CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series designed for creative communities. In 2008, Tina Roth-Eisenberg founded the lecture series in Brooklyn, New York as an ongoing, accessible event for New York's creative community. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone.

CreativeMornings
Formation2008
FounderTina Roth Eisenberg
HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Location
  • Worldwide
Websitecreativemornings.com

Lecturers include professional creators, designers, photographers and illustrators.[1] CreativeMornings hosts events in 207 cities worldwide in 65 countries. Their events are run by approximately 1,500 volunteer organizers.

History

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In 2008, Tina Roth-Eisenberg founded CreativeMornings in Brooklyn, New York.[2] It was founded to facilitate creative communities and provide a space for people to share and discuss their work.[3][4][5] The lecture series expanded to Zurich, Switzerland and Los Angeles, California in 2010.[6] In February 2011, San Francisco established a CreativeMornings chapter.[7] That July, the lecture series expanded to the United Kingdom.[8] CreativeMornings partnered with John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design and its STEM to STEAM initiative to host a series of unified events in May 2012.[3][9] Louisville, Kentucky established a CreativeMornings chapter that December.[10] It was the 101st city to join the organization.[10]

Locations

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Photo of 11th Event in Tehran

CreativeMornings has chapters in over 215 cities worldwide including New York City, Boston, Paris, Zurich, Berlin, Trondheim, Lagos, Mexico City, Milan, Montevideo, Bangkok, Hanoi, Tabriz, Seoul, Sydney, Singapore, Lagos, Bogotá, Tehran, Isfahan and Cape Town.[11][1][12][3][2][13] Each chapter is produced and led by a local host organizer with the support of local volunteer organizers.[2]

Events

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Lectures are held on a Friday morning once a month and include breakfast and a short talk.[14] The goal of CreativeMornings is to host a city's creative community and encourage conversation while being inspired by a guest speaker.[15][16] The topics of the lecture series range from education and urbanism to bravery and food.[10] Presentations are filmed and archived online for public access.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "TED's Naughty Little Sister". February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "CreativeMornings: a Monthly Campfire for Designers". The Atlantic. June 14, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "TED for Design Wonks: CreativeMornings Offers Coffee and a Shot of Inspiration". Wired. June 11, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  4. ^ "CREATIVEMORNINGS/VANCOUVER". Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Introducing Creative Mornings Talks: A Conversation with Tina Roth Eisenberg". December 9, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "Tina Roth Eisenberg: How the Creative Mornings Community Was Built on Accident". 17 March 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  7. ^ "SF Creative Mornings Kicks Off". February 28, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  8. ^ "Will Dean's Ideas Factory: A creative way to start the day – with free coffee". The Independent. November 10, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  9. ^ "Rhode Island School of Design and CreativeMornings present: The Intersection of Arts + Technology". May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "CreativeMornings will begin Louisville events in January". December 11, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  11. ^ "CreativeMornings/Tehran". CreativeMornings. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  12. ^ "Wake up with CreativeMornings Boston". Boston.com. February 19, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  13. ^ "CreativeMornings/Isfahan". CreativeMornings. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  14. ^ "CreativeMornings/PopUp with Kelly Dobson, Event Recap". June 19, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  15. ^ "RISD Partners with CreativeMornings". May 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  16. ^ "CreativeMornings offers connection, inspiration and digestion". November 28, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
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