Creative Community

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Creativity Project

• Choose a creative event (performance or
  exhibition), investigate its five dimensions, and
  present your findings
• Take individual responsibility as primary
  investigator on one dimension
• Take group responsibility for the investigation
  and presentation as a whole

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Creative Organization
The Creative Life
Exploring the creative community
The Creative Tradition
Creative Career
The Creative Work
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Creative Organization
The Creative Life
Discovering yourcreative self
The Creative Tradition
Creative Career
The Creative Work
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The Creative Life
When did you realize you wanted a creative life
in ___________? What appealed to you most about
this creative pursuit? Where does your creative
energy come from? What do you do to nurture your
creative powers?
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Whats relevant about the history of this
creative art? Who are the key figures in this
creative tradition? How has this creative art
changed over time? What social and historical
developments have shaped this creative art?
The Creative Tradition
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Whats the story of this creative work? How does
it fit in the creative tradition? Whats the
story of its creator(s)? What are its parts and
their relation to each other in the whole? How
does it employ the formal and expressive elements
of the art? What does it mean?
The Creative Work
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Creative Organization
What organization does it take to sustain this
creative endeavor? What are the values and
mission? Who does the work? Where does the money
come from?
Whats the connection to the community at
large? Whats important about this organizations
history?
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Whats appealing about working in a creative
organization? How have you changed or developed
in your career? What are your own creative
talents or strengths? What is it like to work
with creative people?
Creative Career
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What did you learn of great interest or surprise
to you?
How did you go about your individual creative
inquiry?
Discovering yourcreative self
What do you still wonder?
How did you help others pursue their inquiry?
What would you do differently next time?
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Presentation

• Present your findings to your classmates with the
  aim of
• Stimulating their interest in and informed
  appreciation of your creative event
• Engaging them in creative conversation about your
  inquiry.

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Outcomes

• Explore connections between humanities and life.
• Practice ethical responsibility.
• Demonstrate information literacy.
• Develop creative self.