Creative Generation is a values-forward, global collective that believes youth create change.
As artists, educators, administrators, researchers, storytellers, and activists, we are committed to accelerating people and projects to shape the world. We co-create with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global change in pursuit of a more just world.
In alignment with our organizational values and commitments, we serve as both a learning and capacity building organization which strengthens and enables individuals, organizations, and the global fields of practice within which we work.
PURPOSE
Creative Generation accelerates people and projects to shape the 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 artistic, cultural, and creative learning can enable young people to shape the world.
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 fields 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.
For five years, in conjunction with numerous collaborators and co-conspirators around the world, Creative Generation produced global messaging campaigns, conducted original research, published extensively, and supported programs and people leading transformative creative projects worldwide. Significant knowledge was produced and shared to advance the communities of practice within which the organization was working.
In 2024, Creative Generation began a new chapter re-centering its values and commitments; the collective of artists, educators, administrators, researchers, storytellers, and activists which compose its work; the members of its community of practice with whom the work is done; and the valuable knowledge and resources produced through the work. In this process, new organizational structures were formed to better enable the realization of the organization’s goals, including The Foundation for the Creative Generation, The Creativity Codex, and The Ingenium Consortium.
Creative Generation continues to co-create with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global changes in pursuit of a more just world.
ANNUAL REPORTS
The annual reports for Creative Generation will be made available in 2024.
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