Toledo Creatives Facebook Group Invites Local Creatives to Collaborate

One word you can always use to describe Toledo is “Creative.” Creativity has breathed life into Toledo from its early days of earning the title as the Glass City, and continues to thrive with local theater, music, art and more.  It can be difficult to find your niche in the Toledo creative scene, or to network with other creatives and find new opportunities. However, one Facebook group is working to connect all individuals into one big group: Toledo Creatives.  Sparking an idea Ellen Dziubek Ellen Dziubek, a local creative, started the Facebook group back in 2019 after bonding with her photographer friend Jake Weber about the lonely lifestyle of freelancing.  “Despite the excitement and variety of ‘gig life,’ you don’t get the structure and familiarity of having coworkers,” Dziubek said.  Toledo Creatives was originally supposed to turn into a creative coworking space where they hoped to replicate that structure, but they didn’t want to act on the idea until they had talked to more members of the creative community.  RELATED: Finch & Fern Book Co.: A Bookstore for the Community The group had two initial meetings, where Dziubek and Weber invited every artist and creative they knew to gauge interest. 
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