As arts, cultural, and creative educators, we often think about our own experiences as a young person, and more specifically, a young creative. In fact, at Creative Generation, we regularly encourage the use of critical reflection - a process to think about, document, and explore one’s own experiences as data - to influence future actions.

The concept of a ‘collective’ is one that has been explored extensively in the fields of political organizing, leadership, and organizational structure. Defined as a group of individuals, who share a particular interest or outlook, working together on a long-term basis, collectives are often used in the cultural sector to provide a structure for a group of artists (i.e. an artists’ collective which shared a common space) to designate the formation, knowledge-exchange, and decision-making for evolving groups.