Carrie Seid

Activist, Artist, Blogger, Brainstormer, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Foodie, Idea generator, Inventor, Life mentor, Parent, Project manager, Writer/Editor

Carrie Seid is a nationally recognized artist who exhibits in numerous galleries and consultancies. Carrie also works as a high performance coach for creative professionals, helping individuals and corporations expand their potential for creativity by identifying and destroying limiting beliefs and habits. Originially from Chicago, Carrie holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she was a Merit Scholar. Before launching Creative Catalyst Coaching in 2008, Carrie taught at numerous universities including The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, SUNY at Buffalo, and The University of Arizona. Carrie works with individual clients as well as corporate groups. She teaches an online class called "The FlowZone" weekly, and conducts workshops on various issues surrounding creativity. Carrie Seid also speaks on the subject of identity and how it influences creativity. Additionally, she writes for artworkarchive.com and was recently published in a new anthology featuring personal essays. Carrie is also a speaker who recently lectured at California State Ling Beach. Seid's work has been featured in The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit Free Press, The Huffington Post, The Detroit Metro Times, The Providence Journal Bulletin, The Arizona Daily Star, The Tucson Weekly, Tucson Home Magazine, Sculpture Magazine, The Desert Leaf, Spiritual Awakenings Magazine, and Accessories Magazine. Seid has completed several public commissions and her work is in the permanent collection of the Tucson Museum of Art.

my daughter's happiness, ethics, making art that excites me, helping my clients free themselves from unproductive thoughts, transformation, great skin products, high quality communication, compassion, the coffee from Raging Sage, my local...

Identity can prohibit creativity. Ask me more about this!

Art, Coaching, Creativity, essay writing, Fiber arts, opining, Risotto, Watercolor

My TED story is yet to be told on the TED stage somewhere! I love to learn from brilliant, articulate people, so I've been watching TED talks for years now and using them in both my university teaching and private coaching practices. My favorites to date are: Elizabeth Gilbert on creativity, and Jill Bolte Taylor on her "stroke of insight." I have many great ideas I'd like to spread, but right now I'm doing a talk entitled, "Who Do You Think You Aren't?" about the interplay of identity and creativity. I'd love to make that a TED talk one day soon!

Calligraphy, making risotto, singing harmony