Develop the idea. Grow the craft. Create with intention.
Ishi Create is the Creative Development Hub within Ishi Initiatives. It equips people to develop creative ideas, strengthen their practice, and move creative work from concept into expression.
What Ishi Create Is
A space for creative development
Ishi Create provides learning spaces, practical guidance and creative development opportunities for people who want to grow in their artistic or creative work.
The focus is not simply on producing more. It is on developing ideas with clarity, strengthening creative practice, learning new skills and stewarding creative work intentionally.
What Ishi Create Can Offer
Ishi Create equips people through practical and collaborative creative-development opportunities designed to help them develop ideas, strengthen their practice and move creative work forward.
Creative Development
Develop ideas, concepts and projects from early-stage thought into clearer creative direction.
Workshops & Webinars
Practical learning around creativity, artistic development, creative process and project growth.
Closed Groups
Smaller learning spaces where participants can develop work, receive guidance and grow alongside others.
Creative
Resources
Guides, tools and learning materials designed to support creative growth and development.
Who It Is For
For people building something creative
Ishi Create is for writers, artists, musicians, creators and people developing ideas who want structure, growth, clarity and practical support around their creative work.
You do not need to already consider yourself a professional creative. The focus is on development.
How It Works
Discover
Clarify the idea, direction or creative work you want to develop.
Develop
Strengthen the idea, project, skills and creative practice.
Complete
Move the work from development to a finished form.
Release
Prepare the work so that you can share, present, publish or introduce it into the world in an appropriate way.
About the Creator
Created by Mary Mwakalu
Mary Mwakalu is an author, recording artist, teacher and creative whose work spans writing, music, formation and creative development.
Ishi Create grew from her experience of developing creative ideas across different forms and her desire to create spaces where others can strengthen their own creative work.