Events

v Central College (Pella, Iowa) On September 4^th and 5^th, 2003, Creative Leaps International completed a 2-day residency at Central College in Pella, Iowa devoted to the college’s newly arrived freshman class.  Contributions from Creative Leaps principal artists included an opening Concert of Ideas™ and convocation entitled The Future of Life (based on the writing of biologist Edward O. Wilson) and workshops including “Of Color and Courage” and “Einstein, Chopin, and the Most Beautiful Thing.”

v     American Institute of Architects (Troy, New York) On October 4^th, Creative Leaps International returned once again to the Troy Music Hall in upstate New York to perform for the annual national conference of the American Institute of Architects.  Creative Leaps presented a specially designed Concert of Ideas entitled The Architect’s Dream: Celebrating the Marriage of Art and Science. 

v     Center for Excellence in Municipal Management (Washington D.C.) In March 2004, the principal artists of Creative Leaps International will return to Washington, D.C., for its semi-annual leadership training workshop in conjunction with George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Municipal Management. See related article, “Creativity and Government”

v     Peekskill School District (Peekskill, New York) Funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) will underwrite The Learning Arts’ 17^th year of residency in the Peekskill School District. In this year’s residency, “Creating Freedom,” students will explore democracy and freedom in American History through music, poetry, and drama. The residency will incorporate the historic mural inside the Peekskill Middle School building that reflects such key moments as the Gettysburg Address and Civil Rights Movement. ASA principal artists, led by John Cimino, will work with seventh and eighth graders at Peekskill Middle School through May of this year.

v   International Organizational Development Association (Mexico City) In September 2005, Creative Leaps International will perform a specially-designed Concert of Ideas as a keynote event of the 2005 international conference of the International Organizational Development Association (IODA). The conference, to be held in Mexico City, is expected to focus on leadership, social consciousness, and creativity. While in Mexico City, Creative Leaps will also perform at the International Cervantes Festival, which will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the writing of Cervantes' masterpiece The Adventures of Don Quixote.  This is another theme with which the Creative Leaps team has a great deal of experience…and plenty of enthusiasm!