Helping Creatives Find Their Voice & Their People.
Helping Creatives Find Their Voice & Their People.
Creative Minds Collective
Where Creative Tweens & Teens Find Their Voice — and Their People.
A creative arts enrichment program where pre-teens & teens (ages 11-18) explore ideas, build confidence, and connect with other imaginative thinkers. Each week introduces a creative theme that young creatives express in their own way through art, music, storytelling, gaming design concepts, or collaborative projects.
For Creative Kids Who Don’t Always Fit the Traditional Mold.
Creative Minds Collective was created for imaginative children who thrive when they’re given space to explore ideas, express themselves, and connect with other creative thinkers.
Many kids today are full of creativity but don’t always feel inspired by traditional learning environments. This program offers something different — a welcoming space where tweens & teens can experiment with art, music, songwriting, storytelling, performance, dance, media, gaming design concepts, and creative projects while building confidence and friendships with like-minded peers.
Whether your child loves drawing, digital art, gaming ideas, filmmaking, music, writing, or simply thinking outside the box, Creative Minds Collective gives them a place to create, collaborate, and be encouraged.
Our Signature 8 Week Program
Creative Exploration
Community & Collaboration
Confidence & Expression
A welcoming creative arts enrichment program where pre-teens & teens explore ideas, build confidence, and connect with other like-minded peers. Through weekly themes and hands-on creative projects, students express themselves through art, music, songwriting, dance, storytelling, creative writing, digital art, media, video, gaming design concepts, and collaborative creativity.
How Creative Minds Collective Works
Step 1
Creative Theme Introduction
Each week begins with a short introduction to a creative theme designed to inspire ideas and spark imagination.
Examples of themes may include:
• Identity & Voice
• Imagination & World Building
• Storytelling Through Art
• Creative Problem Solving
• Future Creators
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Step 2
Creative Exploration Time
Students choose how they want to interpret the theme through their own creative interests.
This might include:
• drawing or painting
• storytelling or writing
• character or game concept design
• video or media ideas
• music or performance concepts
Students are encouraged to explore, experiment, and develop their ideas in a supportive environment.
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Step 3
Optional Sharing & Collaboration
At the end of each session, students have the opportunity to share their work, explain their ideas, or collaborate with others.
This builds:
• confidence
• communication skills
• creative community
Participation is always encouraged but never forced.
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What Young Creatives Gain
Creative Minds Collective helps children grow not only as creators, but as confident thinkers and collaborators.
Creative Confidence
Communication Skills
Creative Community
Creative Problem Solving
Freedom to Explore
A Place to Belong
HI, I'M LORI ANN!
HI, I'M LORI ANN!
This is a program inspired by a creative tween — and led by a lifelong artist.
Creative Minds Collective began with a simple moment at home.
My daughter, who is deeply creative, once said she wished there was a place where she could just make art, share ideas, and be around other creative kids who love imagining things as much as she does. We searched for a program that allowed that kind of freedom and exploration — but couldn’t quite find one.
So we decided to create it!
Creative Minds Collective was born as a welcoming space where imaginative tweens & teens can explore their creativity, build confidence, and connect with others who think outside the box.
As the founder and instructor, I bring a lifelong passion for the arts to the program. I hold a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a Bachelor’s degree in Performance Arts & Marketing. For more than fifteen years, I worked professionally as a singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist, and I’ve spent years mentoring young creatives through performing arts camps and songwriting programs.
But more than anything, I’m also a parent who understands how important it is for creative kids to have a place where they feel seen, encouraged, and inspired.
Creative Minds Collective is designed to be that space.