The Creative Spark — A Year of Continuity

The Creative Spark is a studio company that exists to support artists, caregivers, and community builders in creating meaningful work without burning out their bodies or their lives.

♥️At the heart of The Creative Spark is ♥️Mitzi Magdaleno, the embodied artist, founder, and steward of this work.

This fundraiser primarily supports Mitzi’s ability to live, create, and lead without burning out her body, family life, or creative spirit. Rather than separating “the artist” from “the company,” The Creative Spark is intentionally designed to honor the truth that visionary work requires human continuity.

Support for ♥️Mitzi includes:

An aligned, consistent stipend for artistic and organizational stewardship
Time and space to create, research, and build without crisis pressure
The ability to care for and be present to her family and precious kiddos and personal well-being while holding this work
Protection of the creative and relational labor that often goes unseen or uncompensated
Funds for collaborative work with aligned co-creators
Care-centered systems that honor rest, family life, and consent by example
Tools and infrastructure (including gentle tech) that reduce overwhelm instead of increasing it
A living alternative to hustle-based creative economies

The Garden 🌱 Between Us 2026

A Community Fund for The Creative Spark & The Mitziverse

The Garden Between Us, as this campaign is now officially called, is a community-powered campaign supporting the ongoing stewardship and creative work of artist and ecosystem builder Mitzi Magdaleno.

This campaign allows Mitzi to be fully present to her work, cultivating The Creative Spark ecosystem — a growing network connecting artists, communities, technology, and creative spaces AND being an embodied multi-dimensional artist and performer.

Together, we are planting the seeds of a world where creativity, care, and collaboration are infrastructure.

$+$ NOW FOR THE MATH PART: Campaign funds allocation

ONCE 5K is reached within 30 days (first day is when the first contribution is received):

$150,000 - $5000 (initially received) = $145,000 is BROKEN DOWN into percentages:

65% → Stewardship (Mitzi's time, leadership, development)
25% → Collaboration Pool, which will be placed into The Creative Spark business account and used in the production of The River Between Us, incorporating artists, videographers, musicians, designers, and project collaborators specifically in connection with The Creative Spark ecosystem.
10% → tools, admin, and infrastructure, which will be placed into The Creative Spark business account.

$150,000 – $5,000 = $145,000

Category	Percentage	Amount
Stewardship (Mitzi)	65%	$94,250
Collaboration Fund	25%	$36,250
Tools + Infrastructure	10%	$14,500

Current aligned collaborators:

• Heal Your Way Forward (Mitzi is an embodied artist in the collective) — community-centered work focused on healing, connection, and creative expression, centering voices of Black and indigenous people, and people of the global majority. (If you would like to support fellow creator, myisha, directly: https://givebutter.com/ajourneytolove or to join our collective: https://healyourwayforward.org/)

• The Loop (Mitzi is the Director of The Loop) — supporting musician artists working at the intersection of immersive media and culture (Please join our growing community: https://www.instagram.com/theloop4vr/

• Laguna Lab (Mitzi is on the founding team) — exploring immersive creative technology, event production, and collaborative storytelling (If you would like to support the space directly: https://lp.foundation/sparks/laguna-lab)

• The Creative Spark (Mitzi is the founder and initial steward): thecreativespark.com (Website updates to come 😜)

These collaborations help build a broader ecosystem where artists and communities can create meaningful experiences together.

🌱 Why “The Garden Between Us”

The Creative Spark is built on a simple idea:

Creativity grows like a garden.

It requires:

• time
• care
• collaboration
• community stewardship

Supporters of this campaign become Garden Stewards — people helping cultivate a global ecosystem where creativity can flourish by supporting the founding steward and artist.

I am asking all Garden Stewards to connect to my campaign on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook by sharing a sketch/drawing created by themselves representing "What did/do you dream of being?" Use hashtags: thegardenbetweenus #theriverbetweenus #wecreatesparks and tag @wecreatesparks @tis3dreams This will eventually be used as inspiration for the creation of The Garden Between Us coloring book, sharing the stories of the Garden Stewards around the world. Or you can upload your response on: https://forms.gle/uU9FPrh2mGibQT6x7

The Specific Project This Garden Supports

The River Between Us - A Live Immersive Show and Film

In addition to supporting Mitzi directly, the funds from this campaign will support the creation of The River Between Us, a film and immersive storytelling project.

This work explores:

• connection between people across distance
• the flow of creativity between communities
• what it means to be both alone and globally connected in the modern world

The project will weave together performance, storytelling, and community participation through the growing Mitziverse ecosystem.

The Growing Ecosystem

As this work develops, the Creative Spark community will begin launching initiatives such as:

🌱 The Garden Steward Coloring Book
🌍 The Global Garden Map connecting creative stewards around the world
🎭 immersive performances like The River Between Us
🌿 small local gardens celebrating native plants and creative gathering spaces

Each contribution helps grow a network of care, creativity, and connection.

What Your Support Makes Possible

In summary, your contribution helps support:

• stewardship and leadership for The Creative Spark ecosystem - Mitzi
• development of creative projects and storytelling
• community gatherings and collaborations
• the creation of The River Between Us film and live project
• partnerships with organizations building culture and connection

This support allows Mitzi to remain present to the work of cultivating this ecosystem and nurturing the collaborations that make it possible.

Become a Garden Steward

If this vision resonates with you, I invite you to join the garden.

Every contribution helps plant another seed.

Together we can grow a world where creativity, care, and collaboration flourish.

This is not about elevating an individual above a community.
It is about honoring leadership as a human role, not a sacrificial one.

When the steward is supported, the work becomes more stable, generous, and sustainable for everyone involved.

For years, this work has lived in research, relationships, and lived practice—through gatherings, creative projects, mutual care, and shared space. What we are building is not fast or extractive. It is a care-based infrastructure that allows creativity, community, and dignity to coexist.

This fundraiser supports one full year of continuity.

Again, whether you are contributing to the Givebutter campaign directly, or you want to support Mitzi in spreading her campaign and being a part of the movement, please fill out: https://forms.gle/uU9FPrh2mGibQT6x7

Why this matters now

Many of us feel that something is not working in the way we are asked to live, create, and produce. The Creative Spark is a small but real answer to that feeling—a place where creativity, care, and community are allowed to breathe.

Your contribution is not just financial support.
It is a vote for continuity, dignity, and shared care.

Thank you for being part of this field. 💗 Mitzi Magdaleno, Founder of The Creative Spark

The Creative Spark - Mitziverse