Kate Houlihan

Our global theme for July is HOME. It was chosen by our Kansas City chapter and illustrated by Allison Kerek Williams. 

You can spend a lifetime looking for a sense of home. Sometimes we must leave our home in order to find it. In his poem “Journey Home,” Rabindranath Tagore writes, “The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own.”

Home can be a place we belong, home can be found among people we love, home can be carried with you wherever you go.  Home can be formed by people creating together.

Home is a direction we’re tilted towards. Home is something we have to remake again and again. What home have you built for yourself? What can we do to build a home for each other?

Our next talk will be Friday June 18 with Bethany Hegedus on the theme of MATRIARCHY.

Our musical guest will be Savannah Red.

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.)

Celebrate the incredible women in your life with the hashtags #CMmatriarchy & #CMATX

We still need a partner to jump in and support this Friday’s inspiring event. If your company wants to feel the love of Austin’s creative community (and virtual guests from far & wide) please reach out here. Our Fund The Love Partnership Drive will keep our free events going thru 2021.

Our global theme for June is MATRIARCHY. It was chosen by our Rotterdam  chapter and illustrated by Xaviera Altena. 

Imagine a society in which women make all the key decisions that shape the safety, health, education, opportunities, and culture of the community. What would your town or city look like if the systems and structures were re-envisioned and women held the majority of the positions of power and leadership? What would change? What would it feel like? Or maybe you already live in such an environment; societies led by powerful women exist today, including Native and Indigenous communities around the world.

This month, we shine a light on all the leaders who are also women, from across the vast spectrum of identities and experiences of womanhood. The decision-makers, the life-givers, the caregivers, the frontline workers, the problem-solvers, the world-changers. The organizers and activists, the artists and writers and innovators. The teachers, scientists, medical professionals, politicians, business owners. The ones with megaphones and the ones working behind-the-scenes. Without you, where would our world be?

After a long year, we’re getting excited about the prospect of breaking out of our pandemic ruts and getting back to in-person events. 

As a way of transitioning and getting used to talking to real live people in real life, we’re trying something new that we’re calling BREAK OUTS.

What’s a BREAK OUT?

It’s a small, in-person, outdoor gathering of 10 or less people; hosted by a member of our CreativeMornings/Austin community. Below is a list of the ones that are scheduled so far. 

Ukulele Happy Hour!
TBD Hosted by Heather Arnos at Armstrong Community Music School. Register here

Yappy Hour
September 29th, 2021 6:00PM – 7:00PM Hosted by Denise Malkoon at Easy Tiger East. Register here

Stay tuned for more.

Interested in hosting a Break Out? 

It could be coffee at your favorite spot, a conversation in the park, a stroll around Downtown, or whatever you want. If you’re interested in hosting a Break Out, you can raise your hand here.

Our next talk will be Friday May 28 with Meredith Howard on the theme of RESILIENT. 

Our musical guest will be Miggy Milla. 

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

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 how you’re holding up this month with the hashtags #CMresilient & #CMATX

We still need a partner to jump in and support this Friday’s inspiring event. If your company wants to feel the love of Austin’s creative community (and virtual guests from far & wide) please reach out here. Our Fund The Love Partnership Drive will keep our free events going thru 2021.

Our global theme for MAY is RESILIENT. It was chosen by our Dallas chapter and illustrated by Niki Dionne. 

To be resilient is to be adaptable. It’s a way of being that’s flexible and alive, bouncing with the stuff of survival: learning, evolving, and intertwining our roots to share resources and to create a strong anchor of collective care. Like trees in a storm, it means swaying instead of snapping.

Persevering in the face of hardship and heartbreak is not easy, to say the least. “I think of resilience as the strength and speed of our response to adversity,” says Adam Grant, psychologist and co-author of Option B, a book about resilience. To heal, to grieve, to bend but not break? It requires time and dedication to build these muscles of resilience. “It’s a skill set we work on throughout our lives.”

Whether for your life, community, or planet, consider this:

What can you do today to help build strength and ease for the future?

Resilient

Our next talk will be Friday, April 30 with writer and illustrator Edward Carey in conversation with Austin Kleon on the theme of PROCRASTINATE.

Registration is open now! (Registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email.)

We still need a partner to jump in and support this amazing event. If your company wants to feel the love of Austin’s creative community (and our virtual guests from far and wide) please contact us at the email on this page. 

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

And don’t wait to wait to join the conversation with hashtags #CMprocrastinate & #CMATX 

Our global theme for April is PROCRASTINATE. It was chosen by our Turin chapter, illustrated by Elisa Talentino and is presented by our global partner Basecamp/HEY. 

When you get around to it, use the hashtags #CMprocrastinate & #CMATX.

The things that we perpetually push to tomorrow’s to-do list can become a mental weight. Even though we know the welcome relief that will wash over us when that thing we’re avoiding is complete, still, we delay, just a little while longer.

Procrastination can be a sort of art form: the art of deferred action. It’s a technique that’s got a bad reputation, one often tinged with shame. But it can also be a way to claim the ways you wish to your time. It harbors creative possibilities, too.

In that game of waiting-waiting-waiting until it’s almost too late but not quite, a coiled spring of potential energy hides, ready to leap into action at a moment’s notice. Narrowing a timeline can be a fruitful creative constraint, an exercise in trusting the unknown. When a window of opportunity shrinks, improvisation and spontaneity might unfurl like a flower in a time-lapse video blooming at super speed, a confetti cannon of petals bursting in full color.

Our next talk will be Friday, March 26th with Adam Orman of L'Oca d’Oro & Good Work Austin speaking on the theme of Ripple.

We’ll be coming together virtually, so registered attendees will receive a zoom link via email. Registration is open now. Details here.


Say thanks to our partner this month: Preacher.

And one lucky attendee will have breakfast delivered to their home from our CreativeMornings Prize Patrol thanks to Cuvee Coffee.

See how the conversation flows with the hashtags #CMripple & #CMATX.

Our global theme for March is RIPPLE. It was chosen by our Tel Aviv chapter and illustrated by Masha Manapov. 

See how the conversation flows with the hashtags #CMripple & #CMATX

Everything you do has the power to create its own ripple effect. Like an object breaking the water’s surface, our actions can cause a series of ever-expanding waves of impact stretching far beyond our individual reach.

Whether we theorize it with dominos, snowballs, or butterflies – it’s about momentum, and as momentum builds, even the smallest actions can end up having a profound impact.

One voice can inspire a movement, a single act of kindness can save a life. No matter how minuscule it may seem in the moment, what you do matters.

This month, we invite you to pay attention to your personal ripple effect. To examine how your impact expands beyond your inner circle and find ways to pay positivity forward. If you’re feeling brave, this month can be a time to explore the depths of your world. Dare to plunge below the surface and invite deeper connection in.