Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education

Creativity and creative thinking played an important role in the lives of the Alcotts and their circle of friends.  From Abigail May and A. Bronson Alcott’s unique methods of childrearing and nurturing their daughters’ talents, to their outlook on educational and social reform and the literary and artistic efforts of their offspring, the family embodied the spirit of creativity in their very way of life.

Their Transcendentalist friends—Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Peabody, and others—also embraced creative thinking in forging their own paths and influencing others to expand their horizons.

Louisa May Alcott’s impulse to write “in a vortex” and ignore critics who advised her to, “Stick to your teaching, —you can’t write,” is evidence that her creative spirit could not be quelled.

During this year’s Summer Conversational Series, participants will explore the creative spirit in Louisa May Alcott, her family, and her role models, and discuss how creativity may be nurtured in all of us.