Mission Statement:
CRÉATEUR is a magazine that cultivates limitless support, inspiration, and opportunity for those redefining the core approach to local creativity.
A Missing Piece
CRÉATEUR is a creative lifestyle brand fore-fronted by its quarterly Zine. CRÉATEUR was founded in 2020 after taking a step back from the local art scene in Seattle. From vendor fees, to taking commission percentages, and the pressure on artists to sell tickets or buy them all out. Something wasn’t sitting right. CRÉATEUR noticed a missing piece, and was ready to take on full responsibility.
Créative Contributors
Aria Bird,
Owner + Publisher
Don,
Consultant
David Benedict,
Managing Editor
Sharina Black,
Lead Editorial Writer
Guy Larson,
Event & Editorial Photographer
Daniel Helm,
Graphic Designer
If you’d like to join the team and think you have what it takes, please inquire here.
the Gallery
The Gallery is a (COVID permitting) in person collective of curated creative works. Uniquely taking no commission percentages, and asking for no vendor fees, or pressuring creatives for ticket sales. An extended experience for Seattle creatives to get started in showing their work without financial pressures.
the Zine
The quarterly publication of CRÉATEUR’s Zine offers fresh inspiration for creative lifestyles and those who live it in each new season. Encouraging readers to create or improve the creative lifestyle they love. Revenue curated from the Zine travels directly to supporting your Seattle creative community through providing resources and new platforms for Seattle creatives to live their dreams.
the Blog
Each blog post provides recommended creative tools and links to buy them, creative downloads that reveal the mysteries behind how successful creative work is produced, and extended resources to motivate and encourage creatives along their journey such as inspiring reminders and motivational Spotify playlists.
Get Involved
Getting involved with CRÉATEUR means getting involved in something bigger than yourself. An opportunity to hold more meaning behind your words as you say ‘I support local art’. Here at CRÉATEUR the word’s ‘art’ and ‘artist‘ are taken out of the equation. You don’t have to consider yourself to be an artist in order to become a part of CRÉATEUR’s growing community. Being a part of CRÉATEUR means bringing out the creator in you. Whether you are creating your own works of art, creating space for other creative’s to explore their talents, or even helping create a larger support system...We need you. Not everyone can call themselves an artist, but everyone can create.
CRÉATEUR’s creator
CREATEUR is a Creative Lifestyle brand founded by Aria Bird in 2020. After moving to the Greater Seattle Area several years ago, Aria found herself immediately immersed in Seattle’s vast local art scene. Aria’s illustration talents took her through local art markets like Full Moon Market, Seattle collectives like Nomadia Creatives, art walks like Ballard Art Walk, galleries like Ghost Gallery, and artist showcases like RAW Artists and Conception Arts. By day, Aria has been working professionally in visual design and visual brand strategy for the past seven years.