Creative Generation is a values-forward, global collective that believes youth create change. 

As artists, educators, administrators, researchers, storytellers, and activists, we collaborate with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global change.

In alignment with our organizational values and commitments, we co-create projects that build capacity within individuals and organizations and support field-wide learning in pursuit of a more just world.

MISSION

Creative Generation collaborates with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global changes in pursuit of a more just world.

VISION

 
 

GOALS

  • Empowering young creatives and their communities, by providing a hub for stories, resources, and opportunities.

  • Producing new and honoring existing forms of knowledge and ways of knowing, while dismantling systemic barriers to sharing and learning.

  • Expanding definitions of and pathways to leadership, through unique learning communities.

  • Activating people and projects, by redistributing resources of money, time, and expertise.

HISTORY

Creative Generation began as a research initiative in April 2019 exploring the language used to describe the outcomes of arts and cultural education. Upon completion of the first study, the scope of our research expanded globally to understand how arts and cultural education can enable young people to lead social change. 

Future projects unveiled evidence of a clear need for field-wide paradigm shifts in pedagogies, organizational practices, public policies, and leadership pathways within the intersectional sectors of culture, education, and social change. So, Creative Generation — the organization —began to formally organize in October 2019, receiving its status as a Public Benefit Corporation, registered in Washington, D.C. USA, in January 2020. 

Since then, in conjunction with numerous collaborators and co-conspirators around the world, Creative Generation has produced global messaging campaigns, conducted original research, published extensively, and supported programs and people leading transformative creative projects worldwide.

ANNUAL REPORTS

The annual reports for Creative Generation will be made available in 2023.

 

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Refining a Theory of Change
Refining a Theory of Change

A theory of change is a common method used to describe how specific actions lead to specific changes within a particular context This blog explores Creative Generation’s theory of change. The author examines the tension that exist between the organization’s ability to remain responsive to its constituents while also maintaining a cogent strategy to achieve impact.

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Devising an Ethnographic and Heuristic Approach to Inquiry
Devising an Ethnographic and Heuristic Approach to Inquiry

At Creative Generation, we believe that how we do our work is just as important as the work itself. This blog describes the process leading to the articulation of our heuristic and ethnographic approach to inquiry, and how we utilize the approach throughout our work.

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Employing Our Adaptive Impact Plan
Employing Our Adaptive Impact Plan

An adaptive impact plan is created through a deliberate planning process that addresses the reciprocity between mission and programming through the eyes of the stakeholders at every level. It combines tactical flexibility with practical mission application, and is driven by choice. The planning process is centered on the organization’s constituents and it begins with and returns to the organization’s mission, vision, and values.

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Constructing a Collective
Constructing a Collective

Arriving at the model of the Collective was not always apparent. Through our organic growth, the group – which we now refer to as a Collective – formed naturally, responsive to the needs of the work. As time passed, we continued to evolve to meet the changing needs of our own personal and professional circumstances, continuously building on the foundation set in 2019.

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Towards Being a Values-Forward Organization
Towards Being a Values-Forward Organization

Over the last few blog posts, we have described our process to determine and articulate our mission, vision, goals, and more. In the below post, I’d like to share more about the developmental trajectory of our organizational values.

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Our Mission, Vision, and Goals
Our Mission, Vision, and Goals

Creative Generation collaborates with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global changes in pursuit of a more just world.

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A New Chapter
A New Chapter

We aim, always, to walk the talk, so we went through this process ourselves and came out of it with a new mission and vision, a bunch of goals, and a long list of values. I worked to refine them, the collective approved them, and now we’re sharing them all with you in a shiny new brochure!

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