Inclusive STAGES: Building Healthy Arts Spaces What Are Brave Creative Spaces? (Using the STAGES Framework)
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Jun 3, 2025 Discover how to transform creative environments with the innovative STAGES Framework. This six-step method promotes psychological safety and collaboration, allowing artists to thrive. Learn how to tackle challenges such as burnout and anxiety within the theater community. Real-life applications, like its use in a production of The Full Monty, showcase the framework's impact in addressing vulnerability and storytelling. Dive into creating rehearsal spaces that truly support risk-taking and foster inclusive artistry.
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Stages of Psychological Safety
- Burnout in the arts stems from lack of safety and support, not just exhaustion.
- Psychological safety has stages from inclusion to challenge for true creativity to thrive.
Psych Safety Levels & Creativity
- Psychological safety is a continuum: from feeling safe to exist, to contributing, to challenging.
- True creativity in arts requires challenger safety, where feedback and risk-taking are embraced.
Use the STAGES Framework
- Apply the six-step STAGES framework to build brave creative spaces: Set, Tailor, Appoint, Gather, Empower, and Strike.
- Each step builds psychological safety and supports artists' best work and well-being.
