Creative Growth is the X Factor
Over 20 years ago, I made a massive professional change when I became CEO of School of Rock, which was a young and struggling music education venture at the time. And, in 2012 when I started One River School, I rolled up all my learnings and focused on creating a…
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Labor Day: Dream Big Dreams
In honor of Labor Day, I thought that I would share some thoughts about this holiday. When I was a kid, I hated it! Summer is over and back to school! Ugh. When I became a parent, I started to love it because it allowed me to slide back into…
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Creative Skills Linked to Business Success
I’ve spent the last 20 years building creative education businesses and I have always believed that the benefits of investing in your creative skillset went far and beyond the actual artistic outcomes you were generating in the moment. And there is a plethora of new research that supports my long-held…
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The Creative Road
I was in the backseat of a car this weekend on my way home from the Newport Folk Festival when I caught this image along the I-95. The sun was setting and my creative curiosity kicked in. This photo captured the moment for me…the beauty of the world shows up…
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Our Communities
It is so amazing to see the turnout and support for our student exhibitions across all our communities. Everyone who has attended so far was in for a real treat. We use these moments as an opportunity to reflect on how important it is to be part of something that…
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Jack Whitten The Messenger
The artwork above is titled “911”. The artist Jack Whitten lived in Tribeca and was standing outside when the planes flew overhead, and he watched the buildings get hit and the chaos that ensued. He stopped making art and for the next five years he worked exclusively on this object…
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My Purpose
Over the last 20 years, I’ve committed my life to building creative education businesses, and it has been so rewarding seeing the positive impact that we’ve had on so many people. And, I have used that experience to refine my purpose, and I want to share a little bit more…
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Happy Mother’s Week!
Since there are so many things being debated right now, I’d like to add something fresh to the agenda: Mother’s Day becomes Mothers Week!!! First, who would argue with me on this one? Plain and simple, life begins and ends with Mom! And to make things more profound, today would be…
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The Kindness Project
Many years ago, we decided that every April we would create an art project in each of our schools to close the gap on a specific challenge. The challenge that I’m speaking of is how we engage people with Autism and the goal was to create awareness and more understanding…
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