JOIN US THIS BLOCK BREAK Unlocking Creativity A Positive Turbulence Podcast with Jane Hilberry and Felicia Rose Chavez Have you ever found yourself in a rut? Do you feel like your creative spark has flickered out? Maybe you’re not even sure you have that spark. In this episode, we gage with two extraordinary minds, Jane …
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Continuing to Fund ‘What If’ with Student Seed Innovation Grants (SSIG) By Kate Carroll The Student Seed Innovation Grants (SSIG) wrapped up another successful academic year, with Creativity & Innovation awarding 16 grants to 21 students for a total of more than $95,000. Student Seed Innovation Grants are an idea accelerator; the grants push …
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From Source to Mouth: Monument Creek Thursday, April 20 (TODAY) Presentation at 4 pm, reception to follow Cornerstone Screening Room What is Monument Creek? What does it mean? Who is it for, and how was it made? Artist and writer Erin Elder has been making place-based work for 20 years and now turns attention to …
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Creativity and Doubt Jessica Hunter, PhD Associate Director of Creativity & Innovation To have doubt is to be in a vulnerable position, uncomfortable, unsafe, and potentially threatened. But for anyone trying to discover, create, imagine, or feel, doubt marks the territory of operations. It gives us access to perceptions, interactions of the senses and the …
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Creativity & Innovation’s most recent Innovator in Residence, Shodekeh Talifero, performs at New York’s Kennedy Center on Friday, February 24th at 6 pm ET. MILLENNIUM STAGE (IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM) Dominic Shodekeh Talifero: Ideations of Hope This 60-minute concert testimonial and master performance follow Dominic Shodekeh Talifero’s personal and professional journey through time. Friday, February 24th …
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Visual Notebooks In June, Creativity & Innovation Faculty Fellow Kris Stanec began a research project on how the use of Visual Notebooks enhances learning outcomes for students. This fall, she collaborated with faculty in eleven classes to run pilots that tested the effectiveness of Visual Notebooks. Creativity & Innovation provided faculty members and students with …
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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 …
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Reflections on Collaborative Creativity “Forget the myths about historical inventors; the truth is always a story of group genius.” — Keith Sawyer As the world tries to shrug off the lingering effects of the pandemic and feel its way toward in-person interactions again, many people are reassessing the value of collaboration in their creative lives. …
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From Dez Stone Menendez, Director of Creativity & Innovation at CC “I feel a tremendous amount of pride in the C&I team when I look at how the program has exponentially grown over the last six years.” Innovators in Residence: AY2021 – 2022 Since its inception in 2016, the Innovator in Residence program has quickly …
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The Creative Lab: Crafting a Culture of Creativity at CC by Kris Stanec Since I started last August as C & I’s Faculty Fellow, much of what I do involves one-on-one conversations with faculty to integrate creative exercises into their specific courses. This “boutique” approach takes a lot of time: listening, asking questions, sharing ideas, …
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