The Creative Edge Conference

The Creative Edge 2019

Join the Creativity Studies Lab at West Los Angeles College for our third annual Creative Edge Conference on April 27 2019 in honor of U.N. World Creativity and Innovation Day!

According to the 2017 Bloomberg Report, creativity is the number one trait CEOs seek in future employees. We are told we need to be effective critical and creative thinkers, yet have rarely been exposed to tools and techniques to help us cultivate our creativity. The Creativity Studies Lab has a simple aim: to promote creativity on campus and to prepare for the increasingly creative workplace.

The Creative Edge features a diverse array of speakers sharing how creativity has impacted them in their personal, educational, and professional endeavors, with take-away strategies for attendees.

2019 Creative Edge speakers:

• Dan O'Shannon- Emmy-winning Writer/Producer for Fraiser, Modern Family, Cheers 

• Chacko Sonny - Production Developer for Blizzard Studio's award-winning game "Overwatch"

• Anya Adams - Film and TV Producer/Director for Blackish, Insecure, The Mindy Project

• Joy Lusco Kecken - Film and TV Writer/Director for The Wire, Homocide: Life on the Streets, Cloak and Dagger

• Joseph Lucero - Homeboy Industries, actor in Gridiron Gang, Mayans M.C. , Shameless

• Debra Rogers, Blogger and Author of award-winning, He Did You a Favor

• The Tao of Maybe by Katherine Boutry & Shelli Wright

• Akello Stone- WLAC Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Video producer and emcee 

• Michael Krass - Mindful Creativity Professor and Author of Sitting Through, 
  

• Chase Orton - Middle and High School Mathematics teacher, Environmental Charter High

• Stewart Schill - Emmy-nominated Editor for film and television

• Warren Hsu Leonard - TV Writer/Producer for How to Get Away with Murder, Goliath 

• Keisuke Hoashi - Former NY State Assembly Member, Actor in Will & Grace, Curb Your Enthusiasm

• Joy Nash - Actress on AMC's Dietland, The Mindy Project, Twin Peaks: The Return 
  

• And more!

Your ticket purchase will allow the Creativity Studies Lab to continue promoting creativity on campus and in the community.