Previewing Curiousity In Action: A Conference In Doing at The Saugatuck Center for The Arts(04-12-25)

WYCE's Community Connection (*conversations concerning issues of importance in West Michigan)

On this week's program, Station manager, Phil Tower welcomes Whitney Valentine, Director of Education + Exhibitions, with the Saugatuck Center for The Arts, and New York Times best-selling author in speaker Brad Montague.

Brad Montague is the keynote speaker for the Curiosity In Action Conference on April 26 at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.

We Hope You Fail Better, is currently on exhibit through May 16 at SC4A.

It’s an exhibit where playful and thoughtful pieces are brought together by New York Times bestselling duo, Brad and Kristi Montague, for their debut exhibition, We Hope You Fail Better., just in time for the release of their new book “Fail-A-Bration.”

Brad is the creator of the hit web series Kid President, and Kid Congress, and author of Becoming Better Grownups, and the New York Times best sellers Kid President's Guide to Being Awesome and The Circles All Around Us. As an illustrator, his work is regularly featured in Joanna Gaines's The Magnolia Journal.

You're invited to join others at the Curiousity In Action: A Conference In Doing, for a full day of unique and immersive experiences highlighting the intersection of wellness and creativity.

Conference participants will use curiosity to discover how creation is a form of self-care and how art-making is inherently therapeutic and 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 the 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 who guide conversations and activities to help the group dig deeper into the “information” offered by the presenter(s).

CURIOSITY IN ACTION- A CONFERENCE IN DOING

Overview, April 26, 2025, 9:00 am - 5:00 p @ Saugatuck Center for the Arts

Cost | $125. INFO + REGISTRATION: https://sc4a.org/

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SC4A Mission-the SC4A is an arts center with a difference. They aim high and wide with a core mission of transforming lives by creating community, connecting people and spreading joy. They focus on three areas: entertainment, education and engagement.

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