TOPIC: CREATIVITY (74)

Humans of New York

HONY resulted from an idea that I had to construct a photographic census of New York City. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map.  I worked for several months with this goal in mind.  But somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character.  I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs.  Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained hundreds of thousands of followers.  

WOW TALKS

WOW TALKS is a growing community of dreamers & doers from different disciples and cultures. Dreamers & doers are individuals who are fully committed to pursuing their dreams, making their living doing what they love. Our goal is to spread this message online and through our live events. Join us if you want to be inspired, or if you want to inspire others.

Artists Wanted

Artists Wanted is a collaborative project between several New York City artists and creative organizations working to build new lasting opportunities for emerging talent. We have experienced first hand the difficulties in breaking into the professional art world and it is our mission to make this process more welcoming, dynamic and open-ended.

deviantART

deviantART was created to entertain, inspire, andempower the artist in all of us. Founded in August 2000, deviantART is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts with over 26 million registered members, attracting 65 million unique visitors per month.

Games for Change

Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, we aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.

Ideas Island

Ideas Island is a project by creativity author and professional speaker Fredrik Härén where he lets creative people stay for free on one of his three private islands so they can work on their ideas.

Kick Starter

Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.

Piano! Push Play!

Piano! Push Play! began with two objectives: to give young pianists a new exciting way to share their talent and hard work, and to give the public a chance to experience trained musicianship outside and away from the typical concert hall.  
This outreach project is about developing more ways for people to see, hear and enjoy this instrument in action. 

The Acoustic Guitar Project

The Acoustic Guitar Project was created to help musicians reconnect to the original moment that inspired them to be singer-songwriters. 
Musicians participating in The Acoustic Guitar Project are given one week to create an original song using only the guitar and recording device provided. There’s no editing on the computer, and they have to get it all in one live take.

SHFT

SHFT is a multi-media platform founded by film producer Peter Glatzer and actor-filmmaker Adrian Grenier. Our mission is to convey a more sustainable approach to the way we live through video, design, art and culture. As filmmakers who are concerned with climate change, we felt that we could bring something creative to express the changes we wanted to see and were, gratefully, starting to observe. 
SHFT celebrates the burgeoning sustainable marketplace where great design and innovation meet.  We vote with our dollars and can have a powerful impact when we do.

Design Thinking for Educators

Design Thinking for Educators is a creative process that helps you design meaningful solutions in the classroom, at your school, and in your community. The toolkit provides you with instructions to explore Design Thinking.

The Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

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The Imagine Project

The Imagine Project, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, was founded on the principle that there exists within each child a creative energy which must not lie dormant. Eventually, as with all sources of power, it must either extinguish itself, excel or explode.

Way

Way is  a game where two players on separate screens have to solve a puzzle together, nonverbally. Both lack a common language yet are joined by a shared goal,

Storytellers For Good

Storytellers for Good is a team of passionate journalists and photographers who seek to use their skills to inspire optimism and change. We aim to tell and promote stories of people and organizations making a positive difference.