Today is National Creativity Day, and we’re here to celebrate with a list of things that can help promote creative thinking, innovation, and imagination! It doesn’t matter what your creative pursuit is, whether it’s music or photography or filmmaking or cooking or even blogging, there’s something for everyone. Being creative can help us build a better tomorrow by opening doors to new ideas for feats of engineering, environmental conservation efforts, new inventions, and so much more.
Supporting The Arts in your local schools and communities ensures that younger generations will have the opportunity to further their education, and become an integral part of shaping the future. Who knows? The teen you inspire to vlog about their efforts for community park cleanup may lead the charge for cleaning the ocean, or the kid you’ve shown how to paint may create a magnificent urban renewal mural to revitalize downtown. The possibilities are endless!
Let’s look at some great ways to engage creatively and expand our horizons!
What are some ways you like to engage in creativity? Do you know any great local hot spots for creative activities? How can creativity improve the automotive industry? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section on our social media!
You can use your creativity to make a difference in your community right here on Long Island! Want to learn more about how to do that? Check out the rest of our blog post today for new ideas on how to get involved.
Great Ways to Make a Creative Difference:
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Volunteer at your local library to run creative workshops for youth over the summer! If you’ve got a skill in the arts, one of the ways that you can give back to others is sharing your creativity in the form of teaching. Helping curious young minds explore new creative outlets for self expression can do a world of good! You can work with your local library to teach beginner music lessons, art or mural workshops, and even a short class on taking selfie portraits or videos for young vloggers.
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If you’re a maker and artist, you can create a local treasure hunt to find your artwork. Take a few of your prints, pieces of art, or whatever goods you make and place them into little waterproof baggies or acetate gift bags. Put your business card inside with a little note of positivity to whomever is the lucky finder. You can then hide these little packages at a local park or attach them to trees or benches to bring some unexpected smiles. Post and share it to your social media with photographs or a brief description of the location, and ask your followers to go and find them!
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Find a local makerspace and take a class in something you’ve never tried before! Whether you’re a professional artist, a dabbler with a little amateur skill, or your’e a complete novice with no experience whatsoever, trying hands-on workshops can introduce you to new passions and get your mind going to think creatively. Plus, it’s a great morale booster for mental health to spend time making things from nothing into something!
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Support local craftspeople and makers by visiting your local downtown stores with handmade goods, or find a vendor event like a farmers market, crafts market, or summer festival. Talk to the artists and ask about their process, purchase some goods from their stall, and post about the experience online! It’s a great way to support local creative businesses and your regional economy. Shopping small helps individual sellers continue to do what they love, and makes you a patron of the arts so they can help beautify our lives and hometowns.
