October 17th, 2024 | 4 – 6 p.m. | Register here
We all want to be creative, innovative, and original. Mind Mapping is a technique to help increase the effectiveness of our current creative process, can guide us past those roadblocks, and permit us to create more usable alternatives.
Mind mapping uses associations to track and record our stream of thoughts in a short period of time without any initial editing. Mind Mapping can be used for organizing information, generating new ideas and seeing things differently, among other applications. Evaluation takes place after the ‘map’ is completed which expands our creative power and minimizes creative roadblocks caused by editing information or making judgements too early. In essence, Mind Maps are an external ‘photograph’ of the complex interrelationships of our thoughts at any given time.
This workshop will introduce the concept of Mind Mapping to participants, in addition to other creative exercises, capturing flashes of insight and getting those ideas flowing!
This event is free, space is limited so registration is required!
Skill level: Beginner
All materials will be provided!
About the Artist:
Arūnas Ošlapas received his education from Montana State University and the University of Illinois before starting his career in industrial design. He began teaching Industrial Design at Western Washington University in 1991, and continued for 25 years. Aside from teaching, Arūnas and his wife Katie founded WOW Design, a product design consultancy and Red Rivet Studios in Bellingham, Washington. His work in weaving metal and piecing together scrap to make metal quilts has been sold at nationally juried art festivals around the country. He has recently started collaborating with Katie, a textile artist, creating mixed media collages using textiles and scrap metal.
