Prompting Joy~How Cooking with AI Reconnected Me with My Creative Practice

As creative practices evolve, finding an entry point into AI can feel overwhelming. Join Creative & Art Director Nicole Motta for a one-hour conversation and interactive workshop on how she used cooking with AI to reconnect with her creative self after career burnout. Starting with simple ingredient lists, Nicole transformed everyday tasks into innovative workflows that bridged personal experimentation and professional growth, turning AI into a tool for creative renewal.

Nicole will guide participants through using AI to tackle personal challenges and unlock new workflows for their creative practices. Through live demos with Anthropic’s Claude AI, she’ll show how structuring prompts, gathering feedback, and applying iteration can elevate simple experiments into powerful systems. Participants will have interactive moments to identify their creative blockers and learn techniques to build sustainable AI collaborations.

This session is perfect for anyone seeking an approachable way into AI, creatives battling burnout, or professionals wanting to reignite their creative process. Whether you’re a novice or experienced, you’ll discover how familiar activities like cooking can open the door to reimagining how you work, create, and innovate with AI.

About the Speaker

Nicole Motta (she/her/hers) is an award-winning creative and art director based in NYC with over a decade of experience in photography, design, technology, music, and publishing. Her professional background includes creative work at Condé Nast Traveler, Meta (Facebook App), Apple, and Selman. Her expertise focuses on visual systems, innovative production, and leveraging AI tools for visual storytelling and design innovation.

A Peruvian-American creative actively pushing the boundaries of visual literacy, Nicole focuses on uplifting creative teams while developing frameworks that preserve human perspective in an increasingly technological visual landscape.

She founded Fresh Mercado, where she develops initiatives bridging traditional visual practices with emerging technologies. Her initiative, Cafecito, provides personalized creative consultations for image and visual makers, along with event programming, curating exhibitions, and creating community connections.

She holds a BFA in Photography & Imaging from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she also served as an adjunct instructor. She has received certifications from Droga5's D5in10 program and Yale's Business School of Management. She is a former board member for AIGA NY.

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