Curiosity in Action | A Conference for Doing
Schedule
Sat Apr 26 2025 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
400 Culver St, Saugatuck, MI, United States, Michigan 49453 | Saugatuck, MI
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Join us for a full day of unique and immersive experiences highlighting the intersection of wellness and creativity.Together, we’ll use curiosity to discover how creation is a form of self-care and art-making is inherently therapeutic. We want you to spend the day with us making, thinking, connecting, creating, and just… being. We invite you to the first biannual Curiosity in Action: a conference for doing.
What’s a “Conference for Doing?” Well, it’s exactly what it sounds like: taking the conference framework and making it actionable.
Part of our aim in building a “conference for doing” is to offer all participants the opportunity to “try on” the ideas that are being shared by our presenters, so the day will follow an adult learning model that incorporates three elements: information, practice, and reflection. Each session will include all three pieces and they will repeat in this pattern:
INFORMATION – Encouraging, thoughtful, and creative ideas will be shared by dynamic presenters during the large group sessions
PRACTICE – Immediately following each presentation, attendees will be invited to engage a personal practice that allows them to work with the content offered in the presentation. Prompts will be provided and attendees may engage them in any way that is most helpful to them – maybe you take a quick walk outdoors and think about the prompt, maybe you’d prefer to find a quiet place to be still, or maybe you borrow a friend for a brief chat.
REFLECTION – All conference attendees will be divided into Reflection Groups that will gather after the brief “practice” time to continue their learning in community. Each reflection group will be facilitated by trained hosts that guide conversations and activities to help the group dig deeper into the “information” offered by the presenter(s).
While information is highly valuable, we all know that information alone is not enough. If it were, we could read a book on brain surgery and immediately build a career as a surgeon! Deep learning, however, takes lots of practice and is aided by community support and insights. That is the gift that all Curiosity in Action attendees can count on – the gift of space to move beyond the information into the kind of learning that creates meaningful change.
SCHEDULE:
9:00 AM | Check In Opens
"Slow Start" activities to get your mind and body ready!
10:00 AM | Welcome + Session 1
"Can art and creativity create real change?" led by the SCA
12:00 - 1:00 PM | Lunch
1:00 PM | Session 2
"Physicians, musicians, and creators! Oh my!" led by local health and creative professionals
2:30 PM | Session 3
Keynote featuring Brad Montague
4:00 PM | Finale
Fore more details please visit: sc4a.org/event/curiosity-in-action
Thank you to our sponsors:
• MillerKnowl Foundation
• HAWORTH Helps
• Michigan Arts + Culture Council
• National Endowment for the Arts
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Where is it happening?
400 Culver St, Saugatuck, MI, United States, Michigan 49453Event Location & Nearby Stays:
