episodes dedicated to
Creativity
and the Arts
Our podcast collections bring together episodes focused on specific creativity and education topics, like our Creativity and the Arts Connection collection, which delves into strategies, insights, and innovative approaches for fostering creativity and exploring the transformative role of the arts in education and human expression.
Collection Highlights
Promoting creativity in music class with Adrian Gordon
The creativity in art, visualization, and sense making with Dr. Cheryle Yin Lo
Art Makes Creativity Visible with Dr. Penny Hay
Using the Artistic Process to Teach Ph.D Students with Dr.. Jonathan Fineberg
Developing Creative Confidence Through Effective Feedback
Facilitating ”Artist Dates” in the Classroom with Samantha Olschan
About This Collection
In this collection, co-hosts Cyndi Burnett and Matthew Worwood explore the deep connection between creativity and the arts, blending their personal experiences in theater with interviews from art educators, practitioners, and leading creativity researchers. Together, they delve into topics spanning music, fine arts, and performing arts, uncovering how creativity manifests across these disciplines and its impact on teaching, learning, and human expression. Through engaging conversations and reflections, these episodes offer fresh insights into the role of the arts in nurturing creativity and the transformative power of creative practice. Whether you’re an educator, artist, or creative enthusiast, this series will inspire and deepen your understanding of creativity in the arts.nspiring stories to spark meaningful change.
Selected Episodes
Exploring Social Activism and Creative Change in the Community
Season 10, Episode 4 Exploring Social Activism and Creative Change in the Community“We want our students to feel heard and we want them to feel like they actually have agency. So when we work with the Creative Change Makers, the core program, we never tell them what...
The Science Behind the Curtain: Theater’s Role in Boosting Creativity
Season 9, Episode 12 The Science Behind the Curtain: Theater's Role in Boosting Creativity “So what we looked at was what were the psychological skills that teachers were asking students to bring to the material of a theater classroom? So these are the acting habits...
Teaching Creativity through Digital Media and Content Production
Season 4, Episode 4 Teaching Creative Content Production“I’ve never seen this many students want to be YouTubers in my life than they do right now. But the big thing that I try to tell them is it’s not what the popular platform [is] now, I tell them to think about...
Teaching Creativity through the Theater Education
Season 8, Episode 8 Teaching Creativity Through Theater Education: What's the Connection?[when my students enter the room for the first time I have them make barn animal noises] and then I tell them we’ve probably done the sillyest thing possible, and everything else...
Teaching the Creativity in Art, Visualization, and Sense Making
Season 8, Episode 12 Teaching Creativity in Art, Visualization, and Sense MakingThe chair you sit on. Everything. The desk you use, the pens. Everything around you is designed. And it’s about someone having an original idea. Everything. In everyday life is designed....
Building a Playful Classroom: Learning through Improvisation and Humor
Season 7, Episode 2 Building a Playful Classroom: Learning through Improvisation and Humorhumor is not necessarily about telling jokes. It’s about creating an environment where people feel good. - Izzy GesellHosts & Guests Izzy Gesell Cyndi Burnett Matthew...
Unlocking the Artistry Within: The Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement
Season 7, Episode 10 Unlocking the Artistry Within: The Habits of Mind of Creative EngagementI think of artistry as simply making stuff you care about. And I don’t know if that’s different than creativity or not. I just know that the skills I use as an artist in my...
Teaching Art to Make Creativity More Visible
Season 6, Episode 1 Teaching Art to Make Creativity More VisibleImagine a world where our children are engaged in serious creative play, where their environments are full of space and light, where adults are companions in the children’s inquiries about the world....
Facilitating Creativity Through ”Artist Dates” in the Classroom
Season 6, Episode 4 Facilitating Creativity through "Artist Dates" in the ClassroomMy approach to teaching creativity is through reconnecting the student to empathy and trust. They have to trust their ideas. - Samantha OlschanHosts & Guests Insert Guest Here Cyndi...
Building a Music Community to Support Teaching Creativity
Season 6, Episode 5 Building a Music Community to Support Teaching CreativityThe music classroom is, in and of itself, a maker space where there’s nothing but creativity going on, if you let it be. - Adrian GordonHosts & Guests Adrian Gordon Cyndi Burnett Matthew...
Developing Creative Confidence Through Effective Feedback
Season 9, Episode 3 Developing Creative Confidence Through Effective FeedbackBut it’s also pretty remarkable that it’s done in a public setting. And I’ve been reflecting on that too. I think in the workplace we’re so cautious about, oh, any criticism given in private....
Deploying Artful Leadership in Teaching, Learning, and Creativity
Season 3, Episode 11 Deploying Artful Leadership in Teaching, Learning, and CreativityLearning happens when we feel safe and when we feel connected to others in a space; it's not just something that happens inside our brains.” - Rachelle ArcherHosts...
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