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Kyna Leski, "The Storm of Creativity" (Lecture)

In The Storm of Creativity (MIT 2016), Kyna Leski presents the creative process as a storm: it slowly begins to gather and take form until it overtakes us — if we are willing to let it. Leski draws on examples of creative practice that range from Paul Klee to Steve Jobs, from the discovery of continental drift to the design of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia. This revelatory view of the creative process will be of interest to anyone engaged in creative discovery in the arts, sciences, and humanities.

Kyna Leski is Professor in the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design and a Founding Principal of 3six0 Architecture. Leski is a principal of 3SIXØ Architecture in Providence, which was founded in 1997. 3SIXØ’s work includes a house to dwell in – in awe, a church that inspires and expands, a store that contracts  into a restaurant bar, a salon that extends the life of the city inside and a pedestrian bridge that connects a historic past to today. The Rhode Island AIA has bestowed its top honors on 3SIXØ 17 times, and the Boston Society of Architects has awarded 3SIXØ four times. In 2002 Architectural Record named 3SIXØ one of ten “vanguard” architecture firms emerging worldwide and in 2008 recognized 3SIXØ with a Record Interior award.

Co-sponsored by Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts and Culture Initiative and the Center for Twenty-First Century Creativity (Claire Trevor School of the Arts).

Professor Leski will also run Creativity Workshops for graduate students and faculty in  Humanities and the Arts on Friday and Saturdy.