Collaboration Ignite Presentation

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

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Confidence | Creativity | Divergent Thinking

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Why Collaborate?

Improve your work and skills

Improve relationships with other creatives

Learn about yourself

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Collaboration offers you an opportunity to GROW.

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Foster relationships

Encourage divergent thinking

Build confidence

Collaborative partnerships...

Fostering Relationships

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“Collaboration also gives artist the ability to learn from others and forge lasting friendships.”

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“They say being an artist can be lonely, we suppose we feel together-alone, or alone-together.”

- Ms&Mr

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Encouraging Divergent Thinking

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“Every time I work with someone I learn something about myself and another way to do things.”

- Emm Cryner

“Collaboration is a means of disrupting the closed economy of production. It short circuits the linear

trajectory between idea and execution, and instead opens a space of improvisation and uncertainty.”

- Soda_Jerk

Building Confidence

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You are capable of MORE than you thought.

“The collaborative process ... has allowed me to try different styles of music that I’ve watched from a

distance, but never really felt I could play with any authority or conviction.”

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Now it’s YOUR turn...

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Benefits of collaborating

Strengthen existing relationships and create new ones

Gets you thinking outside of the box

Helps you to become more comfortable

Take your art to the next level

Strengthen your relationships

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Imagine what you could accomplish.