What are You Doing for World Creativity and Innovation Week?

Photo by vancanjay, SXC.hu

It’s Day Two of World Creativity and Innovation Week. What are you doing to celebrate?

46 Countries and 106 Communities

The celebration of WCIW has spread across 46countries and 106 communities.

• In Ontario a school wrote and produced a musical featuring the seven principles of Leonardo da Vinci.
• In Argentina a group of schools allowed the students to use the Internet to create collaborative art.
• The United Nations sent “Creativity Day” emails to all its employees in Training and Development

Just One Rule

The guidelines for participation are simple:

“Do what you can, do what you like. There’s only one rule: do no harm.”

Here are a ideas to get you going:

• Join or consider starting a community art group
• Attend or participate in a local theatre or musical production
• Help start a community garden
• Go photo treasure hunting and post your findings on Flickr
• Engage in guerilla art. Start with these Top 10 Guerilla Art Blogs
• Celebrate Earth Day and WCIW and engage in reverse grafitti

What are you doing to celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Week? Post in the comments!

World Creativity and Innovation Week

Celebrate Creativity April 15-21, Every Year

My friend Melanie over at Dose of Creativity introduced me to Creativity & Innovation Week. It’s new to me, but it turns out it’s been in existence since 2002. Here’s how you can get involved:

• Creativity & Innovation Week Homepage
• Follow on Twitter
• Connect with Other Participants
• Join the Facebook Group
• Share the Wiki

This is a very special week that deserves some celebration. I’ve been mulling over some of the exercises in The Guerilla Art kit. How do you plan to celebrate? Please share in the comments!