About Community for Creative Expression

Creativity and Innovation Across Disciplines.

The Community for Creative Expression (CCE) challenges students to explore the meaning of creativity and innovation in our world and promotes creativity as a mechanism of expression, activism, leadership and reflection. CCE collaborates with faculty from a wide variety of disciplines to celebrate and explore creativity and expression in diverse forms, including the visual and performing arts, science, business, education, and more!

Great For Students Who ...

  • Consider themselves creative and want to learn more about this topic
  • Love the arts and/or identify as a visual and/or performing artist
  • Are interested in creativity and innovation across a wide variety of academic disciplines
  • Love dancing, paint, doodling, music, acting, writing, building, and more

Program + Learning Outcomes

By participating in Community for Creative Expression, students will be able to:

  • Create a personal definition of  what creativity means, as it relates to their chosen area of study or vocation
  • Appreciate and experiment with diverse forms of creativity in order to cultivate creativity as a lifelong practice or vocation
  • Demonstrate critical reflection on personal identity and social justice through creative expression
  • Identify opportunities to engage with individuals and community to share creative works or experiment with combining art forms
Harstad, Hinderlie & Kreidler RA Staff 2026-2027 with Community Director, Vanessa Tullio

Community Information

Linked Residence Hall:
Hinderlie Hall

Community Director:
Vanessa Tullio

Email:
vanessa.tullio@plu.edu

Creative Activities Students Love:
  • Singing
  • Dancing
  • Theatre
  • Painting
  • Drawing
  • Graphic Design
  • Poetry
  • Sculpture
  • Photography
  • Printing

Example Programs

Hinderlie Hall Open Mic Night Marketing Poster
Hinderlie's Annual Haunted House