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…
By Traci Layton, OCC Enid Ecology: the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment Talent: people with skills, knowledge, cognitive abilities, and the potential to do well as workforce Enid Ecology of Talent is a method of bringing together organizations and the teens of our community by using technology to demonstrate…
By Chelsea McConnell, OCC Ponca City “Old ways won’t open new doors.” I’m not sure who said this originally but when I came across this quote, I immediately identified with the point it makes. Much of the creativity we enjoy at Ponca City Main Street (PCMS) is centered on creative problem solving, finding new ways to…
By Bruce Carter, OCC Pawhuska As a community leader in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, I see the daily triumphs and struggles of a community that is experiencing the most growth it has seen since the oil boom of the 1920s. Pawhuska is not unique, even with the growth we now see in our downtown and business sectors.…
By Ed Long – Creative Oklahoma & Cross Sector Innovations At an event hosted recently by Creative Oklahoma, I listened to Thunder general manager Sam Presti, a newly appointed Oklahoma Creativity Ambassador, talk about the creativity that takes place on the basketball court. Men and women are given a ball and have to create something.…
By Susan McCalmont In a growing world of complexity and change, we are all being challenged to imagine new solutions for the collective problems facing us, and even develop new definitions for what it means to be part of a civil society where civic discourse is encouraged and celebrated. A global shift is making space…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Ed Long405.922.7580ed.long@crosssectorinnovations.org Creative Oklahoma is partnering with Cross Sector Innovations to support the Oklahoma Creative Communities (OCC) initiative. Creative Oklahoma launched OCC in 2016 with the vision of ensuring Oklahoma communities are supported in their efforts to implement local solutions to local challenges. There are currently eight communities participating in the initiative,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Stéphanie Coderre Porras stephanie@creativeoklahoma.org 405.232.5570×7 Oklahoma City — Creative Oklahoma is pleased to announce that country music superstar Blake Shelton will attend the 2017 Oklahoma Creativity Ambassadors Gala to be honored as one of this year’s Ambassadors at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City on Monday, April 3. A…
