Developing your Creativity | intensive 5-week course | 2-30 March 2017

Do you want to learn more about the creative thinking process? Are you seeking inspiration and ideas to push your projects further? And do you miss connecting face-to-face with people who share similar interests?

This intensive 5-week course (2-30 March) is for everyone who wants to understand how creativity can be stimulated through a hands-on approach. Whether you enjoy drawing, writing, coding, singing or gardening, this course enables you to cultivate your creative energy by engaging with a diversity of references to the arts, culture and wider societal developments.

In this course you will:

• learn about creativity through the framework of contemporary art in interactive seminars
• engage in critical discussions to explore various concepts in more depth through collaborative visualising workshops
• reflect on your creative ideas through the development of a notebook (both in class and as homework to continue thinking about the material)
• meet like-minded people in a stimulating environment, as at the end of each class there will be time for networking
• and feel motivated to dedicate more time to immerse yourself in your creative projects.

The course consists of 5 intensive classes centered around the three core aspects of creativity: imagination, knowledge and attitude.

1. IMAGINATION The creative notebook is at the core of this course. This is where your ideas are developed and where you reflect on your creative journey by taking notes, making sketches, sticking in images and planning your projects. You are encouraged to work on your notebook in between the classes and to bring it with you for discussion and feedback. At the end of the course, there will be an opportunity to present your work in the pecha-kucha format.
2. KNOWLEDGE The seminars cover a diversity of topics, such as space, politics and aesthetics. The topics relate to contemporary art and theory, with references to wider cultural and societal developments. The seminars provide inspiration for your creative practice and a context in which to understand and develop your ideas. You will receive reading suggestions to stimulate lateral thinking and gain a deeper understanding of the covered material.
3. ATTITUDE The workshops enable you to bring your knowledge and passion together through group discussions, critical questions and applying ideas to your own creative journey. We will use participatory visualisation methods to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking. The networking time at the end of each class enables you to grow a community of like-minded people. This dedicated time for sharing ideas is crucial, as it opens up the possibility for new opportunities and collaboration. You will also be encouraged to organise group trips to exhibitions, films and talks in order to fully engage in the arts and culture scene in Copenhagen.

COURSE DETAILS

What: 5 classes, each 3 hours

Where: Kulturhuset Islands Brygge, Copenhagen

When: March 2017 (Weeks 9-13)

• CLASS 1 | Thursday 2 March 18:00-21:00 | AESTHETICS | Is creativity about making beautiful things?
• CLASS 2 | Thursday 9 March 18:00-21:00 | IDENTITY | How can an identity be created while remaining authentic?
• CLASS 3 | Thursday 16 March 18:00-21:00 | SPACE | How do we create space and where does creativity thrive?
• CLASS 4 | Thursday 23 March 18:00-21:00 | POLITICS | Do politics kill creativity?
• CLASS 5 | Thursday 30 March 18:00-21:00 | TECHNOLOGY | How can creative thinking solve problems rather than making new ones?

Price: DKK 1,500 for the whole course

Bring: You will need to bring a notebook, ideally of a size bigger than A5 with blanco pages. This depends, however, on your preferred style of working, whether it is more text, sketching or image based.

Language: the course will be taught in English

Facilitator: Agnieszka Mlicka, founder of Visual Agency, has a BFA Fine Art degree from the University of Oxford and an MA Painting degree from the University of the Arts London. She has undertaken 6 years of PhD research in art and architecture at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Agnieszka has a Postgraduate Certificate of Special Study in Supporting Learning (awarded with distinction), and gained teaching experience at four different universities in London and Florence.

More information: www.visualagency.org or www.facebook.com/visualagency