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WATCH: In July we had a family of Creative Entrepreneurs talk about how their family Heritage has had a hand in shaping their careers.
Catch up on Kate, Elliot, and Grant Alexander’s talk at http://creativemornings.com/talks/the-alexanders/1
What freedom means to me: "Play" —Eddy
Icebreaker Tag at CreativeMornings/Auckland.
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Gorgeous lettering of a quote from CreativeMornings/Washington, DC by Carolyn Sewell. Quote by Joshua Cogan. Printing by Westland Enterprises. Photo by Jackie Titus.
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CreativeMornings with Sarah Longbottom
August 29, 8.00 - 9.30am
Vodafone V.nue
Failure. It’s kind of a dirty word. Nobody likes to fail, and there’s a certain stigma that makes it hard to even admit to your failings. But often it’s the lows of failure that motivate us to become better. That’s something Sarah Longbottom, this months speaker, believes with all her heart.
Sarah is a creative thinker, social entrepreneur and love projector who aims to unify and synthesise human interactions for greater collaborative good.
Sarah honed and flexed her agentic self in mainstream and residential youth justice classrooms, and was instrumental in the development of nationwide pedagogical leadership in alternative education. Both the outstanding excellence and jaw dropping inadequacies of our education system inspired Sarah to take her learnings and develop an innovative model of youth development through creativity, based on the core values of love and acceptance, and collaboration and community.
Despite Sarah’s artistic talents extending only to the drawing of (fairly expressive) stick figures on a white board she is now the head of an award-winning arts organisation that supports rangatahi outside of mainstream education to fulfill their potential.
Nga Rangatahi Toa Creative Arts Initiative is developing a world class community cultural development framework that will be seen as the go-to model for empowering marginalised youth through creative arts, mentoring and mindfulness practice.
Sarah will be redefining ‘failure’ is an immense opportunity for personal and societal growth. She will describe the pedagogy of love that sits at the core of the Nga Rangatahi Toa Creative Arts Initiative programs, designed to re-engage rangatahi who have ‘failed’ and been excluded from the mainstream education system. She will discuss how love, mindfulness practice and the spaciousness that these practices create can enable the transformational power of creativity, artistic process and public performance.
Morning Person: Meet Natasha
There’s always such a lovely atmosphere in the room at a CreativeMornings talk, and such an interesting mix of people who join us for a bit of early morning inspiration. We love our amazing CreativeMornings/ Auckland community muchly, so we’re making a concerted effort to take a minute to get to know you guys a little better.
This week: Meet Natasha!
Who are you?
Natasha
If I’m expected somewhere, that gets me up. Otherwise I’m a late to bed, late to rise kinda gal.
What’s a surprising fact about you?
I was born in South Africa and lived there until I was 12, but you wouldn't be able to tell by my Kiwi accent.
What is your favourite thing about Auckland?
I’d have to say the community of creative people and friends. There’s such a great network of amazing people here.
What’s the best breakfast you’ve ever had?
Definitely a breakfast in Namibia, camping with my family when I was 10. My parents cooked a big fry up on the portable braai (BBQ) and made the most delicious fried potatoes with skins on. And a cheeky hornbill swooped down and stole the bacon right off the grill!
What was your first CreativeMornings/Akl?
Matthew Buchanan from Letterboxd.
Favourite CreativeMornings/Akl so far?
There are so many good ones to choose from. I’ll have to give you my top 3. The Alexanders (video comming soon!), Deanna Yang & Richie Hardcore
Favourite CreativeMornings talks from around the world?
I haven’t gotten around to watching any online yet, but I did get to attend a CM in Portland, Oregon last year, so that will have to be my favourite! It was really good too, Cama Davis of the Portland Meat Collective.
Favourite CreativeMornings Quote?
I can’t remember it verbatim, but Grant Alexander said something along the lines of being 60 years old and still learning about design… (Check back next week!)
When at first you don’t succeed…
Failure is always hard, but it does get easier. It’s human and ok to feel down about failure, just don’t let it stick around and overwhelm you. Get upset, then let go so you can reflect and learn objectively.
Natasha is currently taking part in the 100 Days Project, creating one illustrative or hand lettered image in response to the thoughts and interactions of that day, in an effort to slow life down a bit and enjoy time away from digital screens.
Were you around for the first ever CreativeMornings/Auckland? Back in 2011 designers Zoe Ikin, Clem Devine & Sam Trustrum help to kickstart the chapter by sharing Studio Magazine.
Watch the talk above or at http://creativemornings.com/talks/studio-magazine/1 #ThrowbackThursday
Save the Date!
Our next CreativeMornings will be on August 29, with Sarah Longbottom, founder and Creative Director of Creative Arts Initiative Nga Rangatahi Toa talking to this month’s topic of Failure! More details soon…
This month’s theme might be Failure, but it’ll be anything but a flop. Chosen by our Singapore chapter, we were excited to have photographer Bill Wadman depict it in his conceptual, narrative style (above).
To make sure your month is an epic success (not a failure), be sure to find an event near you by checking upcoming events here and find out more about the lineup here.
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