Creativity and Collective Courage: Molly Sturges at TEDxSitka

Molly Sturges is an artistic director, composer, activist, performer and facilitator. She is best known for her intergenerational, large-scale, artistic collaborations with communities across the globe which focus on environmental and social equity and healing. Molly is the Artistic Director of Littleglobe (www.littleglobe.org), Co-director of Lifesongs at The Academy for The Love of Learning, and Professor of Practice in Art and Ecology at University of New Mexico. She is currently at work on COAL (www.coalmusical.com), an arts and climate change project. Her talk focuses on insights gained from her artistic collaborations creating music with people in hospice and her work with participants in rural New Mexico. She focuses on the power of art and creativity to bring about dignity and courage.

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