Everyday Creativity: A Community Conversation

Torrance Center for Creativity at UGA

Conversations on the unique benefits of everyday creativity - your chance to engage with artistic champions in the Athens-Atlanta community

The Athenaeum

<h3>Join the conversation - artists, scholars and entrepreneurs from the local and regional community share their insights on the whys and hows of the practice of everyday creativity. </h3><h3>P r o g r a m / A g e n d a </h3>10:00-10:15am:	Opening Remarks 							10:15-11:00am:	What Works for Me -- Abhyasa in Clay 			[Speaker: <a href="https://www.tinkerwagon.com/cal-clements" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CAL CLEMENTS</a>]We are going to pinch some clay, look at slides, think of happy memories, and talk about maintaining inspiration in a world gone mad. I'll introduce some concepts that help me in my studio practice.11:00-11:45am:	Creative Learning Through Expressive Making 		[Speaker: <a href="https://www.codecraft.group/hyunjoo-oh" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HYUNJOO OH</a>]In this talk, I will present my teaching and research projects that engage a broad range of designers from K-12 community to university students for their learning through exploratory and expressive making processes.11:45-12:45pm:	Lunch &amp; Group Discussions12:45-1:30pm: 	Margin-Work: Creating Spaces for Creative Practice 	[Speaker: <a href="http://www.jasonmatherly.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">JASON MATHERLEY</a>]I will discuss ways I have cultivated and maintained a strong artistic practice by finding creative opportunities in the “margins” of everyday life. Aspects will include non-traditional art spaces, negotiating time with parenthood and a day job, and what can be learned from looking literally at the edges of paintings.1:30-2:15pm:	Exercising imagination and embracing obstructions: How I manage a workplace where everyone is creative				[Speaker: <a href="https://kaartist.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">KRISTEN ASHLEY MACCARTHY</a>]In this talk, I will provide you an overview of ins-and-outs of running a creative business and collaborating with creative people—emphasizing creativity as a tool that all of us use on a daily basis to help us make better decisions. I will also take you through some exercises to help you stretch your creativity muscles!2:15-3:00pm: 	Group Discussions &amp; Closing Remarks <h3>L e c t u r e V e n u e</h3>The event is scheduled to take place in-person at the <a href="https://www.uga.edu/a-z/location/aderhold-hall.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Georgia</a> (Athens, GA) (<a href="https://athenaeum.uga.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Athenaeum</a>, 287 W Broad St, Athens, GA 30605). The lecture is open to the general public and free to attend.Please register for the event if you plan to attend (so that catering costs can be appropriately estimated and seating plans can be accurately drawn up). In the event that public health-related travel restrictions come into effect in early-to-mid-November, the event will be delivered online via ZOOM instead (details of the same will be communicated to all registrants).<h3>O r g a n i z e r</h3>This event is organized by the <a href="https://coe.uga.edu/events/torrance-lectures" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development</a> at the University of Georgia's <a href="https://coe.uga.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mary Frances Early College of Education</a>.

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