CONNECTICUT
CREATIVITY CONFERENCE:ADVANCING CREATIVE THINKING:
IMAGINATION TO INNOVATION
This exciting,
two-day conference will take place in Ridgefield, Connecticut, on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28, 2012. The conference is presented by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Library, and Ridgefield Arts Council, along with media sponsor, The Morris Media Group. The International Centre for Creativity and Imagination is pleased to partner on this event, as well as serve on the program committee.
Friday’s opening keynote will feature
New York Times tech columnist David Pogue on "Disruptive Creativity: How Bright Ideas Change Everything," along with artist and activist
Lily Yeh. The conference will close on Saturday evening with Nicholas
Donofrio, fellow emeritus at IBM, on "Innovation for the 21st Century" and a conversation on innovation, moderated by
Steve Dahlberg.
The speakers are drawn from the arts, education, business, technology and government sectors, including affiliations with the New York Times, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jump Associates, BrightIdea, IBM, dosomething.org, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination, Alliance for Childhood, Creative Cities International, University of Toronto, University of Connecticut, and others. Presenters are coming from locations including Ireland, Toronto, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, and San Francisco.
Programs will take place at
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and at the Ridgefield
Library. Check out the full listing of events and
purchase
tickets; or call 203-438-2282 for more information.
Come and
hear stories about the impact of creativity in prison, social justice,
education, the environment, communities, and purposeful lives. Join the
community conversation about creativity and how to develop it in yourself
to transform society. Featuring performance poet MAGDALENA GÓMEZ, CHRIS
DOUCOT (Hartford Catholic Worker), LARESSE HARVEY (A Better Way
Foundation), SHAWN SWEENEY (Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots) and JOE
MIGUEZ (Labyrinth Experience).
WHEN:
6:30-9:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 7, 2012 WHERE: Billing Forge Community Works
559 Broad Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06115 (Google
Map) SUGGESTED DONATION: $5 ... No One Turned Away MORE INFORMATION AND RSVP: News@Appliedimagination.org SPONSORED BY: “Creativity + Social Change” Class, University of Connecticut
Greater Hartford Campus § Connecticut Creates § International Centre for
Creativity and Imagination HOSTED BY: Billings Forge Community Works § Steven Dahlberg
Creativity
in Play explores the importance of creativity, play and
imagination across society. Hosted by Steven Dahlberg and Mary Alice Long,
Ph.D. Produced by the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination,
in partnership with the National Creativity Network. ... 'The creation
of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play
instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the
objects it loves.' – Carl Jung
Sir
Ken Robinson returns to celebrate one-year anniversary of
Creativity in Change - September 2011!
UNLEASH
YOUR CREATIVITY in a series of experiential creativity workshops during the International Festival of Arts & Ideas … curated by Steven Dahlberg, Director, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS
JUNE 18, 21 AND 25, 2011 - NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
- NAMED 'FEST
BEST BET' BY NEW HAVEN REGISTER - FIND MORE INFO AND
REGISTER NOW! Do you want to (re)discover your creativity? Learn tools for new ways of thinking? Find alternatives? Get unstuck? Discover others who value creativity? Understand the creative process? Connect with your purpose? Play more? Engage creativity in the workplace? This series links the creativity of others – presented in the Arts & Ideas lectures and performances – with an in-depth opportunity to engage your personal creativity and its applications in organizations and society. Come and be inspired, feed your imagination, surprise yourself, try new things, improve your skills, express your creative spirit, remove judgment, fire your passions, and explore possibilities. Participate with leading facilitators from Pilobolus Dance Theatre; InterPlay; AIGA Connecticut; co:lab; International Centre for Creativity and Imagination; Albertus Magnus College; Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics; along with Rachel Bernsen and Dorie Shallcross. Plus, Irish poet Anne F. O’Reilly will join us for all three
workshops. Anne is the author of Sacred Play: Soul Journeys in Contemporary Irish Theatre and
Singing from the Belly of the Whale. The series is presented by
the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination, Albertus Magnus
College, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and Connecticut
Creates, in partnership with the International Festival of Arts &
Ideas.Find more information and REGISTER NOW and find out more
about the Festival!
EMBODYING CREATIVITY: ENGAGING CREATIVE
COLLABORATION THROUGH MOVEMENT AND PLAY Saturday, June 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Albertus Magnus College Full details and registration ... $99 registration includes: Workshop, lunch and ticket
to Susan Marshall Dance Company's “Adamantine” (5 p.m.)
CREATIVITY AT WORK: ENGAGING CREATIVITY, DESIGN
AND INNOVATION IN ORGANIZATIONS Tuesday, June 21, 12-4 p.m., Yale University Full details and registration ... $99 registration includes: Workshop, Paul Bloom lecture
(5:30) on “Ideas: How Pleasure Works” and ticket to Jack Hitts’
“Making Up the Truth” (8 p.m.)
COMPOSING A CREATIVE LIFE ON PURPOSE: ENGAGING
MEANING IN LIFE AND WORK Saturday, June 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Albertus Magnus College Full details and registration ... $99 registration includes: Workshop, lunch and ticket
to David Little’s “Soldier Songs” (8 p.m.)
AUGUST
2-6, 2010: CHAUTAUQUA WORKSHOP: UNLEASHING CREATIVITY IN THE
CLASSROOM Creativity
matters for every individual, of all ages, in and out of the
classroom. Whether you are a teacher, or want to rediscover your own
creativity, this experiential workshop is for you. Learn how to remove
blocks to creativity, to think in new ways, generate alternatives, and
put new ideas into action. Discover your creative thinking style and
its implications for both teaching and learning. Explore how
creativity engages and motivates people to learn. Steven Dahlberg
leads this week-long morning Special Studies workshop at The
Chautauqua Institution, during Week 6 from August 2 to 6. Week 6 is
focused on "Excellence
in Public Education." Find out more about Special
Studies programs and Chautauqua gate
registration. RESOURCE:
Read Unleashing
Your Child's Creativity, by Steven Dahlberg.
NOVEMBER
15-17, 2010: CREATIVITY WORLD FORUM
Join
colleagues from around the world who are interested in and applying
creativity. Participate in the launch of the National Creativity Network
on November 15, followed by the
"Future of Creativity
Today: Moving From Advocacy to Action"
workshop facilitated by Steven Dahlberg of the International Centre
for Creativity and Imagination and Cheryl Whitesitt of the
Minnesota Future Problem Solving Program. The workshop includes Sir Ken
Robinson, national thought leaders on creativity and more than 50 people
from around the country and beyond! Find more workshop
details here and more about the
Creativity World Forum here!
JUNE
3-4, 2010: SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM CONFERENCE: THINKING LIKE AN ARTIST: CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE CLASSROOM Join
Steven Dahlberg's session on June 3 about "Engaging Creativity:
Why Creativity Matters Beyond the Arts and Beyond the Classroom."
Panelists include:
Beth
Comstock, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, GE
Ji
Lee, Artist and Designer; and Creative Director, Google Creative
Lab
Ken
Perlin, Artist; Professor and Director, NYU Games For Learning
Institute; and Founding Director, NYU Media Research Laboratory
The
conference will explore what it means to think like an artist and what
educators can learn from the work of artists. Join art and museum
educators, administrators, and policy makers from across the country in a
two-day forum to discuss the role of creativity in the art classroom and
in the field of education as a whole. Through artist talks, panel
presentations, hands-on art making, and group discussion, participants
consider the characteristics of creativity across disciplines and identify
best practices for fostering creativity in the classroom. Find
out more about the conference.
JANUARY
16, 2011: Creative Purpose and Practical Wisdom for 2011 ... with Joe
Miguez, Artist, Facilitator and Labyrinth Builder, Labyrinth
Experience As we begin a new year, come and explore how creativity and
imagination can help you navigate purpose, meaning and intention in
your life. You will enter your own story to see its challenges and
successes -- its deep valleys of doubt and its mountaintops of
achievement. This experience is an opportunity to discover how to
intentionally pay attention to your practical wisdom for living a
purposeful life. Creativity Networking is Sunday, January 16, from
(NEW TIME) 1 to 2:30 p.m. Find more about Creativity Networking
here.
NOVEMBER
21, 2010: Epic Creativity: Storytelling from the Classics to Video
Games ... with Video Games and Human Values Initiative Director Roger
Travis Are video games and virtual worlds
modern-day literature? Are they places where traditional tales are
reimagined in modern form? Are virtual worlds living epics where the
bard wears new clothes? Discover where creativity lives in the
retelling of stories in multiple ways, whether through the classics or
through modern technology. Roger Travis, associate professor of
classics at the University of Connecticut, explores how games and
gamer culture are much older and better things than most people think.
Come and explore the creativity of this topic -- whether or not you
are interested in gaming and technology! Creativity Networking is Sunday,
November 21, from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Find more about Creativity Networking
here.
OCTOBER
24, 2010: Creativity, Intuition and Spirituality ... with
author and educator Dorie Shallcross One of the major means by which human
beings liberate themselves from conditioned responses and usual
choices is through creativity. For many, creativity and spirituality
are intertwined. The spiritual is not morality, not ethics, not
organized religion (although it can be for some), not psychic. Spirit
is an essential need of human nature. There is something in all of us
that seeks the spiritual. It is a yearning that varies in strength
from person to person. Come and explore the connections between
creativity and spirituality. Creativity Networking is Sunday, October
24, from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Find more about Creativity Networking
here ... and please post this flyer to help
spread the word!
SEPTEMBER
19, 2010: Creativity and Sustainability in Communities
... with Steven
Dahlberg, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination, and
Community Farmer/Educator David Cherniske If you are interested in food,
"local" and sustainable agriculture, come and explore the
symbiotic relationship between creativity and sustainability. Challenge
yourself to think in new ways and imagine new possibilities about food,
agriculture and the environment. Explore how creative thinking helps us
understand systems, connections and alternatives better as we consider
what we eat, how we eat, where food comes from and the impact of all of
this on the environment. Creativity Networking is Sunday, September 29, from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Find more about Creativity Networking
here.
JULY
11, 2010: The World Becomes What You Teach ... Creativity in the World
... with Shawn Sweeney, Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots
National Program Coordinator; and Steven
Dahlberg, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination When we talk about social issues, and solutions to them, the final conclusion always leads to education as the solution. If we want to create a world that is healthy, peaceful and sustainable for people, animals and the environment, then we must empower each other with the knowledge, tools and motivation to create that world. In this workshop, "The World Becomes What You Teach ... Creativity in the World," explore the ways in which we can use creativity to bring this practice to the classroom and to our everyday lives. Learn how we can promote this world by changing the way we teach and the way that we engage our students and everyone in our lives in becoming problem-solvers and change makers. Led by Shawn Sweeney, National Program Coordinator for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, with Steven Dahlberg, Director of the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination, and Series Curator for Creativity Networking.
Creativity Networking is Sunday, July 11, from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Find more about Creativity Networking
here.
JUNE
20, 2010: Discovering Creativity Through Everyday
Movement of Pilobolus ... with Renee Jaworski and Steven
Dahlberg Some people need to move their bodies to think, while other people
think their bodies are incapable of moving. Yet, we are made to move. It's
a fundamental aspect of who we are and what we do everyday. Sometimes,
however, we lose touch with this capacity. Explore -- with a master of
movement from Pilobolus -- how movement and play can help us tap into more
of our creativity and reconnect with our physical selves. Come and be
inspired, provoked and encouraged to discover creativity and communication
through everyday movement. This session will be part Pilobolus story, part
creative process and part experiential ... and is open to everyone. No
special skills required. Creativity Networking is Sunday, June 20 from 2
to 3:30 p.m. Find more info here and please
print and post this flyer to spread the word about this event. Plus,
check out Pilobolus'
free performance in Hartford on June 19!
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2010 - 2-3:30 P.M.:
Thinking Out Loud: Drawing
as Thinking ... with The Aldrich Museum's Carolina Pedraza, Artist Laura Kaufman, additional guests and Series Curator Steven
Dahlberg We'll
use The Aldrich Museum's DrawOn! project as a jumping off point to explore
the creative process, and how creativity and community can be nurtured
through something as basic as drawing. Hear engaging DrawOn! examples from
around the region and experience yourself a bit of thinking out loud
through drawing!
MAY
2009: Lessons from Prison for Creative Education ... with community
activist LaResse Harvey Come
and explore the role of arts, writing, creativity and imagination in
prison programs and their implication for integrating more of these
topics into education. You will hear the perspective of a formerly
incarcerated mother who credits her creative writing and arts
experience in prison with helping transform her life. Join us to hear
LaResse Harvey's story and what it means for creative education.
LaResse is African American Policy Director for A Better Way
Foundation in Hartford. See
more on this topic. Creativity Networking is hosted by Steven
Dahlberg, head of the International Centre for Creativity and
Imagination.
JANUARY
2009: Threads
of Creativity in Art and Science ... with Daniel Bernard Roumain Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, for a
special Creativity Networking in Willimantic, Connecticut. Daniel Bernard
Roumain will be joined by artist Imna Arroyo, scientists Hedley Freake and
Christian Brueckner, creativity educator Steven Dahlberg, and the public to explore the intersection of
creativity, art and science. ... Plus, mark your calendar for Daniel Bernard
Roumain's return to Storrs, Connecticut, for a Special Bicentennial
presentation of "Darwin's
Meditation for The People of Lincoln" on February 12, 2009,
celebrating that auspicious day of February 12, 1809, when Darwin and
Lincoln were born within hours of one another. [View a video
clip
from DBR's presentation.]
You
are invited to SERA salon / Social Experiments Relational Acts at
New Haven's Open
Studio Alternative Space weekend -- Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and
10, from noon to 5 p.m., at 206 College Street in New Haven, Connecticut
06510. SERA is curated by Ted
Efremoff and the Salon features live actions by Steven Dahlberg,
Melanie Carr Eveleth, John O'Donnell, Rebecca Parker, Praxis and Albert
Municino, as well as the services of an on-site art historian, Eve Perry.
The artists will perform relational works on the broadly defined subject
of SERVICE. Sera Nails is a fully outfitted abandoned salon in downtown
New Haven Connecticut with several stations for manicures, pedicures and
massage as well as nail polish, wax and other salon paraphernalia. View
images of the salon here.
.........................
Steven Dahlberg IMAGICURE an imagination exchange for creative alternatives .........................
A salon is inherently a place of social interaction, where ideas are
exchanged and community is built. Our imaginations can be fueled by such
interaction. Sometimes, however, our imaginations need buffing, cleaning
and polishing to remove the deadness of judgment, habit and assumptions.
At the Imagicure station, visitors can bring a personal, work or
community challenge and actively participate in applying their
imaginations to find creative alternatives to their challenge. In
exchange, these visitors will be asked to contribute an idea about how
to infuse more creativity in education. Come and think in new ways, get
ideas, and solve problems. This experience explores creativity in
service to self and the community.
Come
and participate in the Creativity
Communiversity - a series of citizen-led workshops about
creativity in communities - organized by Steven Dahlberg within Fritz
Haeg's "Sundown
Schoolhouse: The Aldrich Workshops."
SPRING
2011: University
of Connecticut Launches Public and Community Engagement Program that
Focuses on Creative Community Building
An interdisciplinary team of university and community partners has
developed this new program. Through its Center
for Continuing Studies, the University of Connecticut will offer an
undergraduate emphasis in this topic in its Bachelor of General Studies
degree, as well as non-credit, professional development workshops and
seminars. Sign up now for the three-credit Creativity
+ Social Change course, to be offered Fall 2010 in
Hartford, Connecticut, and Spring 2011 in Waterbury, Connecticut, and taught by Steven Dahlberg.
MAY
24, 2010: CONNECTICUT IMAGINATION CONVERSATION Imagination Conversations bring together leaders from an array of fields
to discuss the importance of imagination in life, work and society. The International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
and The Studio @ Billings Forge present the next Connecticut Imagination Conversation on
May 24, 2010. The Connecticut
Imagination Conversation is part of a national dialogue -- 50
conversations in 50 states -- sponsored by the Lincoln Center Institute to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts.
Find
more info about the conversations here and plan now to participate in
the next Connecticut Imagination Conversation at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, May
24, at The Studio @ Billings Forge, 539-563 Broad Street, Hartford,
Connecticut, 06106. RSVP
here!
This
first conversation was broadcast on WNPR
Connecticut Public Radio's "Where We Live," with host John
Dankosky, on Friday, April 23, at 9 a.m. EDT. Listen
to the full conversation online. Read John's summary of the conversation in his "Where
We Blog" post.
MARCH 22, 2010: CREATIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM WORKSHOP A
creative education workshop for teachers, administrators and parents ...
with Facilitator Steven Dahlberg, Director, International Centre for
Creativity and Imagination ... 4:00-6:30 P.M. at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main
Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877. (.2 CEUs available). For more info
or to register, call 203.438.4519 or visit
online.
MARCH 23, 2010: FRESH THE MOVIE: NEW THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE EATING A
public screening of this great documentary film, FRESH, followed by a
dialogue exploring local food, sustainable agriculture and creative
community ... 7:00 P.M. at The Studio @ Billings Forge, 565 Broad Street, Hartford,
Connecticut, 06106. More info: Event
Poster | About the Film and
Trailer | Order Tickets
Online. For more info or tickets by phone, call 860.548.9877. Dialogue
panelists include:
Dan
Meiser
General Manager, Firebox
Julie
Carrion Director of Catering & Education, The Kitchen @ Billings Forge
Steven
Dahlberg Director, The International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
Dave
Finn Eagle Wood Farms
Rodger
Phillips
Grow Hartford
FEBRUARY 8, 2010: CREATIVITY MATTERS: ENGAGING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN WORK ... A
Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance Roundtable with Steven Dahlberg Creativity matters in all aspects of society, work and life. The
imagination mindset helps us think in new ways ... which produces creative
ideas and solutions ... and ultimately leads to innovation. If you want to
unleash your imagination and explore new ways of expressing your
creativity in meaningful ways, don't miss this interdisciplinary
networking forum for artists, educators, business people, entrepreneurs
and others who are interested. Come and explore what creativity is, who
has it, how it relates to purpose and work - and how one can tap into more
of it both personally and professionally. Facilitated by Steven Dahlberg,
faculty in the Public and Community Engagement group at the University of
Connecticut, and director of the International Centre for Creativity and
Imagination. This program is free and open to all. Refreshments provided.
Sponsored by Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance and Western Connecticut
State University School of Visual and Performing Arts. Monday, February 8, 2010 7:00-9:00
p.m. @ Western Connecticut State University, Midtown Campus | Alumni Hall,
181 White Street, Danbury, Connecticut, 06810.
OCTOBER
11, 2009: FRESH:
A Community Dialogue About Local Food, Sustainable Agriculture and
Creative Communities Following the screening of FRESH
THE MOVIE and a short film about Plow
to Plate (about a New Milford, Connecticut, project involving local
youth and the community in farming, cooking and healthy behaviors), a
community dialogue took place exploring local farming and food,
sustainable agriculture, creative communities and healthy eating. It was
held Sunday, October 11, 2009, as part of Bank Street Festival in Milford,
Connecticut. The event was sponsored by: Plow to Plate; with the
International Centre for Creativity and Imagination. Community Dialogue
panelists included: Dr. Diane D'Isidori (Plow to Plate Co-Founder), David
Cherniske (Community Farmer and Educator), Marydale DeBor (Plow to Plate
Co-Founder; New Milford Hospital), and Steven Eng (Sullivan Farm Student
Worker and Chef). Hosted by Steven Dahlberg (Director of the International
Centre for Creativity and Imagination). Listen
to this dialogue (first 30 seconds of volume is soft).
"Living
Your Purpose Through Creativity" on The Intuitive Path radio show
with Anja Weiland Listen
to the stream from the live interview of Steven Dahlberg on December
10, 2010.
"Locating
Creativity: Can Art and Innovation Revitalize Hartford?" on WNPR's
Where We Live @ Real Art Ways Steven Dahlberg talks about creativity and creative community building
during this live public radio event in Hartford, Connecticut on November
19, 2009. Listen
to the full episode, with introductory comments from Charles Landry,
and check out the related blog
to this on-going series.
Ken
Robinson Encourages Creativity, Passion and Talents
By Steven Dahlberg - Creativity
writer and consultant Ken Robinson launched his new book, The
Element, at the Ridgefield Play House in Connecticut at an event
sponsored by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Robinson began by
reminding the audience of the power of the imagination. "All cities
owe their existence to imagination," he said. "It's this power
of imagination will take us into the future -- or not. And it's this kind
of imagination that's most at risk. I think we squander it. Not only
squander it -- but suppress it ruthlessly." ...
I was honored to also participate in a pre-lecture Roundtable on
"Innovation in Our Schools" with colleagues from education,
arts, business and government. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum hosted
the Roundtable at which the organizers asked: "What does it look
like, feel like and sound like when all of the partners in a student's
learning community (i.e. peers, teachers, administrators, parents,
coaches, community organizations, businesses, etc.) model creativity and
innovation in a way that serves the student?" Read
More
Art
with heart ... Community banner project to brighten downtown Rock Hill The Herald of Rock Hill, South Carolina (7
February 2008) reports that "A splash of color will liven up the
winter blahs in downtown Rock Hill, part of a community arts program
sponsored by the Arts Council of York County and the Rock Hill school
district. ... The community art project, titled Creativity: The Heart
of the Community, is led by artists in residence Steven Dahlberg and
JoAnn Moran, both from Connecticut. The project is a way for people to
express themselves and participate in creating their own community
through art, Dahlberg said. 'It is a way to engage people in creating
their community and bring people together that wouldn't normally work
together, like youth and adults.' Dahlberg said. ... Dahlberg said the
project is collaborative, so everyone can add something."
Seat-of-the-Pants
Innovation Steven Dahlberg talks about workplace creativity and innovation in Industrial Fabric Products Review
article - May 2007
Applied Imagination "It's not
hard to engage your core creativity, says Steve Dahlberg, but it can feel
awkward at first. ... 'Part of it is simply paying attention and noticing
whether you're judging what you're thinking or are remaining open to
putting the pieces together in different ways,' he says." - Quoted
in
Northwestern Mutual's Creative Living Magazine
Democracy
Without Boxes or Borders - By Len Krimerman
Democracy
and Education: One Community Example - By Phoebe Godfrey
Communiversity:
Weaving a Community Web of Love and Hope - By Gus Jaccaci
Steven
Dahlberg Participates in "COMV08: 2008 National Communiversity
Conference" Dahlberg joined nearly 40 people from 14 communities -- including
Willimantic, Connecticut -- to share examples of community learning and
creative engagement. The conference was held in Maine from July 25 to 27.
Dahlberg and three other Windham-area residents represented the Imagine
Willimantic Communiversity.
Steven
Dahlberg to Collaborate with Windham
High School Young Poets Steven Dahlberg and the International Centre for Creativity and
Imagination will collaborate with Windham
High School, The Young Poets group, and teacher Lynn Frazier for a
semester-long, interdisciplinary "Think and Be Heard" creativity
project.
Steven
Dahlberg Selected in Case Foundation's Top 100 Breakthrough Ideas
Steven
Dahlberg's proposal -- on behalf of his Willimantic, Connecticut,
community -- has been selected from nearly 5,000 proposals as a
Top 100 Idea Finalist in the Case Foundation's "Make It Your Own"
Awards program. The project is for "Weaving a New
Willimantic": A former thread-mill town weaves a new creative
fabric -- where people's ideas matter, where we engage our
creativity together and where we co-create our community's common good. We
will use inclusive dialogue processes to coordinate current
citizen-centered projects and to include more voices. --
The Chronicle profiles Dahlberg and this project: "Dahlberg
Brings People Together Through Creativity."
Continental Creative President: European Leader Calls for Culture, Diversity and Openness to Solve Global Problems
By
Steven Dahlberg - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso's closing keynote at the Global Creative Leadership Summit made a strong case for the role of creativity, innovation and diversity for addressing global problems such as climate change and fighting poverty. "Those are the two main tasks of leadership in the 21st century," he said. The other global issue linked with solving climate change and poverty is culture. "Culture is a solution."
Local
view: Now could be creative turning point for Duluth
Steven Dahlberg writes in the Duluth News Tribune (June 2007): As
the Duluth-Superior area proceeds into the Knight Creative Communities
Initiative, it’s important to consider how to engage everyone’s
creativity — not just that of artists or the creative class — in
community and economic development. ... For more than 15 years, I’ve
been working internationally in the field of creativity, advocating for
the importance of creative thinking and helping people unleash and harness
more of their inherent creative abilities. Yet my creative endeavors began
in Duluth as a teenage entrepreneur, a freelance writer and photographer
and a political junkie. I am delighted to know that the Duluth-Superior
area was among just three cities chosen by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation to work with economist Richard Florida.
After
Katrina: Creativity's Role in Trauma and Growth (PDF)
Commentary: The
residents in the Hurricane Katrina-hit areas are facing the challenge of
asking "what next?" and of looking for ways to meaningfully engage
in redefining their identities. The hurricane survivors aren't challenged
about how to simply adapt one particular aspect of their lives. Rather,
individuals, organizations and the community at-large are all asking: How
might I completely recreate my own life, while simultaneously recreating my
entire community from the ground up? This entire process and search is a
creative act. And thriving in one's post-hurricane life is a challenge of the
imagination.
Creativity by Choice, Not by Chance: Developing Imagination In the Intelligence
Community (PDF)
A response to the 9/11 Commission Report that declared that it is "crucial to find a way of
routinizing, even bureaucratizing, the exercise of imagination" and
to the House of Representatives Committee on Intelligence hearings that followed in August to discuss the intelligence community’s
"failure of imagination" and the "requirement for imagination and creativity" going forward.
"Creativity + Social Change" undergraduate course
(can be taken for non-credit, too) at the University of Connecticut - Taught by Steven
Dahlberg - 6:30-9:00 p.m. - Wednesdays, Spring Semester, 2011 - Waterbury,
Connecticut
Steven Dahlberg joins board of directors of National Creativity Network
Steven Dahlberg to lead creativity in nonprofits workshops in Rhode
Island College's Certificate Program in Nonprofit Studies course -
September 2010 - Providence, Rhode Island
International Centre for Creativity and Imagination co-presenting Connecting
Creative Communities summit with The City of Providence
Department of Arts, Culture + Tourism, and the New England Foundation for
the Arts - March 9-11, 2010 - Providence, Rhode Island
Steven Dahlberg to lead creative organization workshop for the
University of Connecticut's Center for Continuing Studies staff - January 2010 - Storrs, Connecticut
Sign up now for week-long Special Studies workshop on "Imagine
What Next: Composing a Creative Life on Purpose" at The
Chautauqua Institution, to be led by Steven Dahlberg - Week
7: Imagine - August 9-14, 2009 - Chautauqua, New York
Steven Dahlberg leads "Engaging Creative Communities" panel at World
Cultural Economic Forum - October 30-31, 2008 - New Orleans,
Louisiana
"Creativity and Social Change" undergraduate course in the Creative
Community Building Program at the University of Connecticut - Co-taught by
Steven
Dahlberg - 6:00-9:00 p.m. - Tuesdays and Thursday,
September 9 to October 23,
2008 - Storrs, Connecticut
Steven Dahlberg teaches "Principles of Problem Solving" course
at Brooklyn Correctional Institution -
Fall 2008 - Quinebaug Valley Community College - Danielson, Connecticut
Steven Dahlberg appointed to serve on Ad-Hoc Committee on Economic Development for
the Town of Windham, Connecticut - July 2008
"Every human
being is an artist ... called to participate in transforming and reshaping
the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and condition our
lives." :: Joseph Beuys
Creativity
matters for every individual, of all ages, in and out of the
classroom. Whether you are a teacher, or want to rediscover your own
creativity, this experiential workshop is for you. Learn how to remove
blocks to creativity, to think in new ways, generate alternatives, and
put new ideas into action. Discover your creative thinking style and
its implications for both teaching and learning. Explore how
creativity engages and motivates people to learn. Steven Dahlberg
leads this week-long morning Special Studies workshop at The
Chautauqua Institution, during Week 6 from August 2 to 6. Week 6 is
focused on "
Join
Steven Dahlberg's session on June 3 about "Engaging Creativity:
Why Creativity Matters Beyond the Arts and Beyond the Classroom."
Panelists include:
When we talk about social issues, and solutions to them, the final conclusion always leads to education as the solution. If we want to create a world that is healthy, peaceful and sustainable for people, animals and the environment, then we must empower each other with the knowledge, tools and motivation to create that world. In this workshop, "The World Becomes What You Teach ... Creativity in the World," explore the ways in which we can use creativity to bring this practice to the classroom and to our everyday lives. Learn how we can promote this world by changing the way we teach and the way that we engage our students and everyone in our lives in becoming problem-solvers and change makers. Led by Shawn Sweeney, National Program Coordinator for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots, with Steven Dahlberg, Director of the International Centre for Creativity and Imagination, and Series Curator for Creativity Networking.
Creativity Networking is Sunday, July 11, from 2
to 3:30 p.m. 
Some people need to move their bodies to think, while other people
think their bodies are incapable of moving. Yet, we are made to move. It's
a fundamental aspect of who we are and what we do everyday. Sometimes,
however, we lose touch with this capacity. Explore -- with a master of
movement from Pilobolus -- how movement and play can help us tap into more
of our creativity and reconnect with our physical selves. Come and be
inspired, provoked and encouraged to discover creativity and communication
through everyday movement. This session will be part Pilobolus story, part
creative process and part experiential ... and is open to everyone. No
special skills required. Creativity Networking is Sunday, June 20 from 2
to 3:30 p.m. 
Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 7, 2009, for a
special Creativity Networking in Willimantic, Connecticut. Daniel Bernard
Roumain will be joined by artist Imna Arroyo, scientists Hedley Freake and
Christian Brueckner, creativity educator Steven Dahlberg, and the public to explore the intersection of
creativity, art and science. ... Plus, mark your calendar for Daniel Bernard
Roumain's return to Storrs, Connecticut, for a Special Bicentennial
presentation of "
Come
and participate in the 
Imagination Conversations bring together leaders from an array of fields
to discuss the importance of imagination in life, work and society. The International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
and The Studio @ Billings Forge present the next Connecticut Imagination Conversation on
May 24, 2010. The Connecticut
Imagination Conversation is part of a national dialogue -- 50
conversations in 50 states -- sponsored by the Lincoln Center Institute to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Lincoln Center for the Performing
Arts.
This
first conversation was broadcast on WNPR
Connecticut Public Radio's "Where We Live," with host John
Dankosky, on Friday, April 23, at 9 a.m. EDT. 
A
creative education workshop for teachers, administrators and parents ...
with Facilitator Steven Dahlberg, Director, International Centre for
Creativity and Imagination ... 4:00-6:30 P.M. at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main
Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 06877. (.2 CEUs available). For more info
or to register, call 203.438.4519 or 
A
public screening of this great documentary film, FRESH, followed by a
dialogue exploring local food, sustainable agriculture and creative
community ... 7:00 P.M. at The Studio @ Billings Forge, 565 Broad Street, Hartford,
Connecticut, 06106. More info: 
"Living
Your Purpose Through Creativity" on The Intuitive Path radio show
with Anja Weiland
