Kate Houlihan

November’s global theme LIMINAL will be discussed by Court Lurie on Friday the 12^th as part of Austin Design Week 2021. 

Kicking us off will be musical guest Mama Dukes.

Our house band, Henry Invisible ✨The One Man Funk Band✨will be setting the mood.

Registration is open now. Click here to join us. (We’ll be coming together virtually, so registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email.)

And check out the entire week of in-person and virtual Austin Design Week events on their theme FUTURING here.  

Stay in the flow with the hashtags #CMliminal #CMATX #ADW21 #futuring

Our global theme for November is LIMINAL. It was chosen by our Sofia chapter and illustrated by Sevda Semer. 

Use the hashtags #CMliminal and #CMATX.

Liminaliy is a state of becoming. It slips away, eluding easy categorization. When we find ourselves in an in-between place, we might call our location “liminal.” Liminal space is found at the threshold, between leaving an old life and starting a new one. When we have shed a tired identity but not yet donned a fresh one. Invite yourself into the cocoon of transformation. Instead of asking what comes after the chrysalis, what if, in the words of anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, we look around rather than ahead? If we learn to trust the process, we can remain curious and open. We can surrender our certainty and leave ourselves vulnerable and open to the mysteries of being. What joy and sweetness can we find in all this, in the depths of liminal spaces and times? 

For this month’s global theme DESIGN, we’re doing something different on Friday, October 29th. 

Instead of our usual format with a speaker giving a talk, we’re meeting outdoors with a focus on talking to each other. 

We’ll be taking a walk together around the newly redesigned Pease Park. Heath Riddles-Sanchez, CEO of the Pease Park Conservancy, will lead us on a tour of this beautiful outdoor space.

Please register here to join us. And use the hashtags #CMdesign & #CMATX

This chance to reconnect with our community IRL is an experiment. We do not know yet if we’ll go back to virtual events or mix it up. But we’re committed to continuing to design meaningful events every month. 

Our global theme for October is DESIGN. It was chosen by our Trois-Rivières chapter, illustrated by Olivier Charland and is presented by Skillshare. 

We live in a world of design, an intention behind every encounter, every technology we touch, every structure we step through. Design is an alchemy, a marriage of material and meaning, investigation and inspiration, form and function.

To design is to create — out of nothing, something. To design is to play — an invitation to stay open and curious and reimagine in new ways. To design is to think — a method of learning through making, scraping failed experiments for fresh insight. To design is to be human.

Designers are called to operate in a way that transcends disciplines, making it possible to understand the world in all its complexity and envision passageways to more just futures. At their best, designers center the experiences of people whose needs have been overlooked, stepping outside of themselves and into their shoes. Design asks of us empathy and humility, if we are brave enough to answer.

For September’s global theme DARE, we’re daring to try something different.

(No, we’re not re-creating the 80′s classic kid’s show Double Dare, but we might push ourselves outside our comfort zones.) 

So, we dare you to join us on Friday, Sept. 31st (aka October 1st). 

Say thanks to our partner this month: argodesign

Kicking us off will be musical guest: Ana Barajas

One lucky attendee will have breakfast delivered to their home from our CreativeMornings Prize Patrol thanks to CuvéeCoffee.

Our house band, Henry Invisible ✨The One Man Funk Band✨ will be setting the mood.

Registration is open now. Click here to join us. (We’ll be coming together virtually, so registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email.)

And, of course, we dare you to use the hashtags #CMdare & #CMATX.

Our global theme for September is DARE. It was chosen by our Porto Alegre chapter and illustrated by Mitti Mendonça.

We dare you to dive into the hashtags #CMdare & #CMATX

To dare is an act of faith. We work up the nerve to make the soaring leap, even when we don’t know what the outcome will be. At the core of daring, you’ll find bravery and defiance entwined. We dare to challenge the stories passed down to us that no longer fit, the stories that limit our imagination.

As we shed the stories that no longer serve us, but a way forward seems uncertain, how can we summon the courage to do impossible things? In The Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit invites us, “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.” The door is open. Do you dare step through?

August’s global theme RELEASE will be discussed by Joe Anderson on Friday, August 27. Say thanks to our partners this month:

• Studio will be holding a free workshop for Austin freelancers on August 31! 
  
• argodesign is celebrating their new studio space on South Congress!
  

Kicking us off will be musical guest Ray Prim.  

One lucky attendee will have breakfast delivered to their home from our CreativeMornings Prize Patrol thanks to Cuvée Coffee.

Registration is open now. Click here to join us. (We’ll be coming together virtually, so registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email.)

Let go of your thoughts with the hashtags #CMrelease & #CMATX.

If you attended our July event, you meet Brian & Brian, Cofounder & Director at our newest partner, Studio. We’re thrilled that they decide to support us again in August – and hold a free workshop for our community.

If you’re a freelancer who wants to get paid more to do more work you love, then this free workshop is for you!

Please join us online on Tuesday, August 31st at 9:00 a.m.

Register now at: joinstudio.com/workshop-austin

In this fun and interactive session, we’ll cover proven tactics to drive new business to attract better-quality projects. Did we mention that it’s free?

Huge thanks to our partner, Studio. They’re a membership community that helps independent creatives thrive with support, accountability, and connection.

Don’t miss our free workshop - register now.

Our global theme for August is RELEASE. It was chosen by our Portsmouth chapter and illustrated by Allie Runnion.

Let go of your thoughts with the hashtags #CMrelease & #CMATX

Inhale. Exhale. Release. Let the breeze roll over you, let the water flow languid, feel the tautness behind your eyes go slack. Release is a universal law—every build-up of tension must give way. Everything from the flowers to the trees need to do it to survive.

Release is a critical part of growth, healing, and transformation. We can release each other from our claims. We can be the means of each others’ deliverance. It’s what gives the words “I release you” their power.

What happens when we let go of emotions, expectations, habits, relationships, or thoughts that no longer serve us? What do we release in ourselves? What do we let loose into the world?

July’s global theme HOME will be discussed by Kathy Zarsky on Friday, July 23rd. 

Say thanks to our partner this month: argodesign.

Kicking us off will be musical guest Lesly Reynaga. 

One lucky attendee will have breakfast delivered to their home from our CreativeMornings Prize Patrol thanks to CuvéeCoffee.

Our house band, Henry Invisible ✨The One Man Funk Band✨ will be setting the mood.

Registration is open now. Click here to join us. (We’ll be coming together virtually, so registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email.)

Share your musings on home with the hashtags #CMhome & #CMATX.