Join us tonight for a discussion with Ian Davis, founder of Age of the Creative (AOTC), a creative consultancy based in New York City, and Sarah Knapp, founder of Mappy Hour, a national community of urban dwelling outdoor enthusiasts. Ian and Sarah will discuss how they balance spending time outdoors and running companies. They'll also explore the positive influence of nature on being creative and succeeding professionally.Â
January 15, 2020
7:00PM - 9:00PM
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Donation will go to the Hope Center in Harlem:
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The HOPE Center is founded as a community-based mental health organization dedicated to offering free therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families within the African-American community living in Harlem, where barriers to mental health access exist. Our vision is to empower and support people in their process of creating and sustaining life-long wellness.Â
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Sarah L. Knapp is a local Arc'teryx Ambassador and the Founder & Director of OutdoorFest, a community platform to connect urban dwellers to outdoor recreation in cities.
Through their signature festival and monthly Mappy Hours, OutdoorFest is able to reach urban dwellers in over 10 cities in North America. Knapp is also the owner and publisher to offMetro, a green travel resource for urban dwellers wanting to get out of town, car optional.
Her love for adventure has brought her to the summit of Africa, the countryside of Belarus and the ski slopes of Patagonia.
She believes that the best way to explore a city is by bike and the best place to get know someone is in the outside.
A results-oriented, creative problem solver here to serve the Creative Community.
Following a career in advertising at Wieden + Kennedy, McCann Erickson and HUGE, the Madison Ave expat combined his passion for helping others, with his love for creativity and acculturation to start Age of The Creative(AOTC) -- A creative consultancy that's the go-to, creative resource.
Using his strong sense of compassion with his vivid imagination, Ian uses his creativity to resolve challenges, whether leading music supervision, brokering deals with brands, creating licensing opportunities, developing original programming or producing content he's leveraged his experience and relationships to provide the artist community with tangible resources and opportunities to grow their brand and career.Â