SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | By Margaret Freeman (A&E Editor)
The cSpace on the southeast edge of campus is a hidden gem designed for students to have a creative space to explore, experiment and be free.
Located on the corner of North Weber and East Cache La Poudre, the cSpace opened last fall, intending to provide a creative space for students to engage with outside of class. The space was built with the help of a cohort of 10 students working to design a space that would allow people to engage in the creative process to the maximum extent.
Program Coordinator for Creativity and Innovation Evelina Fisher described the space as “a resource that is meant to be what you need it to be,” and something that can provide a “creative release” for students experiencing the inevitable stress of the Block Plan.
The guiding framework for the cSpace is the definition of creativity, taken from Glǎveanu and Beghetto, stating it as “a principled engagement with the unfamiliar or an engagement with the familiar in an unfamiliar way.” While most of the space is dedicated to arts and crafts supplies, Fisher emphasizes that the space is meant for anyone to engage with things in a new way, beyond just art.
“People conflate the two, and certainly art is one aspect of creativity, but it goes much more beyond that,” Fisher said. “We also have things in our space, material-wise, like building blocks and Play-Doh and Lego and puzzles and a sand tray and literature on creativity.”
Fisher believes that the space is an excellent wellness resource for students who feel pressure to perform perfectly, with the ability to help people who are “overconcerned with performance and perfection and the pressure to be extraordinary.”
Throughout the block, there are many ways that students can engage with the cSpace. To begin, students must schedule a tour with a student employee or drop by between 4 and 5 p.m. every Monday. On the tour, students will learn about the space and have the option to sign a waiver to get Gold Card access to the space. From there, students can enter the building between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. seven days a week.
The cSpace also has current programs for students. Every second Monday of the block, there are drop-in sessions from 3 to 4 p.m. geared toward exploring different aspects of creativity per the definition they honor. For Block 1, students were told to paint a large sheet of paper together without the use of paintbrushes. Students got creative using tops dipped in paint, the spirals from notebooks and yarn to cover the paper in colorful designs.
For more structured practices, students can sign up for Creative Courage Communities (CCC) every second Friday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. These CCCs consist of using familiar items to solve unfamiliar problems through what cSpace leaders call “creativity sprints.”
Ultimately, Fisher believes the cSpace is “a space to play, to explore, to experiment, and fail,” giving CC students the opportunity to “step away from campus and the pressures to perform.”