Oklahoma City — Governor Kevin Stitt will designate eight prominent Oklahomans as Oklahoma Creativity Ambassadors on Monday evening, April 8th, at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. The 2019 Ambassador honorees who will be present to receive their awards from Governor Stitt will be Mr. C. Kendrick Fergeson, Nationally recognized advocate for arts…
Date: January 15, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Stephanie Coderre Porras405.232.5570 x2stephanie@creativeoklahoma.org As a founding board member of Creative Oklahoma in 2006, and President/CEO of the nonprofit since 2011, Susan McCalmont, noted nonprofit leader and creativity advocate, is retiring from the organization. She will hand the reigns to state legislator, Meloyde Blancett, who will serve…
OKLAHOMA CITY (November 6th, 2018) – Creative Oklahoma is partnering with one of Oklahoma’s Creativity Ambassadors, Suzy Amis Cameron, to host the first Creative Oklahoma’s Ambassador Spotlight dinner and auction on Friday, November 16, 2018. The presenting sponsor is Urban Farmhouse. Suzy Amis Cameron is a native of Oklahoma City and has remained committed to…
A noted environmental advocate, founder and mother of five, Suzy Amis Cameron is committed to the principles of sustainability in all aspects of our lives, with emphasis on plant-based solutions to address climate change. She is the author of OMD: The Simple, Plant-Based Program to Save Your Health, Save Your Waistline, and Save the Planet (Simon & Schuster/Atria,…
OKLAHOMA CITY (September 24th) – A select group of Oklahoma business owners, students, entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders are travelling to Antwerp, Belgium to participate in the international District of Creativity Network’s 2018 Creativity World Forum (CWF) September 26-30, 2018. Two students from Northeastern State University, Trenton Morgan and Ricardo Oropeza, were selected to represent Oklahoma…
A recently formed grass-roots initiative, the Network of International Creative Entrepreneurs (NICE), will hold its inaugural international meeting in Eindhoven, Netherlands October 27 – 28. A strategically selected group of Oklahoma business owners, entrepreneurs, educators and creative thinkers will gather with the aim to form a bridge between Oklahoma and small-to-medium enterprises in Europe and…
By Stephanie Gardner, OCC Durant “When my circle got smaller, my vision got clearer.” For aspiring entrepreneurs, there is no shortage of how-to books or small business seminars from which to learn the mainstream steps to success. A simple Google search will return nearly a million results. In Durant alone, we have at least six…
By Lucy Swanson, OCC Guthrie As a community, we are constantly engaged in the creative process of finding new, more effective ways to serve the wonderful people that inhabit Guthrie. It isn’t an easy process. It isn’t simple either. It is a journey. And it is an adventure. Finding our way to building our community…
By Loran Mayes, OCC – Altus Oklahoma Creative Communities is more than meets the eye. Is it a program? Is it a project? Is it an event? Well, here in Altus it has become a state of mind. Not only did they come in and take our “but that’s just how we do it” statements…
By Shaun Perkins, OCC Locust Grove Named for a tree whose blossoms have a beautiful smell, Home to great artists, Willard Stone and Bill Glass to name a few, Locust Grove is a small community that we think is swell, A place for tradition and innovation, the old and the new. The Wonder…
