Out now! ‘Creating with Nature’ cards
Beautiful new publication! We kept it a secret until the ship had crossed the Atlantic.
Reframing Creativity final report is published
SSHRC-funded project on how creative people adapt in challenging times.
Kalaisan Kalaichelvan: Golconda — beautiful seven-track EP released
Out on 4 October 2024 on Unfolding Records
Project Crea 2024 Showcase celebrates young Latinx creators
Amazing mentorship program run by Val Duarte and colleagues.
Pecha Kucha video: ‘Identities, Creativity, Practice, Process and Change’
Lots of things in less than seven minutes.
Chris E. Vargas launches ‘Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects’
The creator of MOTHA visits to do a keynote!
Practice-based research is for imagining and exploring
Not for describing what is, it’s for exploring what could be
New single, ‘Everything or Nothing’, released 21 December 2023
Music “about seeking connection in anxious times”.
Ashley Jane Lewis joins Creativity Everything
First female recipient of the TMU Postdoctoral Fellowships for Black Scholars.
‘Play in the System’ podcast, July 2023
A conversation with Matt Gooderson about creativity and music making.
Pecha Kucha video: ‘Finding a path through creative practice’
New video with lots of things in less than 7 minutes.
New video: ‘Creativity Is A Thing That You Do’ (talk + music)
Complete event filmed with three cameras and proper sound and everything!
Creativity Everything into 2023
Updates on Reframing Creativity, Innovation Studio, new book, new music, practice-based research, and more.
Proximity Effect – Remix + Atmospheres released 3 October 2022
New single released on Unfolding Records.
Summer Studio brings together diverse creators
Our first creative summer camp for adult makers, artists and creators.
‘Creativity: Seven Keys to Unlock Your Creative Self’ book published!
Paperback: Hardback! E-book! Audiobook! All the formats!
What is ‘rigour’ in practice-based research?
In which we establish that practice-based research is just as ‘rigorous’ as anything else.
KMRU on creativity (video + transcript)
Interview with the prolific electronic and ambient music producer.
Connection Fellow profile: Pree Rehal
Profile of the interdisciplinary artist who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Jordan M. Burns
Profile of the Indigenous playwright and director who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Niya
Profile of the multi-disciplinary storyteller who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Vanese Smith
Profile of the music producer and DJ who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Habiba El-Sayed
Profile of the ceramic and performance artist who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Profile of the music composer and dancer who is one of our seven Fellows.
Connection Fellow profile: Lola Bunz
Profile of the new hip hop artist who is one of our seven Fellows.
Micro LEGO Serious Play – with pandas – on Zoom
Talking about creativity with Amanda, Heather and Stedman, using Lego.
The Creativity Everything Connection Fellowship is open for applications
A new way to support creators. Includes a mini-bursary of $1,250. Priority for BIPOC applicants.
‘Advice for Emerging Researchers’ video
If you’re a PhD student or an early-ish-career academic, here is a video.
Hansel Igbavboa – Entrepreneurship, combining your creative expressions and social justice (episode #11)
Podcast episode #11 is a fascinating talk with Hansel Igbavboa, a creative entrepreneur and filmmaker whose work is steeped in social innovation.
New Zoom series: ‘Making it Happen’ on Fridays
Recommissioned for a second Artscape Launchpad series!
New Zoom series: ‘Making it Happen’ on Fridays
Recommissioned by Artscape Launchpad to do more creativity workshops!
Amanda Scriver – Stories and activism through creativity (episode #10)
Podcast episode #10 is a great conversation with Amanda Scriver, freelance journalist, passionate community builder, and award-winning social media strategist.
Creativity Conversations – mentoring and support
Advice and coaching on your creative ideas and projects. All proceeds to Black Lives Matter Toronto.
Nicola Hamilton – Uncovering your intuitive creative process (episode #9)
Podcast episode #9 is a great conversation with designer Nicola Hamilton, discussing in particular the emotional realities and insecurities of being creative.
New video on ‘identity’ for UK A and AS Level students
Trying to help out those UK students who have to write about ‘Gauntlett’ on ‘identity’.
David Gauntlett – Writing, music, and exploring creativity (episode #8)
In podcast episode #8 we talk with David Gauntlett, Ryerson University’s Canada Research Chair in Creativity – and founder of this podcast – about the processes of writing, music, and creativity.
Katia Oloy – Design, illustration and business: purposeful creativity (episode #7)
Podcast episode #7 features a non-stop blast of insights into the creative world of Los Angeles-based artist and visual storyteller, Katia Oloy.
Weekly free creativity workshops on Zoom
Exchange ideas with creative people in these free workshops! In collaboration with Artscape Launchpad.
Tasneem – Music, acting, writing: a creative journey (episode #6)
Podcast episode #6 is a really packed conversation with Tasneem, the multi-talented music producer, actor and writer.
Romana Kassam – Becoming a visual storyteller and embracing creativity (episode #5)
Podcast episode #5 is an inspiring conversation with Romana Kassam, a self-taught multi-disciplinary artist, inspired by identity, duality, the human condition and the spaces in between.
Jamie Miller – Biomimicry is design inspired by nature (episode #4)
Podcast episode #4 is a fascinating conversation with Jamie Miller on using the genius of nature to solve problems creatively.
Alia Youssef – Photography and how to keep going with creativity (episode #3)
Podcast episode #3 features the incredible Alia Youssef who makes The Sisters Project, the stunning photography series challenging representations of Muslim women.
Jodianne Beckford – Sharing creativity, plants, podcasts, and mental health (episode #2)
Podcast episode 2 is a wonderful conversation with Jodianne Beckford, creator of The E Project.
Naomi Skwarna – Writing, acting, sewing, and “finding peace in enough” (episode #1)
Podcast episode 1 features Naomi Skwarna, the writer, artist, actor and maker.
David Gauntlett & Camille Favreau – Why we’re making a podcast (episode #0)
A short introduction to the podcast!
Creativity is a thing you do
This blog post is by David Gauntlett of the Creativity Everything lab. It was originally published on davidgauntlett.com. I’m writing my next book, Creativity. Sometimes I write a bit that I want to put here straight away (as I also did with the dappled world post). This is from an early part where we are establishing the meaning … Read More
New 4-min Creativity Everything video: key ideas
New short video. Explains the ‘low floor, high ceilings, wide walls’ principle, and other things.
Bobbie Burgers on creativity, 23 October 2019
The Vancouver-based artist Bobbie Burgers is coming to talk about her creative process.
Creativity Everything #FreeSchool video
New 5-min video captures the true spirit of the #FreeSchool.
Creativity Everything #FreeSchool exceeds all expectations
The #FreeSchool was a delightful and diverse success!
Creativity Everything #FreeSchool delights!
We were so happy with the diverse and wonderful #FreeSchool – two weeks of creative everything, open to everyone.
Creativity Everything #FreeSchool announced
Two weeks of creative everything, open to everyone, running 21–31 May 2019.
Announcing the Creativity Everything #FreeSchool
Two weeks of creative everything, open to everyone, 21–31 May 2019.
Catalyst Workshop #4: Zine-Making with Kendra Yee
Short report on our zine-making workshop, 13 March 2019.
Catalyst Workshop #3: Embroidery with Olivia S-G
Short report on our embroidery workshop, 27 February 2019.
Catalyst Workshop #2: Spoken Word Poetry with David Silverberg of Toronto Poetry Slam
Short report on our spoken word poetry workshop, 6 February 2019.
Catalyst Workshop #1: Beading with Ziigwen Mixemong
Short report on our beading workshop, 23 January 2019.
Catalyst Creativity Workshop series
Weekly meetups in The Catalyst, Ryerson University, where we try a new creative practice each week.
Making is Connecting, second edition
Fully revised and updated, with three new chapters. Published 2018.
New short video(s) of ‘Creativity Everything’ talk
Choice of 7-min and 12-min brisk videos on new stuff.
