FEARLESS CREATIVE

Fall 2023 marks FEARLESS CREATIVE's (Sandy Cioffi and Gretchen Burger) eighth year at The Cloud Room! In the process of refreshing our website, we've gone deep into the archives reminding us of all the good work we’ve done and the good community we've found here, and we wanted to share a few highlights:

Cloud Room served as headquarters for (we pretty much took over Conference Room A for a month; it was the early days when there were fewer of us!) and a sponsor of our first event SIFFX, an immersive storytelling festival produced in conjunction with SIFF in 2016. In collaboration with Scott Macklin for the city's 2019 Creative Economy Report, we ran design sessions with arts and culture leaders about the future of work and creating economy in the city. Together with Three Dollar Bill and filmmaker Rose Troche we taught a 360° filmmaking bootcamp introducing local filmmakers to the wonder of immersive, embodied storytelling. We hosted a packed house for the first meeting of the Seattle chapter of IOTA (Internet of Things Association) to explore community data ownership. And just last month Fearless Creative Director Sandy Cioffi brought in students from her UW Communication Leadership Masters course. This is just a sampling of the eight years of activity, connections and currency we've generated at Cloud: there've been countless meetings, pitches, white board sessions, and drinks on the balcony. Big thanks to Liz Dunn and all the staff for supporting our work and creating a beautiful place to dream and execute. 

 As we look ahead to the future, we're thinking a lot about the power of emergent storytelling and strategy to be responsive to and effective in these urgent and ever-shifting times. To learn more about what we’re up to, check out: http://fearlesscreative.agency/

Photo credits: 
Sandy and Gretchen at bar: SeattleMemories.com
Sandy Cioffi with headset:  Kelly O for The Stranger