Growing Creative Economies
Part of Passion Works Studio Experiential Learning Library
This story explores how creative experiences at the studio function as a springboard for other goals including employment. The studio advances its mission through a social enterprise model. Collaborative making leads to fine art sales, product lines, design services, and custom projects. Product research and development begins with the interests and talents of the workers. The studio blends workers’ visions with available material streams to create new products. When consumers invest in the studio’s art, they learn the stories of the art and its makers.