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November 13, 2014

Classes & Workshops, Inspiration

Do You Know Your Prime Creating Conditions?

On Monday, I had the pleasure of participating in Creative Colony’s Creative Boost series, and presented on Ways to Find Inspiration When You’re Drawing a Blank. I encouraged the audience to look for small and big sources of inspiration that …

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November 6, 2014

Events, Inspiration

Creative Boost on Ways to Find Inspiration, (11/10)

Creativity is an ongoing process, and looks different for everyone. How tuned in are you to specific scenarios/activities/time of day/ and other factors that trigger inspired moments for YOU? Please join me on Monday, Nov. 10 at 9:30am for a …

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October 16, 2014

Classes & Workshops, Events, Inspiration

DeMystify Mind Mapping During Creativity Workshop, (10/29)

We’re excited to partner with Chimere Becote, Design+Applied Anthropologist & Founder+Principal of Polaris Design for this Creative Mind Mapping workshop on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 10am -1pm at Creative Colony in Silver Spring, MD. Description: Creative Confidence–it’s a feeling …

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October 2, 2014

Artist, Culture, Inspiration

Ebony Williams on Rising within the Ballet World

Talent, drive and passion trump everything.  This is truly the case for Ebony Williams who is a ballerina with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and danced in Beyoncé’s viral video sensation, “Single Ladies.”  Earlier this year, the Washington Post wrote an …

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October 1, 2014

Inspiration, News and Artists

Pushing the Envelope–When Public Art Becomes Private

I recently enrolled in an Actor’s Process class taught by Colette Yglesias Silver at Studio Theater in Washington, D.C., and was telling my colleague Nanda how I’m getting more comfortable staring nose-to-nose with classmates, and integrating a range of emotions, senses …

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October 1, 2014

Inspiration, News and Artists

Through Mugadu’s Lens: “TR3SPASS, Brooklyn, 2014

Mugadu Isabirye  of Order Vision sent us footage from the TR3SPASS show with artists Marka 27, Don Rimx, and Ian Kuali’i in New York, where he shot and edited the gallery opening with his long-time collaborator Alex Seel. Some of the …

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September 17, 2014

Inspiration, News and Artists

Fenton Street Market Turned 5! Vendor Stories

On Saturday, September 13, Fenton Street Market in downtown Silver Spring, MD celebrated their 5th birthday, and we had to be there! I was accompanied by my sidekick Lennox, and we snagged some goodies and chatted with local artists about …

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September 10, 2014

Events, Inspiration, News and Artists

Eighty Students Attend D(n)A Arts’ 2nd Annual “Made to Move”1-Day Intensive

Re-post from our sister site, Mpact PR, LLC On Saturday, August 30, Daisha and Alicia Graf Arts Collective, aka, D(n)A Arts, held a successful, second “Made to Move” 1-Day Intensive in New York City. Eighty students attended from places as …

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August 24, 2014

Culture, Podcast Series

Behind the Scenes with Creative Time Producing Kara Walker’s – “A Subtlety”

http://vimeo.com/102962846 We spoke with Leila Tamari, programming coordinator at Creative Time, to discuss their work, and provide a glimpse into producing legendary artist Kara Walker’s first large-scale public project, which was on view from May 10 – July 6, 2014.  Walker’s installation is called “A …

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August 10, 2014

Culture

Entering, Building and Exiting community via Second Line

During the Urban Bush Women’s (UBW) Summer Leadership Intensive 2014, which has been held annually at Tulane University in New Orleans since 2009, we learned about Entering, Building, and Exiting community (EBX). This UBW concept has been in development since …

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