Celebrated Singer-Songwriter & New Orleans Native Teedra Moses Added as Keynote to 2nd Annual Crescent City Creative Carnival

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New Orleans, LA (1888PressRelease) November 01, 2019 - On Saturday, November 9, 2019, Louisiana based non-profit organization Crescent City Creative, will kick off the 2nd Annual Crescent City Creative Carnival (C4) at the New Orleans Jazz Market, located at 1436 Oretha Castle Haley, New Orleans, LA from 10am - 9pm.

Featuring Chris Trew, Writer & Touring Comedian; Gabriel Flores, Visual Artist/ Owner: The Inkwell Press; Cymande Ford, CEO/Artistic Designer of UglyBettyBoyCrush & PlusisaPlus; 1985Poet, Visual Artist/Poet/Activist; Arayna Eison, Storyteller/Photographer/Entrepreneur; Ashlee Arceneaux, Artist/Owner: Smallchalk, LLC; The Artist Jade, Visual Artist/ Entrepreneur/ Creator of: JADE 1991; Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn, Mental Health and Wellness Expert; Frantz Cayo, Executive Producer: BET Experience; Tyra Barabino, Actress/Entrepreneur; Kenneth Spears, Talent Booker; Kali Serna, Artist Manager; Xani Morton Williams, Personal Branding Strategist/Creative Director; Cleveland Spears, Spears Consulting Group, Marketing Mogul; Kandy Robertson, Author/Entrepreneur/Social Media Expert; Chris Olsen, Entrepreneur/Partner IdeaKraft, DJ SlumFlower - DJ, Queen, Chemist, Creator, and a keynote one-on-one Creative Exchange with celebrated singer-songwriter and New Orleans native Teedra Moses.

For the second consecutive year the Creative Carnival will kick off with a youth service project sponsored by BeNola Inc., that will offer local youth 12-18 years old, the opportunity to gain insight on various career paths from executive-level creative professionals. New this year, is the C4 Career Clinic: Resume, Reel, & Portfolio Workshop, that will have HR and hiring managers on-site to help evaluate how attendees present themselves and their work, with the goal of providing hands-on insight and best practices that will land the next gig and truly show people what they are capable of –– includes one-on-one review. The 2019 Creative Carnival will close out with a Music Lounge featuring DJ Legatron Prime, MadeGroceries, and others! Hosted by Jay Skillz aka Spin Griffey.

C4 serves as a hub for creative professionals and entrepreneurs, from all areas of the arts, to connect and learn ways to turn their grind into growth.

“Growing up in New Orleans, I’ve seen the talent this city both produces and attracts,” said event creator and creative director, Willard Hill. “Our goal is to help our creative peers discover potential resources, turn their brainstorms into businesses, and make NOLA the creative industry center it should be.”

Official 2019 sponsors for Crescent City Creative Carnival include Louisiana State Entertainment and Spears Consulting Group. Official Partners include The Inkwell Press, Solid Ground Innovations, Black Education For New Orleans (BE NOLA), Global Management & Marketing, LLC, and Big Easy Bucha. Media Partners include Zoë Pictures, and AFROPUNK.
The Creative Carnival is presented by Louisiana based non-profit, Crescent City Creative, and Produced by Quan Lateef-Hill and Willard Hill. With additional support from Mea Boykins and Global Management & Marketing, LLC, NOLA Event Planners, Power Haus Design, and WhitPR.

To learn more or to get involved with Crescent City Creative, visit http://crescentcitycreative.com/. Tickets can still be purchased.

Follow Crescent City Creative on Instagram ( @ ) crescentcitycreative and on Twitter at ( @ ) C4carnival dot

ABOUT CRESCENT CITY CREATIVE
CRESCENT CITY CREATIVE is a Louisiana State Non-Profit organization founded with the goal of helping local New Orleans talent create opportunities to pursue their creative industry dreams.

Since its founding, Crescent City Creative has programmed events to bring the creative community together, including the Crescent City Creative Carnival.

Crescent City Creative is supported by the National Performance Network, including the Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN).

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