Finissage KREATIV Garage 2023

Insights and future plans

02.05.2024

The final event of the first year of the KREATIV Garage on April 9, 2024 was a great success! It included a review of the past year, discussions on topics such as financing, customer acquisition and time management as well as the presentation of joint projects. A special highlight was a musical cocktail accompanied by a media production, followed by a varied program in OM7. There, the guests were able to get to know the products or services in showrooms, from hand lettering, handmade jewelry and music to audio walks and marketing tips from the participants.

We are delighted that we, as the Bavarian Center for Cultural and Creative Industries, were able to participate as a cooperation partner and expand the circle of participants. For example, we have enabled a person with a work focus outside of Nuremberg to participate in the KREATIV Garage. Carolina Martinez, a goldsmith and owner of the Kreativlabor Erlangen coworking space, impressed us with her application in 2023. After completing the one-year training and start-up program for Carolina, we would of course like to hear from her about her experience with the KREATIV Garage.

The KREATIV Garage is a program of OM7 - supported by the project management agency NIK e.V. and sponsored by the Nuremberg Economic Development Agency. bayernkreativ has supported Bavaria-wide participation as a cooperation partner.

Experiences, insights and future plans

How was the year at KREATIV Garage for you? Were your expectations fulfilled?

It was very interesting, very enriching and full of inspiration. My expectations were more than fulfilled.

What special experiences or adventures did you have during the KREATIV Garage?

Definitely our group, the social component. The participants, the workshop leaders and of course Katja and Sabine.
We were a very heterogeneous group, there wasn't a working session in which we didn't exchange interesting insights with each other, and the fact that everyone works in a different area of the creative industries was very enriching for me.

How did the coaching during the event help you achieve your goals?

More than achieving new goals, the main effect of this coaching was that I had to rethink my previous approach.

This went from revising my business plan to thinking of a bilingual Instagram channel, so big and small changes that were necessary and that I hadn't realized until now.

Has the KREATIV Garage changed your perspective on creativity, entrepreneurship or other topics? If so, in what way?

Not radically, but I have dealt with issues that I didn't know how to tackle, such as copyright.
Above all, the KREATIV Garage has shown me that the different roles I play in my jewelry brand KREAIA (designer, goldsmith and workshop leader) are a complementary element.