MULTI-TALENT CREATIVITY CENTRE
August 13, 2009
The Management of the Pavilion Theatre kindly agreed to the setting up of a Multi-Talent CREATIVITY CENTRE at the Pavilion, consisting of a range of workshops and events focussing on Creativity and Innovation.
START OF THE PROJECT
In February and March, 2009, Multi-Talent staged two trial workshops:
‘MAKING MUSIC’ (or how to become a Busker band in a day)
‘GET WRITING’ (with the emphasis on autobiography and writing a diary or journal)
AUTUMN PROGRAMME AT THE CREATIVITY CENTRE
After further trial workshops and events – between February and August – there is now a full programme at the Pavilion Theatre from September to November, 2009. See Current Programme on the Home Page.
THE BIRTH OF MULTI-TALENT
August 10, 2009
In the course of my work as a trainer in Presentation Skills, I noticed how talented most course-participants were in designing their own visual aids.
Before the days of Power Point slides, there was greater scope for expressing ideas in visual form and for designing the composition of each individual slide.
So often there would be an initial protest – “I can’t draw”, “I couldn’t design anything to save my life”- only to be followed later by accolades from others in the group for their original and creative work – and their own smile of acknowledgement.
“Why do people hide their talents, and yet get so much satisfaction when they discover and express them?”, I asked myself. “Would they – regardless of their age – welcome the chance to “have a go”, to “give it a try”? Could this apply to other creative talents, too? Perhaps we are all “multi-talented”, I thought. This Renaissance idea appealed to me, and so MULTI-TALENT was born.