CreativeMornings - 🪞 A mirror to our culture

July 21, 2022

“The role of the artist is to be a mirror, to reflect back to our culture, to help us think critically and inspire action.”

What does it mean to raise children to think fossil fuel companies are a natural part of the landscape? From Louisiana’s receding coast line to the toxic pollution pervading “Cancer Alley,” these issues are omnipresent and yet often invisible in New Orleans. Artist and environmental activist Hannah Chalew makes them central to her work. By reusing industrial waste and byproduct as materials and building installations that people can spend time in, Chalew’s artwork prompts audiences to consider their tangled connections to oil and gas. Watch Chalew’s urgent talk for CreativeMornings/New Orleans and see how art can hold a mirror to the world’s challenges.

For their one-of-a-kind 2022 Benchmark Report, Mailchimp & Co surveyed over 2,000 marketing professionals from around the world, hearing from freelancers and agencies alike. A key theme kept emerging: pride. Over and over again, respondents said that no matter what challenges they faced over the last year, they remained immensely proud of their work, their businesses — and themselves, too. Read on for some of the community’s proudest moments and biggest successes of 2021.

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A New Yorker’s apartment tour tells the story of how her friends helped rebuild her life after a break-up.

Don’t forget to submit your interpretations of “Critical” to our theme syllabus.

What it’s like for an Indigenous educator to encounter an object made by the hands of his grandmothers on his ancestral homelands.

Enjoy this relaxing window to a place where time slows down.

New Zodiac symbols just dropped into your Google docs.

Mario games teach us that even if something is essentially the same, psychologically it can be completely different.*

An interactive tool compares the new Webb telescope images to Hubble’s.

“Stumbling into French horn ownership has relieved any pressure to be good.”

Use this workbook to brainstorm your book ideas and publish them.*

How expectations of “authentic cuisine” keep Asian chefs pigeonholed.

Some of the most mortifying moments at work.*

How to thrive after leaving your religion.

*Thanks to Nikita Pavlenko, Emily Carpenter-Pulskamp, and Zach Loubert for the link inspiration.

CreativeGuild Spotlights
A global directory of creative companies and individuals.

StoryMuse in Atlanta, Georgia, provides unique strategies for personal, business, organizational, and community development through reality storytelling & theatre techniques – everywhere it is needed.

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Wild Combination in Brooklyn is a film production studio that works with companies, creatives, and causes to bring engaging & cinematic stories to life. Check out their Director’s Reel.

Cool Jobs in Our Universe
Hiring? Looking for work? Check out the CreativeGuild.

Asana is looking for an Enterprise Sales Manager, Asia-Pacific in Singapore.

Skillshare is contracting a freelance Content Writer (remote).

Triangle Media Partners is seeking a Digital Content Marketing Manager in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Chello has an opening for a Junior Designer in Sydney.

WeWork is hiring a Community Associate for their Birmingham, UK location.

Here’s your opportunity to be Wray Ward’s Copywriter in Charlotte (remote-friendly).

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I made this newsletter fueled by the warmth and vulnerability of the notes you left in my inbox next week. I’m working my way through responding, and I hope to receive more.

🥰 Waving,
Annie Yi, CreativeMornings HQ

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