What would surprise you about Richmond’s creative community?

What wouldn’t surprise you!? Richmond’s community of artists is vast, spanning every medium you could think of – and plenty that you probably didn’t think of! Did you know Richmond is home to a nationally-renowned pumpkin carver? Or an artist who prospers from his works built entirely of masking tape?  Richmond is home to a band that grew gourds and squash, fashioned them into instruments and now tours the folk festival circuit as the country's only band who had to wait two seasons before their guitars were ripe.

I didn’t learn about…

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What inspires me or keeps me creative?

As practical and noncreative as it sounds, problems keep me creative.  After all, there are plenty of problems to go around and it takes a fair amount of imagination, resourcefulness, and “creativity” to find good solutions.

I love the old adage “There’s more than one way to skin a cat” because it’s really about unblocking your thinking so you can be creative.  Being able to develop new ideas or look at things differently is a very valuable skill at work and in life.

I tend to approach problems by asking questions like “Why do we have to…

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