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Sept 17th is the deadline to sign up for the Creative Show & Tell at our 10th birthday party! Throw your hat in the ring at this link.

We’re celebrating 10 years of CreativeMornings with a party on Sept 26th at 6:00 p.m. at Fierce Whiskers Distillery.

In addition to featuring the breadth of creativity flourishing in our community, we’ll have free tacos and ice cream, a cash bar with seriously good craft cocktails, and plenty of friends to catch up with.

Sign up here by Sept 17th to share your creative talent or project in our curated, community Show & Tell!

This showcase is open to anyone working in any medium (artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers, poets, performance artists, etc.)

We want YOU to be the star of the show!

September’s global CreativeMornings theme SIMPLICITY will be discussed by Chad Rea on Friday the 15th.

Our musical guest with be Jonny Jukebox.

Join us for Cuvée Coffee & breakfast tacos.

We’ll be meeting at McGarrah Jesse. 

All thanks to our partner Microsoft Teams.

Register to get your free ticket here.

Simplify your social feeds with the hashtags #CMsimplicity & #CMATX

Our global theme for September is SIMPLICITY. It was chosen by our Gothenburg chapter and illustrated by Jessica Jämting. 

Simplify your social feeds with the hashtags #CMsimplicity & #CMATX

In the design traditions of Scandinavian and Japanese minimalism, the paring down of possessions creates a greater sense of tranquility and ease. Simplicity invites us to imagine how rich we might feel when we make do with less. 

But put another way, what if we imagined simplicity not in terms of absence but essence? In a world of confounding variables, layers of additional nuance and context, and the mind-boggling complexity of systems upon interdependent systems, simplicity drives us to get to the deep core of the matter. The etymological roots of simplicity refers to a single, indivisible nature. The heart unifies the whole. 

Where can you exercise restraint and streamline excess? How will you find clarity amidst chaos?

We’re throwing ourselves a 10th birthday party on September 26th!

Do you paint? Write poetry? Juggle fire? Make art out of macaroni noodles? Then we want you to show off your creative talent!

Sign up to put your hat in the ring for Creative Show & Tell at this link.

Please note that slots are limited, so we might not be able to feature everyone.

Details about our 10th birthday party:

Here’s what we can tell you so far:

Date: Tuesday, September 26th
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Fierce Whiskers Distillery

Like every 10-year-old, we love Show & Tell. So, we want you to be the star of the show at our birthday party!

Sign up for a slot in our Creative Show & Tell here!

(Our actual birthday was in March, but we’re celebrating all year!)

At our August event, Luis Gramajo & Hans Schrei shared their moving story - and how it led them to launch the Sunday Afternoon Project to inspire others to share their stories and create safe spaces for everyone.

They are building —LOUDLY— at the intersection of media, commerce, community, and education.

If you want to learn more about their mission, sign up for updates here. 

Important details for arriving at CMATX on August, 11th

We’re excited to see y’all Friday at 8 a.m. for our talk by Luis and Hans Gramajo-Schrei on the theme of PRIDE.

We’ll be hosted at Atlassian’s office at 1401 E 5th St. Building 2, Austin, TX 78702

As always, traveling by CapMetro, bike, or rideshare is encouraged. 

Everyone needs to check in with Atlassian’s security:

You will receive an email from Atlassian prompting you to confirm your name and email online. Doing this before you arrive will make checking in at security go faster for everyone.

Free parking and where to go:

Atlassian is going to validate parking in their garage.

Enter the parking garage on Navasota St, between 5th and 6th Streets.

Then drive down and around until you see elevators with the blue and white Atlassian logo.

Be sure to bring your parking ticket with you to have it validated when you check in.

Take the elevator to level 1 – and head to the left to the front desk, then check in on the ipads.

Hand security your parking ticket for validation when you check in. (Don’t wait to validate parking until you leave because the system takes awhile to process.)

They will give you a yellow lanyard that all guests are required to wear.

Once you’re checked in, someone from Atlassian will direct you up the stairs (or to a different elevator) to the second floor.

After our event, please turn in your yellow lanyard and check out on the ipads at the front desk.

August’s global CreativeMornings theme PRIDE will be discussed by Luis and Hans Gramajo-Schrei on Friday the 11th.

Our musical guest with be Caleb De Casper.

Join us for Cuvée Coffee & breakfast tacos.

We’ll be meeting at Atlassian.

All thanks to our partners Hunt, Gather and Microsoft Teams.

Register to get your free ticket here.

Take pride in whatever you add to our social feeds with the hashtags #CMpride & #CMATX

Our global theme for August is PRIDE. It was chosen by our Palm Beach chapter and illustrated by Kayla Griffin.

Take pride in whatever you add to our social feeds with the hashtags #CMpride & #CMATX

Pride is a celebration of our truest, radiant selves and a defiance against those who expect us to dim our own light. We live in a world that often encourages us to take up less space, to conceal the parts of ourselves that can’t be easily commodified or consumed. Or worse, what we reveal exposes us to oppressive actors and systems who steal away our dignity. 

Pride is a powerful affirmation of authenticity. It gives us the grace to show up as ourselves and live in alignment with our values. It embraces every shade of our longings, our regrets, and our hopes — these beautiful and powerful things that make us who we are. 

Pride is when you stand tall and say, “This is who I am.” Pride is when you reclaim the parts of your identity that others might have scorned. Pride is when you raise your voice in defense of someone who is powerless, saying “Enough.” Because that someone might just be yourself. How will you unfurl yourself fully? How will you extend safety and solidarity so that we all may be unapologetically ourselves?