, watch highlights from the 2020 competition here!

For any other questions, feel free to contact draper@smith.edu” style=”font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline”>draper@smith.edu or visit our website.

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