September 2, 2016

Events, How the Arts Influence Business

(Sun. 9/25) How Innovative Entrepreneurship Can Help Africans Tell Our Stories

Join Us on Sunday, September 25 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm for Defining Our Time: Creative Entrepreneurship Panel at National Museum of African Art. For full details, click here.     Inspired by the exhibition Senses of Time, explore how members …

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Tags: '"Arts + Business", "creative engagement", "Creative Entrepreneurship', "National Museum of African Art", "Senses of Time", "Who tells your story", African Diaspora, art exhibition, Esosa E., Femi Ogunijinmi, Jacqueline Lara, Joy Spencer, ownership, Patrick Kabanda, Smithsonian, storytelling, Tsedaye Makonnen

August 13, 2016

Inspiration, News and Artists

24 Hours in Vegas

Guest Post by Janna Zinzi (This post originally appeared on Medium) The latest installment of my “120 Seconds” series highlights the magical, epic road trip I took with my homegirl to Las Vegas last week. We were headed from Los …

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Tags: "120 Seconds", "creative road trip", Anderson .Paak, House of Blues Las Vegas, Jacqueline Lara, Janna Zinzi, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Paris Las Vegas, road trip

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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Tags: African Dance, breaking out of comfort zones, community, Creative Boost, Creative Colony, Creative Processes, creative triggers, creativity, dance, finding inspiration, inspiration, Jacqueline Lara, Maryland, movement, rituals, Silver Spring, the artfullness project

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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Tags: arts integration, breaking out of comfort zones, Chimere Becote, comfort zone, Creative Colony, Creative Confidence, Creativitiy, D.C., design thinking, embracing failure, entrepreneurs, experiential learning, Idea generation, ideation, improv, improv for business professionals, inspiration, interdisciplinary, Jacqueline Lara, Maryland, Mind-Mapping, movement, passion, Polaris Design, prototyping, service design, Silver Spring, the artfullness project, workshop