Welcome to the Hive!
The Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (aka the Hive) is a design center serving the students, staff and faculty of the Claremont Colleges.
We believe everyone has tremendous untapped creative potential, and it’s our job as designers, researchers, and educators to help develop creativity and confidence.
We believe collaborative and interdisciplinary experiences are necessary to develop better problem finders (and solvers) to address the world’s problems, and we believe the best way to apply this approach is in the liberal arts.
We play, experiment, fail, and learn from that failure; we are building our creative confidence.
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DIY Crash Course!
DIY Crash Course!
Let artist and DIY enthusiast Kid Garcia (@kidpomona) show you some DIY art basics and learn about its punk roots at the same time! Delve into zine making, printing, and […]
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Innovation + Justice in Urban Planning
Innovation + Justice in Urban Planning
We'll explore the ways that design has a critical but often overlooked role in shaping inclusion, justice, and equity across the public realm. Because it engages in the intersections of […]
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Mindfulness for Changemakers
Mindfulness for Changemakers
You’re trying to make a positive impact in the world, but goodness! Are you supposed to feel this depleted? Scattered? Dejected? Come practice mindful breathing, walking, eating, and listening in […]
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Getting Lost in Nature: Collaborative Art and Coastal Sage Tea Party
Getting Lost in Nature: Collaborative Art and Coastal Sage Tea Party
Join us in creating place-based drawings, collages, and a large collaborative fabric artwork inspired by flowers, trees, stones, and other natural materials at the Bernard Field Station. We will unplug […]
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Mastering the Pitchbook Workshop
Mastering the Pitchbook Workshop
Join Stanford graduate Jenna Hussein for a hands-on pitch deck experience. You will learn how to effectively communicate your business idea to investors and potential backers. As the founder of […]
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Comedy Show
Comedy Show
Ready for a comedy show with emerging and pro comics? Want to try your hand at comedy or just enjoy an evening of hilarious entertainment? Come out for an incredible […]
Listen to our podcast, the Hive Five!
The Hive Five is an ongoing 5-part podcast. In the series, each episode represents one stage of the human-centered design process: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test.
Seven lessons from co-creating a design fellowship program
Shannon Randolph, Hive Director of Global Impact, shares stories and lessons from her experience designing the Hive's first participatory, community-based global design fellowship program in Vietnam.
Hive Alumni Career Story
Check out Pomona College's recent article featuring a Human-Centered Design alumni!