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Creativity destroys everything. Creativity fixes everything. This year Caldera didn't just show up at TEDxPortland for team day, we showed up as a Community Partner. TEDxPortland shares a common values system with Caldera, which was founded by Dan Wieden and his family 27 years ago, since then Caldera has grown into a space and place where young people come to unlock the explosive power of creativity, unleashing their power on the world. Caldera believes creativity is a delightful chaotic force that changes the world of the people who use it and changes the people of the world who are open to it.  We are honored to be a part of the TEDxPortland community because the Caldera ecosystem is a place and space where every young person deserves the opportunity to become a creative thinker, maker, and doer. I am a 2013 TEDxPortland Alumni and Caldera’s Executive Director and I encourage the TEDster audience to learn more and lean in, if you can… Creativity + Voice + Ideas Worth Spreading = Community Impact

Caldera is proud to be a Community Partner for TEDxPortland 2024. “Year 12 is inspired by the unlimited potential and endless possibilities revealed through the alchemy of ideas. Twelve speakers, represented by 12 vibrant colors and unique symbols, will demonstrate how essential we all are in catalyzing change — in the Rose City and beyond.” Join us on April 27 at the Keller Auditorium for a day filled with Ideas Worth Sharing. Use promo code ALCHEMY12 for 12% off tickets! https://lnkd.in/gw2uFwn4

Created by our friends at Willamette Week, Give!Guide is the most fun you can have while supporting Caldera Arts and your favorite local nonprofit organizations! •Donate on a BIG GIVE DAY, and you'll be entered to win an exciting prize! •The first 75 donations of $50 and above will receive a custom pair of Caldera socks because you rock! •Anyone who donates to North Pole Studio @northpolepdx or Caldera Arts on December 7th during our live community event or online will be entered into a drawing for a special Swag Basket developed in collaboration with our nonprofit partner, North Pole Studio! If you donate to both organizations on December 7th, your name will be entered twice! @giveguide is here to help us reach our goal of raising more than $25k from November 1st through December 31st, 2023. Supporters like YOU genuinely make a difference. Help amplify our social posts, follow us, and commit weekly contributions. Everything counts. Visit our G!G landing page for comprehensive details: https://lnkd.in/gw2bQMfZ We’ll keep you posted throughout the months!

Today Caldera’s community is remembering our founder, and dear friend, Dan Wieden. For the last 26 years of his life, Dan poured his creative energy—and his heart—into building Caldera as a resource to inspire and support youth from underserved rural and urban communities. Today, Caldera is poised to become the destination for developing creative solutions and inspiration to solve our communities’ most pressing challenges, one learner at a time. We believe, as Dan did, that when youth are given access to the explosive power of creativity, they can change their world, and even the world at large. https://lnkd.in/gFUhP4RE

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SCHOLARSHIPS! Caldera Youth Program alumni are eligible to apply for our annual scholarship awards. Scholarships support tuition at colleges and trade schools. Details and application link here: https://lnkd.in/gXRbdS-k Contact Meg Ball with any questions: meg.ball@CalderaArts.org Application Deadline: Aug 31, 2023 Awards announced September 2023