CREATIVITY UNLIMITED
FALL of FREEDOM is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. Our Democracy is under attack. Threats to free expression are rising. Dissent is being criminalized. Institutions and media have been recast as mouthpieces of propaganda. —Fall of Freedom
On 1 May 2026 Friday, in response to Fall of Freedom’s call, the MUSEUM OF AUTHENTICITY will host CREATIVITY UNLIMITED, an event designed to acknowledge the value of creative self-expression and to celebrate the role the arts play in social chang
1-2:00 pm: museum tour: MUSEUM OF AUTHENTICITY founding director Thordis Niela Simonsen will introduce you to MoA’s new wing that opened in October, 2025.
2-3:00 pm: presentation: licensed clinical psychologist and diplomate Jungian analyst MARK PALMER will discuss his understanding of the psychology of creativity. His goal is to evoke “a respectful awe for one of the great mysteries of human life—the creative experience.”
3:30-4:30 pm: gallery talk: THORDIS NIELA SIMONSEN, artist and MoA docent, began painting in a Jungian art therapy group. Referring to works by her in MoA’s current exhibit, INSIGHT, Thordis will discuss her painting process and experience.
5:30-6:30 pm: music: AUBREA ALFORD, Salida’s extraordinary genre-bending, classically trained violinist and recording artist, playing accoustic violin, will improvise in response to paintings in MoA’s current exhibit, INSIGHT.
FREE & open to the public.
More information: 303.585.1783 or thordis@museumofauthenticity.org