Creative Pathways with Kirsten Manville and Ann-Marie Catabia

Creative Pathways with Kirsten Manville and Ann-Marie Catabia

Workshop | This program has been canceled

Age 12-17

10/19/2019 (one day)

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$60.00

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This workshop will show how and why creativity is beneficial to daily life, and provide examples of how maintaining a creative pursuit enriches personal growth. We aim to inspire youth to explore different avenues of creativity and develop their own paths. Participants will explore various creative problem solving activities, bringing in aspects of music, movement, and visual arts to show ways of taking creative passion to the next level through self-discipline, self-empowerment, and not being afraid to fail.

A local freelance graphic designer and creative with 10 years experience in the field. She has worked on a variety of projects from designing art for t-shirts and logos to photo booths and social media ads. Some of her favorite projects are designing art for gig posters and albums. Ann Marie is also the co-founder of Sunshine & Lemons, a handcrafted card company. Along with being a designer, she is also a local singer/songwriter/rapper, with a style influenced by her country and pop/hip-hop upbringing. Basketball is Ann Marie's favorite sport, and she has coached youth of all ages at the YMCA and summer camps.

With elements of Americana, folk, country, and blues, singer/songwriter Kirsten Manville creates songs that feel like they may have come straight from journal entries. Her latest CD, Some People Sing, was a top 5 album pick in the January 2018 issue of Metronome Magazine, and the song "...but Down" was included in Alternate Root Magazine's weekly top 10 in November of 2017. Kirsten has a Master Certificate in Music Business from Berklee Online, and consults with other performing songwriters to help them reach their own music goals. She has taught piano and flute lessons to children, and spent 6 years working for the enrichment courses department at the Museum of Science in Boston.