Revitalizing Downtown!

I am currently sitting in the hustling & bustling Huntsville library. We are running a creativity workshop here today with Ruth Cassie from 12 - 1 p.m. for TEENS.

I don't have too much time for blogging, but I came across THIS article in the Globe and Mail this morning.

Interesting stuff.

Hope your weekend was long and fabulous!

-- Becky :)

Creativity World Forum

Oklahoma is hosting the Creativity World Forum in November. I have been reading up on it, and it looks like it is going to be quite an amazing event with some incredible speakers!

Today on twitter, Sir Ken Robinson (who is speaking at the event) tweeted a video 'trailer' for the forum.

It filled me with some extra energy and inspiration, which is always a nice thing on a Friday afternoon.

Check it out HERE!

I am very excited about our own symposium/conference/forum...(we still need a name)....and think it is going to be so good for Muskoka!!

Have a beautiful long weekend.
-- Becky :)

CBC P.E.I

The CBC recently reported on a story about the need for a post-secondary arts school in Prince Edward Island.

"Like many industries on the Island, the arts suffer from young talent moving away to work in other places. Peggy Reddin of Dance Umbrella has been teaching dance for 25 years, and she told CBC News Tuesday that too often she has to watch her students leave the Island if they want to study beyond high school."

Muskoka is in the very same boat, I think.

As Greg Doran, the Chair of the Arts Council of P.E.I said - "If you provide a cultured area, you will draw people to work here."

Read the rest of the story HERE!!

-- Becky :)

Creativity workshop!

CREATIVE PATHS PRESENTS:

A creativity workshop with local singer/songwriter Ruth Cassie for TEENS!!

Tuesday, August 3rd
12 - 1:00 p.m.
Huntsville Public Library
Library Solarium

Register: Call 705-789-5232 or go to the Circulation Desk in the library

TEENS ONLY!

Do not miss out on this exciting opportunity to spend some time with the AMAZINGLY talented Ruth Cassie!

Spread the word!

Kaleidoscope.

“Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones that everyone else see, but then you reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility." -- Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Happy Friday!

-- Becky :)

Skills Map for the Arts..

Found this article about the '21st Century Skills Map for the Arts' - according to the article, the map demonstrates how the three Rs and four Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation) can be fused within arts curriculum.

They state that "A nationwide poll of registered voters reveals that Americans are deeply concerned that the United States is not preparing young people with the skills they need to compete in the global economy…”

How many Canadians are concerned that Canada is not preparing young people to compete in the global economy?

I am.

See the full article HERE!

-- Becky :)

Fad?

We were talking about Social Media in the office yesterday morning, discussing how some people are still not yet comfortable with it, or trusting of it, and are avoiding the use of it. The conversation reminded me of this video I had discovered while studying the importance of Social Media during my post-graduate studies.

It has some pretty interesting facts that should not be missed. Check it out HERE!

-- Becky :)