Creativity Workshop for Professional Development
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The Creativity Workshop, founded in 1993 in New York City by educators Shelley Berc and Alejandro Fogel, focuses on enhancing individual creativity through playful, non-competitive environments and various artistic techniques. The workshop offers programs for professionals, educators, and businesses, delivering experiential learning and development opportunities worldwide. Participants from diverse backgrounds engage in hands-on creative processes, fostering collaboration and reducing self-criticism to unlock their creative potential.
Creativity Workshop for Professional Development
- 2. DISCOVER HOW CREATIVE YOU ARE Without imagination we would not have any great thinkers, scientists, or artists. We would have no civilizations at all without creativity.
- 3. WHO WE ARE The Creativity Workshop is based in New York City and is taught around the world. The Creativity Workshop, which was established in 1993 by educator and writer Shelley Berc and educator and multimedia artist Alejandro Fogel, is dedicated to teaching individuals and groups about their creative processes.
- 4. Shelley Berc, Director, Faculty Shelley Berc has been teaching people in all disciplines how to access, nurture, and expand their creativity for over 20 years. As well as being a prominent educator, Shelley Berc is a well known author of novels and plays. Shelley Berc’s theatre pieces have starred many notable actors, such as Patrick Stewart, Stanley Tucci, and Tony Shalhoub. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and was one of the first women to graduate from Amherst College.
- 5. Alejandro Fogel, Director, Faculty Born in Buenos Aires, Alejandro Fogel has excavated existence, both temporal and ephemeral for over 40 years. Fogel’s work is an exploration of the interstices of modern and ancient structures and their metaphysical, cultural, and historical value to contemporary society; their transformation and final extinction. Alejandro Fogel has received numerous awards and honors and exhibited his work around the world. Alejandro Fogel’s surviving works are currently disappearing in museums and private collections worldwide. His latest book is Coaching Che Guevara.
- 6. Elizabeth Eiss, Business Specialist Elizabeth Eiss is our specialist for The Creativity Workshop for Business. She is a well-rounded and seasoned senior executive who has successfully led operations in multi-billion dollar companies to start up ventures. As both an intra-preneur and entre-preneur, she has an extensive track record of progressive accomplishment and positive impact to bottom line results. She served on the corporate advisory board of the School of American Ballet, the training institute of the New York City Ballet.
- 7. Kirpal Singh, Faculty Professor Kirpal Singh is recognized internationally as an expert in the field of creativity development and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and seminars on Creativity & Innovation. He has been a faculty member at The Creativity Workshop since 2004. He has lectured and served as a writer-in-residence at universities in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, UK, USA, India, Philippines, Mexico, Germany, Italy, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Hungary. In 1997 he was Distinguished International Writer at the world-famous University of Iowa International Writing Program.
- 8. Patricia Foster, Faculty Patricia Foster is the author of All the Lost Girls (memoir), Just Beneath My Skin (personal essays; starred review from Kirkus Reviews) and the editor of Minding the Body and Sister to Sister. She won the PEN/Jerard Fund Award, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, the Hoepfner Award, and the Dean’s Scholar Award for nonfiction received a Florida Arts Council Award, and the Lake Effect Fiction award. She is a professor in the MFA Program in Nonfiction at the University of Iowa and has been an exchange professor in France.
- 9. OUR PHILOSOPHY The Creativity Workshop is based on the philosophy that people are by nature creative and that creativity is unique to each individual just like DNA. Anyone can become creative if they are given the right tools and the right atmosphere.
- 10. THE CREATIVITY WORKSHOP IS FOR EVERYONE It has brought together people from all professions, nations and ages. A spirit of curiosity, an interest in the creative process, and the desire to explore and harness the power of imagination is what Creativity Workshop participants have in common.
- 11. PLAY, PLAY, PLAY The focus is not on the creative product but on the creative process. We believe that creativity is best served in a nurturing, playful, non-competitive environment where focus and freedom go hand in hand.
- 12. IMPROVE YOUR CREATIVITY The classes will focus on creative writing, mapping, memoir, photography, collage, storytelling, free-form drawing, and guided visualizations to improve your creativity.
- 13. WE HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR CREATIVITY Through a progression of techniques and exercises that explore free-form writing and drawing, constructive daydreaming, associative thinking, memory, photography and collage we help you access and develop your creativity.
- 14. THE CREATIVITY WORKSHOP FOR BUSINESS For corporations and small businesses we offer customized creativity in Events, Business Training, and Keynotes. Rather than sitting and listening to experts talk about creativity, we will get participants to do creative work. Our programmes can be of 2- hour duration or it can stretch to several days based on the requirements.
- 15. GRADUATE CREDITS AND CEUs After taking one of our Creativity Workshops you can now get up to 3 Graduate level credits or professional CEUs (Continuing Education Units) from the University of the Pacific’s Professional Development Programs!
- 16. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS The Creativity Workshop is an experiential and interactive workshop dedicated to helping teachers and their students from all around the world learn how to be more creative. We work with K12 through University educators. We have developed a series of simple and effective exercises for those seeking professional development workshops for teachers which help them to be more creative.
- 17. DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Creativity Workshop is dedicated to helping professors develop and nurture their creativity and that of their students. The Workshop has developed a unique series of simple and effective exercises aimed at helping educators stay creative professionally and personally. The experience combines travel, learning, and association with peers from all over the world.
- 18. REQUIREMENTS Curiosity and a desire to explore the creative spirit innate to us are the only requirements for attending our workshops. The Creativity Workshop gives you useful methods to fight weakening self-criticism and the fear of failure that lead to creative blocks.
- 19. NURTURING, NON- COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT Our workshops foster a nurturing, non-competitive environment where freedom and focus go hand in hand. Participants work on their own as well as in small groups for inspiration.
- 20. COLLABORATION We live in a world that doesn’t encourage adults to be creative unless they are going to make money at it. At The Creativity Workshop, participants are made to work on their own and in small groups. By providing an involved and attentive group atmosphere and new ideas this collaboration can enhance individual originality. Finding like-minded individuals to explore the creative process gives participants a support system that goes on long after the workshop ends.
- 21. WHERE TO ATTEND The Creativity Workshop is being help in New York, Florence, Lisbon, Barcelona, Prague, Dublin, Iceland, and Singapore this year. Book your seats now!
- 22. CONTACT For more details on the workshop, and fee structure, log on to http://creativityworkshop.com.