Creative Confident 4-Week Online Workshop Series (September 2022) Description Participants from around the globe tapped into their full creative potential by understanding what makes their creativity stand out and learning how their unique creative contributions connect to the world around them. SESSION FLOW: Session 01: Creativity & You – Unlock Your Creative Confidence The first session […]
Reenergize your creative practice
Does your classroom need a creative reboot? Teachers, are you looking for ways to energize your own creative capacities? Parents, have you considered sharing creativity with your children? Find new creative energy as you unlock possibilities using everyday objects. By revisiting an ordinary object and expanding its possibilities with your imagination, you open opportunity spaces […]
Creative Methods for Creative Professionals
USAID – Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Unleash Your Creativity – Develop A Creative Toolbox 4-Week Online Workshop Series (April – May 2021) Description The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) supports U.S. foreign policy objectives and helps advance peace and democracy. I had the pleasure of collaborating with two creative teams from the USAID OTI […]
Cross-Pollination for Science Innovation
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Creativity for Cross-Pollination Innovation Designed for BIST Ignite! , January 2021 Description Scientists from multiple BIST research centers attended a 4-session online workshops series to develop skills for cross-pollination collaboration and innovation. All sessions utilized the creative sprint method to practice applying creative tools immediately. I designed this […]
Ideation for Fashion Innovation
IED Istituto Europeo di Design Barcelona Bachelor of Arts Fashion Design – Fashion Management Program Ideation Workshop, January 2018-21 Description This is my fourth year collaborating with Professor Elena Salcedo at IED and working with this unique group of bachelor fashion design students. Each January Profesor Salcedo leads her students through an intensive one-month process […]
Hacking Food Waste
Culinary Institute of Barcelona (CIB) 21st Century Creativity & Innovation for the Food Industry 5-Day Design Thinking Bootcamp – Hacking Food Waste Jan, May, Sept 2021-2022 Description Full-time students in the Haute Cuisine Chef Program engage in a 5-day Design Thinking Bootcamp. Their Design Challenge for the week is to reduce food waste within the […]
The Creative Experience Project
Arts Meet Bizness, a Cultural Initiative Resident at Fabra i Coats – Art Factory Barcelona (2018, 2019) Description During a two-year cultural residency at the multidisciplinary creative arts center Fabra i Coats, I developed an educational program and creative experience, in which the combined use of creative space and the techniques used by artists from […]
Creative Invention
Creative Invention Borrow creative rhythm from children’s book authors to launch your imagination. I grew up with the rhyming and storytelling genius of Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss, and the collected fairy tales and nursery rhymes of Mother Goose. I lived those stories in my imagination, and I welcomed the characters as my childhood friends. […]
Adapting Your Creative Practice
Adapting Your Creative Practice In Times of Uncertainty Like many during this pandemic, I feel overwhelmed after months and months of being distanced from my usual creative practices. Oh, how I miss conversing with other creatives at art openings, visiting museums, dancing or singing in the studio, collaborating in groups, and traveling to new cities. […]
Practice, Practice, Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice. To be creative you have to do creative. And the do is the practice. This is the first lesson I give my students when introducing them to creativity. Like anything you want to develop or grow, you must expect to put in the required time and practice. Creativity is no different. It […]