BUILDING TRUST: Fostering Sustainable 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, Director of Knowledge Dr. Camea Davis explores this quarter’s topic, Building Trust, by reflecting on what it means to build trust with herself.

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Creative Generation In: Atlanta, Georgia

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.

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Integrating Design Principles as Thematic Analysis

“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.”

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Embodied Knowing: One Black Woman Grandmother’s Way 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, 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.

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11 Things We Learned about Virtual Learning, Digital Literacy, and Technology Integration in Arts Learning

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.

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