Third Way Creative is a collaborative consulting studio based in Seattle, WA.
AMPLIFYING THE CIVIC IMAGINATION
We believe that arts, culture, and creativity are the tools needed to co-create and re-imagine civic life.
Areas of Practice
Cultural Policy
Racial Equity
Organizational Strategy
Our Services
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Policy & Organizational Co-Design
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Network & Leadership Development
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Convening Design and Production
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Strategic Advising
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Transition Support & Strategy
Our Work Advances
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Empathy
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Reciprocity
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Cultural Self-Determination
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Accountability
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Systems Change
Who We Are
Together, our consulting team has more than 50 years of combined experience building community-led programs, projects and policies centered on justice in the cultural, nonprofit, public, and creative sectors.
Having met as colleagues in the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture, Randy Engstrom, Elisheba Johnson and Kristen Ramirez co-founded Third Way Creative in early 2021 to support intentional civic practices. Our work explores the possibilities and intersections of public imagination, civic narrative, racial equity, and belonging through arts, culture and creativity. Since our founding we have engaged additional partners and collaborators and worked on projects both nationally and internationally.
Our Areas of Expertise Include
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Cultural policy development and implementation
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Strategic, cultural, and organizational planning
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Creative facilitation & team-building
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Inclusive community engagement
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Cultural and civic organizing
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Generative convening production
Selected Clients
Case Studies
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Creative Vitality Summit
Co-Design
Advisory & Convening Production for Summit Programming
Speaker Curation
Session Facilitation
Post-event synthesis
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