ONE Day Creative Jam Session

Bring Your Idea to Life

An in‐person CREATIVE JAM designed to take your idea from spark to something you can shape, test, and move forward in one day.

Overview

The ONE Day Creative Jam is a full‑day, hands-on sprint where you bring an idea, challenge, or early concept and spend the day shaping it into a clearer, stronger direction.Your idea can be polished, messy, ambitious, practical, creative, social, or still just a spark. It does not need to be perfect! It only needs to exist! This is a collaborative jam that blends design thinking, experimentation, peer exchange, and guided creative exercises. You will move from idea to prototype to action plan in a single day, supported by a community of creatives who are building alongside you.

This is a jam! Come ready to think, move, test, build, share, and connect all day.

Participants must be available for the full day.

What You Will Leave With

By the end of the Creative Jam, you will have:

• A clearer idea, purpose, and audience
• A stronger direction
• A simple prototype, model, outline, storyboard, or draft
• A step-by-step action plan
• Feedback from other participants
• A better understanding of who your idea is for
• A list of people, tools, and resources that can help you move forward
• New connections with other creatives and community builders
• Scalable creative idea that leads to a sustainable career

• Access to ICAI’s community of over 500 members

   

Why Join

The Creative Jam will help your:

• Creative confidence
• Project clarity
• Community connection
• Practical planning and problem‑solving skills
• Readiness to launch or advance an idea
• Long‑term momentum through mentorship and peer support
• Access to tools to help develop materials for social media, funding, and community engagement 
• One hour of follow-up mentorship after the Jam

Who This Is For

Preference will be given to newcomers and immigrants, but the Jam is open to anyone with an idea they want to explore.

This includes:

• Artists across all disciplines
• Designers, makers, and creative entrepreneurs
• Community arts practitioners
• Newcomer and immigrant creatives
• Arts professionals seeking clarity or momentum
• Innovators and community builders shaping new ideas
• Anyone ready to explore a creative, social, or business idea
   

Ideas You Can Bring

You can bring any idea, including:

• An artistic project
• A nonprofit or community initiative
• A business idea
• A social enterprise idea
• A research idea
• A creative community program or business
• A product, project, or campaign
• An idea that is still unclear but needs direction

Your idea does not need to be developed. It only needs to exist!
 

What We Will Do During the Day

During the Jam, you will:

• Identify who your idea is for
• Break your idea into smaller, clearer parts
• Use simple tools to sketch, map, or outline your concept
• Get feedback from others
• Test and improve your idea in real time
• Build a simple version of your idea, such as a prototype, outline, storyboard, or draft
• Think through the support, resources, and partners you may need
• Talk through your idea
• Create a practical next-step plan
• Share your fine-tuned idea with the group
• Leave with a solid plan ready to launch

What to Bring

Please come with:

• Your idea
• Lunch and any snacks you need
• Water
• Energy
• A collaborative spirit
• Willingness to share and meet new people

• A smile for photos

   

Venue

The Jam will take place in person at a central, accessible location.

Venue details will be confirmed soon.

Spots are limited to 10 participants. Registration is required.

Bring your idea. Build your plan. Save your spot today. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsFAz6kfKqQ96i2d5l6BmuM15dfOZUyLrhgrCZXEukVIn8_g/viewform