WORLD CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION DAY

We were delighted that STEAM Co. Dad, Co-Founder and CEO Nick Corston was asked a couple of years ago to sit on the International Advisory Board Supporting Members & Creative Champions for the UN’s World Creativity and Innovation Day.

Given the recent passing of his mother who, with his dad, inspired him so much, we’re on even more of a back foot than ever to arrange a 12 hour live stream from Midday to Midnight GMT on Thursday 21st April to celebrate and inspire creativity across the UK and the world with a few guest speakers, performances and the like.

We’ve built a new studio and want you to be part of it there or here.

The theme of #WCID this year is Collaboration so let’s #CollaborateForCreativity and start a #CreativityRevolution22

The Line Up

We were delighted with the great line up of speakers who joined us as you can see below

PLEASE CHIP IN

We’re on a Mission to Raise a Million Quids to Inspire a Million Kids by putting up to 22 of our Community Creativity Pop-Up Day Drop Trucks on the road across the UK together with a mobile live streaming studio in the back of a camper van and to run/visit a few festivals this year.

A generous supporter has offered to match the first £50k we raise so please chip in here if you can:

Find out more about the #OurMillion22 appeal here

THe Line Up

Provisional programme as below. Outline timings (all GMT) are as below:

12:00 - WELCOME

13:00 - CREATIVITY IS GREAT (BRITAIN)

As the government’s £120m National Festival starts and a City of Culture copmes to an end,. a session discussuing creativity festivals in the UK:

  • Sam Hunt - Programme Director, Unboxed : Creativity in the UK

  • Chenine Balthena - Creative Director, Coventry 2021 City of Culture

  • Joanna Norton - Luton Arts Practitioner and Lecturer, Central St Martin

15:00 - CREATIVE EDUCATORS

Live link with Briony Cole of Cognition Learning in Cornwall.

Follwoed by a chat with Mrs Creativity herself, Maria Wojciechowska-Caneda on her wonderful work on Contemplative Photography

16:00 - CREATIVE LIVES

A chat with Primary Head Teacher Dan Edwards about creativity in his life as one of our #BraveSchoolLeaders - how it impacts chidlren, himself, colleagues and community. The opportunities, challenges and moments.

16:30 - CREATIVE UKRAINE

We’ll hook up with an incredibile 3D modeller, Samir Mamedov, who feld to Kiev after his house in Kharkiv was destroyed and is now in Lviv. He’ll show us the amazing work he does in Blender and hopefully be able to get some much needed work.

17:00 - BE THE CHANGE

A chat with Kate Robinson of Never GrRey on the challenges of being part of her father, Sir Ken Robinson’s legacy and encouraigng others to.

18:00 - IMAGINATIVE FUTURES

A session about the role of creativity in finding solutions to the ecological emergency with Penny Hay from Forest of Imagination, Bath