Imagination
is more important than knowledge / Knowledge is limited / Imagination
encircles the world /
ALBERTEINSTEIN
I.NY
CREATIVE EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM: STEVEN
DAHLBERG PARTICIPATES IN PANEL WITH DR. JANE O'MEARA SANDERS ON 'THE
CREATIVE AGENDA IN EDUCATION: RHETORIC OR REALITY'; AND LEADS 'THE
NATURE OF WINE AND CREATIVITY' CLOSING EVENT WITH IRISH POET ANNE F.
O'REILLY The I.NY
Creative Education Symposium 2017 in Limerick, Ireland, is the
first of what is intended as an annual event where academics, artists,
policy makers and attendees will come together to critically examine the
role of creativity and the creative process in education. The
purpose is to initiate an inter-disciplinary conversation, exploring,
debating and contenting the emerging narratives of creativity in
education.
THE
NATURE OF WINE AND CREATIVITY: A SENSORY WINE-TASTING EXPERIENCE: STEVEN
DAHLBERG AND HOPKINS' JIM BAKER LEAD CLOSING KEYNOTE Making wine is a highly interdisciplinary art—blending
horticulture, chemistry, biology, mechanics, the senses, creativity, and
more—in both the vineyard and the winery. Similarly, consuming and
enjoying wine brings together both the science of taste and smell and the
aesthetics of experiencing wine. At the close of the symposium, join this
“multi-sensory tasting experience” to explore the intersection of
creativity, wine, and the brain. Discover how master sommeliers learn to
understand wine, what’s happening in the brain when we taste and smell
wine—and how this knowledge and experience is transferred to others.
Practice looking at, smelling and tasting wines as the experts do, while
sampling four Connecticut wines from Hopkins Vineyard and continuing to
explore the nature of wine through the lens of STEAM. Register
now for the whole symposium and/or the wine event!
ARCHIVAL
MEMOIR PROJECT + ACTIVE DREAMING WORKSHOP: MARY
ALICE LONG PERFORMS AND LEADS WORKSHOPS IN CONNECTICUT
There are so many ways a life can be told!
Come and discover more about the broader Archival Memoir Project, and how
you might connect with it to document and share your own stories and
experiences. Then, join us to explore how our dreams can help us shape and
live a more creative, playful and healthy life. Find out more about
these Connecticut Archival Memoir Project events on October
28 and the Active Dreaming Workshop on
November 1.
INNOVATION,
CREATIVITY AND CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE: PREVIEW COURSE
FOR POST UNIVERSITY'S MALCOLM
BALDRIGE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
This
class explores the role of imagination and creativity in adapting to and
creating change and innovating in the dynamic healthcare industry.
Removing barriers to creativity and change - both within oneself and in
the organizational environment - is key to fostering successful
innovation. Innovation begins with believing that fundamental change is
possible. To solve complex problems and develop innovative products and
outcomes in healthcare requires developing creative thinking mindsets in
people, motivating and engaging employees, cultivating a culture where
creativity and innovation can thrive, building a learning environment, and
overcoming obstacles.
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
"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.
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, 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.
The
Right to Be Creative – In Schools, In Prison and In Life [Named
as Editors' Pick at Gather.com]
By
Steven Dahlberg - Inmates forfeit many rights while they are in prison.
But their "right to think and be heard" - to think creatively and
express their ideas
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.
Listen to
Creativity in Play with
Steve Dahlberg and Mary Alice Long on Blog Talk Radio
EVENTS:
Steven Dahlberg leads creative community workshops for the latest cohort in the
Leadership Greater Waterbury Program - October-December 2017
Steven Dahlberg to deliver closing keynote on creativity, wine and the brain
for "Full
STEAM Ahead" Symposium at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum -
Ridgefield, CT, September 17, 2016
"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
Steven Dahlberg leads creative community workshops for the latest cohort in the
Leadership Greater Waterbury Program - October-December 2017