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.
Read moreCreative Generation In: Phoenix, Arizona with Amie Kinard
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, Communications Associate Maddie Pivonka looks at one dancer in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona: Amie Kinard.
Read moreREDEFINING ELDERSHIP: Leading while 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, Communications Associate Maddie Pivonka writes about this quarter’s topic, Redefining Eldership, through the lens of learning while in a leadership position and how her mentors inspired her in the process.
Read moreGENUINE COLLABORATION: Connecting, Collaboration, and Creativity
Since 2019, Creative Generation has conducted myriad campaigns through its Campaign for a Creative Generation, which is dedicated to empowering young creatives and their communities by providing a hub for stories, resources, and opportunities. This year’s campaign is focused on Intergenerational Collaboration, explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Communications Associate Maddison Pivonka explores this quarter’s topic: Genuine Collaboration.
Read moreArts Practices to Improve our Everyday Wellbeing | An Interview with Kathleen Cicero
To continue the exploration of arts therapy and how it is applicable to our generation, I had the opportunity to interview Kathleen Cicero who has her Undergrad in Music Therapy from Eastern Michigan University and will soon be on her way to becoming a certified arts therapist. I wanted to interview Kathleen Cicero because she is right at the cusp of transitioning from learning about music therapy to putting it into practice, and I think she has a lot of insight into why more people should and are becoming involved with arts therapies. We had a lovely conversation spanning topics from the basics of music therapy to further accessibility to creative youth. I have taken our conversation and summarized the main questions and answers we were able to touch on, in order to provide Creative Generation’s audience with the best possible access to this information. If you would like to watch the full interview you can follow the link here or click the button below. I want to thank Kathleen for her time, and I hope you all enjoy our conversation on Music Therapy.
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