CreativeMornings ATL

We’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow for our 15th ANNIVERSARY 🎉 at loop.atl as we welcome back Amena Brown Owen x Blake Howard to speak on this month’s theme of CURRENT. Click the link in our bio for your free ticket!

Thanks to Wesley Stanfield Photography for these great photos of our August event at The Lola!
We can’t wait to see everyone at The Loop this Friday for our September event!

This month Blake Howard & Amena Brown Return for Our 15th Anniversary Celebration!
Join us on Fri, Sep 25, 2026 • 8-10 a.m. at
LOOP
665 Marietta Street , Atlanta, Georgia US 30313

Click the link in our bio to register!

👀 LOOK WHO’S BACK! Blake Howard & Amena Brown Return for Our 15th Anniversary Celebration! 🎉

Fri, Sep 25, 2026 • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

loop.atl
665 Marietta Street , Atlanta, Georgia US 30313

Blake Howard Blake W. Howard is the creative director and co-founder of Matchstic | A Brand Identity House , a brand identity house based in Atlanta that he started at the age of 22. A Nashville, Tennessee native, and University of Tennessee graduate, Blake has helped build an enthusiastic and focused branding firm, with national recognition, that serves global brands, courageous startups, and ambitious non-profits.

Amena Brown Owen Amena Brown is a hilarious, down-to-earth writer and stage performer whose brand centers joy, creativity, and an effortless cool. A proud graduate of Spelman College and previous poetic partner for Tracee Ellis Ross’ natural hair brand, PATTERN Beauty. Her new book of comedic essays, Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl, received a Kirkus starred review. As a stage performer, Amena takes arenas, theaters, and performance venues and turns them into living rooms where the audience can make themselves at home. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband DJ DJ Opdiggy .

We are so excited to have the OGs back for a grand celebration! We hope to see you there too. TICKET LINK IN BIO

Our theme for September is CURRENT. It was chosen by our Columbia chapter in Missouri, illustrated by Bethanie Irons, and is presented by Adobe.
What new ideas and fresh executions are surging inside you? Sometimes you have to grab hold of your creativity like a live wire to spark something shockingly unexpected. While other times, you just need to go with the flow and see where it takes you.

We’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at The Lola! Speaker Mouna Abdulhamid will speak on this month’s theme of Nakhlah. Click the link in our bio for your free ticket!

Join us at The Lola on Friday, Aug. 28 for this month’s CreativeMornings ATL! Speaker Mouna Abdulhamid will speak on this month’s theme of Nakhlah. Get your free ticket here: https://creativemornings.com/talks/mouna-abdulhamid

Mouna Abdelhamid is a cultural leader and advocate for Arab arts, culture, and community. As Alif Institute’s executive director since 2021, she is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich diversity of Arab cultures while creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to connect through language, arts, education, and cultural experiences. Through Alif’s programs, partnerships, and community initiatives, Mouna works to build understanding, challenge stereotypes, and demonstrate the power of arts and culture to inspire people and strengthen communities.

Join us at The Lola on Friday, Aug. 28 for this month’s CreativeMornings ATL! Speaker Mouna Abdulhamid will speak on this month’s theme of Nakhlah.

Register for your free ticket here: https://creativemornings.com/talks/mouna-abdulhamid

Mouna Abdelhamid is a cultural leader and advocate for Arab arts, culture, and community. As Alif Institute’s executive director since 2021, she is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich diversity of Arab cultures while creating opportunities for people of all backgrounds to connect through language, arts, education, and cultural experiences. Through Alif’s programs, partnerships, and community initiatives, Mouna works to build understanding, challenge stereotypes, and demonstrate the power of arts and culture to inspire people and strengthen communities.

August’s global theme is NAKHLAH. In Arabic, it means “palm.” It was chosen by our Khobar chapter in Saudi Arabia CreativeMornings/ Khobar and illustrated by Rahaf Al-Badri Rahaf Grow stronger with this month’s hashtag: