Children's Museums Inspire Creativity

Children's museums are great crucibles for the development of creativity in all ists forms.  Follow this link to a list of Wisconsin's children's museums. 

Artistic Entrepreneurs Produce Prime Products in Eau Claire

This is from State Superintendent Tony Evers’ DPI-ConnectEd newsletter.  (It is a subscriber submission.)

"While it often takes creativity to establish a successful and enjoyable way of making a living, everyone knows a pertinent stereotype about people who consider themselves "creative:" that they are about the least likely to show an interest in practical business skills. Well, not anymore—at least, not at DeLong Middle School in Eau Claire."

You can also watch a 30 minute video program on Prime Products here. 
 

TED and Reddit asked Sir Ken Robinson anything -- and he answered

TED and Reddit

For the first in a new series of community-driven Q&As, TED and Reddit joined forces to ask creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson any question. TED fans converged on this article on Reddit to post their questions, and to vote on questions posed by others. Today, we asked Sir Ken the 10 questions with the most votes. Here are his answers.
 

Imagine It2 …Start Something
Imagine It
“Here’s an effective video about the value of IMAGINATION, featuring Sir Ken Robinson and giants of the industrial field.  The imagine it! project is a global collaborative education and entertainment initiative designed for learners of all ages. imagine it! features global creativity challenges and multi-platform media content, including the imagine it! documentary film series.”

Thanks to Americans for the Arts for bringing this to our attention.

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