Creativity and The Self: Mixed-media Storytelling

Join for a multifaceted workshop on balancing life with creativity. Scholars, researchers and creative types from across the globe, all tell of improving one's well-being through creative practices. Whether an entrepreneur, parent, or someone holding multiple jobs or commitments, creativity is fuel for staying forward and free in a world full of digitization, fault, and fun.

This workshop will include a talk, with group discussion, about creativity and centering/expanding self, facilitated by Justin of Disruptive Cheerleader Productions, home to The Human Prototype Lab, and a major fantastic hands-on workshop of mixed-media storytelling led by Sevgül of Evil Strawberry Illustration & Design.

What’s Included

✅ All supplies (paper, adhesives, scissors, magazines, paint etc)

✅ Welcome drink of choice from bar/restaurant

✅ Guidance and creative support from your hosts

✅ Your mixed-media story to take home

✅ Gezellig vibes!

🗓️ Where

13:30 - 16:00

Mostly-private room at Gastropub Van Kinsbergen

Prins Hendrikplein 15, 2518 Den Haag

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Questions? Email me Justin@DisruptiveCheerleader.NL

About Your Hosts

About Sevgül, your creative co-host and founder of Evil Strawberry Illustration & Design. Creative activities will be led by co-host, graphic designer and illustrator Sevgül Sümer Dielemans of Evil Strawberry Illustration & Design. Sevgül is an organizer and facilitator for a phenomenal international drawing group, where she brings a warm, welcoming community space for all. She has mentored designers, and she has taught people how to become fabulous painters. Her free time is fiercely coveted to enjoy nature for inspiration, as well as time with her husband and two cats. Some of Sevgül's current hot projects are illustration for (top secret) and creating a graphic novel about (also top secret). For more about Sevgül or her brand, visit Evil Strawberry Illustration & Design or Instagram: Evilstrawberry_id.

About Justin, your co-host and founder of Disruptive Cheerleader & The Human Prototype Lab. Justin Nadolski is the founder of Disruptive Cheerleader Productions, creating intimate, safe spaces for connection and authentic conversation, partnering with other entrepreneurs to provide creative activities. A recent immigrant from the U.S. with a background spanning the arts, corporate recruiting, and veterinary medicine, his purpose is to motivate others and challenge norms. He believes what each person creates is unique and irreplaceable. His free time is fiercely coveted to enjoy the gym, abstract painting, or time with his husband and two cats.For more about Justin or his brand, visit Disruptive Cheerleader Productions or Instagram: Disruptive.Cheerleader.

Some Literary references

Some interesting reads referenced in Creativity and The Self workshop series:

1. Creativity and Well-being: A meta analysis, Acar, S. et al, Leiden Universteit (2020)
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin (2023)
3. Creative Therapy: Using Art to Improve Your Mental and Emotional Health, Wayne Pascall (2023)
4. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life, Twyla Tharp (2003)