Carl Atiya Swanson
• – • Goldstein Museum of Design
About the speaker
Carl Atiya Swanson is a creative with an MBA, a third-culture kid, and a practical optimist. Swanson is the founder of Cast Consulting, an organizational facilitation and strategy practice working with clients in the civic, cultural, and entrepreneurship sectors. Swanson is a nonprofit leader, artist, and advocate with 20 years of professional experience, including as Executive Director of the National Independent Venue Foundation and Associate Director of Springboard for the Arts. He is a Cultural Innovator Fellow with Salzburg Global, and trained in Facilitation for Racial Justice by the Interaction Institute for Social Change. Swanson holds a BA in Studio Art from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. He is based in Minneapolis with his wife, two boys, and two cats.
Photo Credit: Richard Schabetsberger
Local partners
Established in 1976, The Goldstein Museum of Design (GMD) is a research center in the College of Design and the only design museum in the Upper Midwest. Through its teaching collection of 36,000+ multidisciplinary objects and free, public exhibitions on the St Paul and East Bank campuses, it advances learning in design history and practice for students as well as the greater community.
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Additional details
What is the event like? CreativeMornings is about community and inspiration. Come for both! Sign-in will begin at 8:30am, and we’ll have coffee ready for you. Coffee time is great for meeting the other CreativeMornings attendees. The talk will start at 9 followed by Q&A. We like giving high-fives.
This Month’s Theme: Ember This month’s theme is Ember, Poulsbo chapter in Washington and illustrated by Sarah Gordon.
Parking? There are parking lots near the venue in Lot 106, Gortner Avenue Ramp, and Lot 104. Visit this page for more parking info.
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