Scott Noppe-Brandon

Jonah Lehrer Writes New Book on Creativity

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Imagine: How Creativity Works, the new book by Jonah Lehrer, the best-selling author of 2007’s Proust Was a Neuroscientist, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on March 19. No, it’s not a sequel to Imagination First, which Eric Liu and I wrote in 2009, although it very well could be. “Creativity is not magic,” [...]

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Thinking Outside the Box–Literally

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

We’ve all heard the advice, “Think outside the box,” but now, thanks to a team of researchers, the cliché takes on a whole new, literal meaning. In a Times op-ed piece, three scholars of management and organizations—two from the University of Michigan, one from New York University (NYU)—reveal their compelling new findings about creativity. The [...]

Filed under: Link | Tagged: creativity, embodied cognition, Eric Liu, imagination, Imagination First, innovation, New York Times, New York University, outside-the-box thinking, problem solving, Singapore Management University, think inside the box, think outside the box, University of Michigan | 2 Comments »

LCI to Join WNET Celebration of Teaching & Learning on March 16

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In three weeks, more than 10,000 North American educators will converge on the Hilton New York for WNET’s seventh annual Celebration of Teaching & Learning. The Celebration is a major professional development conference that includes over 40 featured speakers and 100 interactive workshops, as well as two exhibition halls full of education resources. This year, [...]

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Wallace Foundation Funds Arts Education in Boston

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Guess the last word of this sentence: “Arts education in Boston is being _____.” Recent news from around the nation might have led you to say “cut,” but the right answer, happily, is “expanded.” The city has just announced that the Wallace Foundation will donate $4 million over four years to grow Boston’s Arts Expansion [...]

Filed under: Link | Tagged: arts access, arts education, Arts Expansion Initiative, arts in schools, arts instruction, Carol R. Johnson, Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, Lincoln Center Institute, Wallace Foundation | 1 Comment »

Disney Funds Creative Education in China

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Disney is at it again. In 2011, The Walt Disney Company co-sponsored America’s Imagination Summit, the major education event that Lincoln Center Institute held here in New York City. Now Disney has announced that it will donate $1.6 million to support the United Nations Children’s Fund and China’s Ministry of Education, as they work to [...]

Filed under: Link | Tagged: America's Imagination Summit, China, China Daily, creativity, Disney, East Asia, imagination, innovation, Jay Rasulo, Lincoln Center Institute, Ministry of Education of The People's Republic of China, UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund, Walt Disney Company | 1 Comment »

Story Starters—A Deck of Cards for the Young Imagination

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In our book Imagination First, Eric Liu and I write about Oblique Strategies, a deck of cards created by musician Brian Eno in 1975: “Each of the over one hundred cards contains what Eno calls ‘a worthwhile dilemma’—a concise, cryptic prompt….meant to give direction.” Today, I bring news of another novel deck of cards, this [...]

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Boy Scouts of America and Edison Nation® Announce Innovation Challenge

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

One of the most tradition-based organizations in the country, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), is getting into the innovation act. Today it announced, in partnership with product developer Edison Nation®, the BSA Innovation Challenge. This represents yet another opportunity for our children to put their imagination and creativity to work—and be rewarded for the [...]

Filed under: Link | Tagged: Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America Innovation Challenge, creativity, Edison Nation, Everyday Edisons, imagination, innovation, invention, Louis Foreman, young innovators, young inventors | 1 Comment »

Lincoln Center Institute’s 2012 Annual Benefit Gala on March 7

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Once a year, supporters of Lincoln Center Institute (LCI) gather, enjoy dinner and a world-class musical performance, and honor individuals and organizations that embody LCI’s ideals. These fundraisers celebrate LCI’s tireless efforts to bring the arts to young people, and to develop their skills of imagination, creativity, and innovation. So it is with great anticipation [...]

Filed under: Announcement | Tagged: arts education, Arts for Life!, Columba Bush, creativity, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Frederick P. Rose Hall, IBM Corporation, imagination, innovation, Jeb Bush, Kelli O'Hara, LCI, Lincoln Center Institute, Lincoln Center Institute Annual Benefit Gala, Stanley S. Litow | Leave a Comment »

LCI Talks to Arts Schools Network Conference

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Today I had the honor of addressing the Arts School Network’s annual conference, held this year in Florida. (Alas, I spoke via Skype, so I wasn’t able to enjoy the Sunshine State’s weather.) ASN is a professional association of arts school leaders, with over 300 members worldwide, so this was a great opportunity for me [...]

Filed under: News Bulletin | Tagged: America's Imagination Summit, arts education, arts schools, Arts Schools Network, Craig Collins, creativity, Florida Imagination Conversation, Harrison School for the Arts, imagination, imagination conversations, innovation, Kristy Callaway, Larry Thompson, LCI, Lincoln Center Institute, Ringling College of Art and Design | 1 Comment »

Robots, Learning, and Play

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Here’s an imaginative idea: Latitude, an international research consultancy, asked 348 children around the world, “What if robots were a part of your everyday life—at school and beyond?” The kids were to answer in the form of an illustrated short story. Now the results of the Robots @ School study are in, and they reveal [...]

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Jonah Lehrer Writes New Book on Creativity

Thinking Outside the Box–Literally

LCI to Join WNET Celebration of Teaching & Learning on March 16

Wallace Foundation Funds Arts Education in Boston

Disney Funds Creative Education in China

Story Starters—A Deck of Cards for the Young Imagination

Boy Scouts of America and Edison Nation® Announce Innovation Challenge

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