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Center
for Creativity


October is Mental Health Awareness Month at Pitt. Join us for a special open mic on Oct. 19, and come make your own gratitude journal on Oct. 25. Check out more MHAM events here. 

Give Us a Minute

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Do you have a smartphone and a story? That's all you need to craft a submission to our fourth annual One Minute Film Festival.

We want to see your narrative shorts, stop motion, experimental films, and anything else you come up with. The only constraint: a 60-second time limit.

Need some help or inspiration?

For more details and resources, check our webpage. All films will be shown at a special public screening in November. Submit your entry by the Oct. 23 deadline to be eligible for a cash prize! 

Open Mic Opens Minds

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Thursday, Oct. 19 | 8:30-10 p.m.

Does making art give you strength in a difficult time, or a way to shine light on challenges that others might not see? Celebrate the power of creativity to reveal, heal, and connect at Open Mic, Open Minds.

This special Center for Creativity open mic embraces music, spoken word, dance, theater, and any other kind of performance focused on your experience of mental health. We aim to raise awareness, fight prejudice, and promote community by giving you a stage to share your story.

Bring your own work, share a piece from your favorite artist, or just come out in support. All Pitt students, faculty, and staff are invited!

Move Breathe Reflect

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Friday, Oct. 20 | 11 a.m.-noon

The Stress Free Zone and the Center for Creativity partner up with PittServes to bring you a special Civic Action Week reflection event. 

Hallie Stotsky, coordinator of the Stress Free Zone, will lead you through 30 minutes of yoga, followed by mindful breathing and journaling exercises.

No yoga experience required! Comfortable clothing to move in is all you’ll need.

Calls for Submissions


Forbes & Fifth publishes writing and visual art from all schools and disciplines. Submissions due by Friday, Oct. 13.

Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh seeks visual art, writing, performance, and interdisciplinary work that expands diversity consciousness and embraces and celebrates minoritized cultures and perspectives. Cash prizes will be awarded. Submissions due by Friday, Oct. 20.

The Teal Gallery invites survivors of sexual assault and rape to submit any medium of art or writing relating to their experiences with assault, healing, and survivorship for display. Submissions due by Wednesday, Oct. 25.

Blackline is looking for all kinds of student creative work from poems and essays to photos and more! Submissions due by Friday, Nov. 10.
Pitt Center for African American Poetry and Poetics poster for The Craft of Blackness (Oct. 17-19)

 

Creativity in the Community

 

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