Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Leadership Valerie HD Killebrew explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, in an interview with YELF participant Remy Fernandez O’Brien.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Engagement Bridget Woodbury explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by looking at the qualities of trust in relationships.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Manager of Community Knowledge André Solomon explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by on the work done by our fabulous summer residents.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Guest Writer Hannah Pietra, MS, LCAT, MT-BC, CLC explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by reflecting on self doubt in the arts and entertainment industry, and suggestions for working through it.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Manager of Operations Ali Pavlich explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by reflecting on the different layers of trust and how they interact.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Knowledge Dr. Camea Davis explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by reflecting on what it means to build trust with herself.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Communications Katie Rainey introduces this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by reflecting on one very impactful first class from years past.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, by reflecting on every blog our collective members worked on during this quarter and his own experience with a teacher who fostered his own way of knowing.

The Collective that makes up Creative Generation consists of artists, educators, makers, and thinkers from around the world. In this series, we’ve decided to highlight inspiring work that’s happening in the cities in which our collective members live. In this blog, Director of Knowledge Camea Davis reflects on the thriving city of Atlanta where she currently lives.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Engagement Bridget Woodbury explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, by reflecting on valuing ways of learning.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Communications Katie (M.K.) Rainey explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, by reflecting on her newest adventure: law school.

The Collective that makes up Creative Generation consists of artists, educators, makers, and thinkers from around the world. In this series, we’ve decided to highlight inspiring work that’s happening in the cities in which our collective members live. In this blog, Director of Leadership Valerie HD Killebrew reflects on this time of year when college students move into her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts.

In the Summer and Fall of 2022, Creative Generation collaborated with the Appell Center for Performing Arts (ACPA) to produce an actionable plan elevating community knowledge and inform a set of tools to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County, PA. ACPA sought to engage with the community effectively, specifically convening residents throughout the county to learn about the ways they engage civically, creatively, and interpersonally with the arts, arts education, and the Appell Center and its theaters. 

In the Summer and Fall of 2022, Creative Generation collaborated with the Appell Center for Performing Arts (ACPA) to produce an actionable plan elevating community knowledge and inform a set of tools to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County, PA. ACPA sought to engage with the community effectively, specifically convening residents throughout the county to learn about the ways they engage civically, creatively, and interpersonally with the arts, arts education, and the Appell Center and its theaters. 

This project, “The Starving Artist: An Investigation into Multihyphenate Artistry” by Summer Resident Danny Maggs interrogates the concept of a “starving artist” and “true artistry” through literature review and interviews of multihyphenate artists. Through this capstone project, Danny creates and exhibits a profile for each of the artists interviewed, along with an artistic journey mapping of their artistry, and an analysis of the project’s main inquiries.

This project, “The Starving Artist: An Investigation into Multihyphenate Artistry” by Summer Resident Danny Maggs interrogates the concept of a “starving artist” and “true artistry” through literature review and interviews of multihyphenate artists. Through this capstone project, Danny creates and exhibits a profile for each of the artists interviewed, along with an artistic journey mapping of their artistry, and an analysis of the project’s main inquiries.

This project, “The Starving Artist: An Investigation into Multihyphenate Artistry” by Summer Resident Danny Maggs interrogates the concept of a “starving artist” and “true artistry” through literature review and interviews of multihyphenate artists. Through this capstone project, Danny creates and exhibits a profile for each of the artists interviewed, along with an artistic journey mapping of their artistry, and an analysis of the project’s main inquiries.

This project, “The Starving Artist: An Investigation into Multihyphenate Artistry” by Summer Resident Danny Maggs interrogates the concept of a “starving artist” and “true artistry” through literature review and interviews of multihyphenate artists. Through this capstone project, Danny creates and exhibits a profile for each of the artists interviewed, along with an artistic journey mapping of their artistry, and an analysis of the project’s main inquiries.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Manager of Leadership Programs Caryn Cooper explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, by reflecting on her previous teachers: both the good and the bad.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Manager of Knowledge André Solomon writes about his journey to self-discovery after winning an award for his music.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Manager of Operations Ali Pavlich explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, through the lens of learning a new skill.

“As practitioners, many of us naturally identify patterns and themes; others process information in terms of design. Moving forward with a process, like this one, to uplift, aggregate, analyze, and present information opens up numerous pathways for practitioners of all types and learners of all styles.”

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Knowledge Camea Davis explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, through her time spent with her grandmother and learning from her elders.

From May - August 2023, the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and Creative Generation collaborated to conduct an organizational reflection process to document and aggregate the strong practices in virtual arts learning uncovered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this project, the two organizations produced a reflection to: aggregate learnings from members of SEADAE; synthesize ideas to guide members and respective stakeholders when designing virtual arts learning opportunities, considering technology and virtual integration in the standards review process, and developing standards-based assessments; and identify future inquiries.

In this blog, Danny Maggs provides a summary of their Overview of Documented Knowledge for the capstone project "The Starving Artist." The blog explore's Danny's personal experience in writing the overview, and looks into some of the findings.

This blog explores Destiny King's overview of her culturally responsive approach to interviewing Black, licensed music educators for her capstone, "Amplifying the Voices of Black Pedagogy." Destiny shares insights on how to begin transforming your own interview processes from community-led research practice, particularly with marginalized communities, and how to build an interview guide from the Wallace Foundation's "In-depth Interviews" model.

The Collective that makes up Creative Generation consists of artists, educators, makers, and thinkers from around the world. In this series, we’ve decided to highlight inspiring work that’s happening in the cities in which our collective members live. In this blog, Summer Resident Destiny King writes about the Free Little Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina that challenges the financial and intellectual accessibility, elitism, and lack of representation of art galleries. 

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Communications Associate Madison Pivonka explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, through her time as both a student and a teacher in the dance studio.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Director of Communications Katie (M.K.) Rainey introduces this quarter’s topic: Valuing Ways of Knowing.

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin rounds out this quarter’s topic, Redefining Eldership, and ties together all the other blogs in this series by our collective members.