352Creates

352Creates

Join the 352Creates movement to demonstrate that creativity can engage and promote healthy communitie

352Creates will engage community members in free creative activities that promote health and community engagement.

352Creates is wide network of local cultural organizations, businesses, artists, service agencies, healthcare providers, and others who want to be a part of cultivating a healthy and thriving community. If you'd like to become involved in hosting an event, please contact 352Creates Coordinator, Charlotte Kesl: [email protected]

29/01/2017

Jeffrey Pufahl: A call for the community to get creative

"352Creates is an initiative that started in Gainesville with the question: What if the whole 352 area code across North Central Florida got together to be creative for one day? At the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, we took that question seriously and partnered with the City of Gainesville, FL - Government, UF Health, the UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine program and the UF College of the Arts and others to create momentum around this question."

gainesville.com Something magical happens when we do something creative: Our troubles begin to melt away, we relax a little and we put our focus toward making something.

25/01/2017

We're at Windows for Wellness today until 3pm. Get a healthy dose of creativity! Check out the 352Creates starter kit on our website for more ideas.

25/01/2017

352Creates will be at Windows to Wellness TODAY from 10 am - 3 pm. Stop by the UF J. Wayne Reitz Union Grand Ballroom for a moment of creativity & to to let us know what you'll be doing March 24-25th! See you soon!

23/01/2017

352Creates is a two-day event this year. "Create in Place" on Friday, March 24th and "Create in Community" on Saturday, March 25th. (Yes, you can definitely host a free public event on Friday, too!) Check out www.352Creates.com to learn more.

17/01/2017

352Creates will be at Windows to Wellness on Wednesday, January 25th from 10 am - 3 pm. Stop by the UF J. Wayne Reitz Union Grand Ballroom for a moment of creativity & to to let us know what you'll be doing March 24-25th!

13/01/2017

13/01/2017

352Creates

Introducing www.352Creates.com -- take a look at our new website and tell us what you'll be doing March 24-25th!

Special thanks to Liquid Creative.

352creates.com Community-wide “pop-up” style art activities will help promote health and community engagement in unexpected ways and locations. Open to all 352 residents, the goal is to create healthy communities through everyday acts of creativity — founded on the idea that anyone, using even the simplest of mate...

04/01/2017

2017 Resolution: Take time to be creative.

We are looking for 1-page instructions for creative activities that can be downloaded and printed for everyone to use during 352Creates March 24 & 25th! Please email [email protected] with your ideas!

23/12/2016

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15/12/2016

The New York Times

"When their children showed interest and enthusiasm in a skill, the parents supported them." -- Support your inner creativity!

Parents: You need to let your children pursue their passions, not yours, writes Adam Grant. His Op-Ed for The New York Times Opinion Section was one of our most engaging pieces on Facebook this year.

13/12/2016

UF Innovation Week

352Creates will be participating in UF Innovation Week on February 6th from 10-2 in the UF J. Wayne Reitz Union North Entrance Tabling Area! Check out iWK17's page to learn more.

UF Innovation Week is where artists, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, government leaders and students gather to DISCOVER, BE INSPIRED, PLAY + CONNECT.

08/12/2016

5-Minute Crafts

Even if we won't get snow in the 352, you can still have snowflakes -- get out your paper and scissors!

How to make an awesome Christmas snowflake.❄️
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05/12/2016

Doing One Creative Task Each Day Will Make You Happier, Study Says

Happy, happy, happy!!!

huffingtonpost.com Note: Your talent (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with it.