Karla Estela Rivera: Telling the Stories

This project, “The Starving Artist: An Investigation into Multihyphenate Artistry” by Summer Resident Danny Maggs interrogates the concept of a “starving artist” and “true artistry” through literature review and interviews of multihyphenate artists. Through this capstone project, Danny creates and exhibits a profile for each of the artists interviewed, along with an artistic journey mapping of their artistry, and an analysis of the project’s main inquiries.

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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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Creative Generation In: Greensboro, North Carolina

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, Summer Resident Destiny King writes about the Free Little Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina that challenges the financial and intellectual accessibility, elitism, and lack of representation of art galleries. 

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The Duality of Eldership: Refining a Practice

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, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin rounds out this quarter’s topic, Redefining Eldership, and ties together all the other blogs in this series by our collective members.

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Creative Generation In: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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, Manager of Operations Ali Pavlich writes about becoming a RACE Dance Collective Company in her hometown of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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