Monday, March 29, 2010

2010 Creative Chicago Expo Workshops - April 10 - FREE

Saturday, April 10

10 AM - 4 PM

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington, Chicago IL

312.744.6630
Admission free.
There's a lot to do -- bring a friend!

Artists and art organizations in all disciplines -- music, dance, theater, media, fashion, literary -- are invited to Chicago's 7th annual gathering of resources, services and expertise specifically for people in the arts, the Creative Chicago Expo. The Expo brings the best of Chicago's cultural community together under one roof.

Discover over 120 vendors and services, 25 workshops and panel discussions on topics specifically for individuals, arts organizations and small art businesses. Back by popular demand -- Consult-a-thon.

Five free workshops every hour cover all aspects of a creative career. Miss a workshop? All workshops will be audio recorded on CAR. Complete workshop schedule below, click here for a complete list of workshop descriptions.

10:30
Authentic Arts Marketing
Adam Thurman, Mission Paradox

Fiscal Sponsorship
Rory Golden, New York Foundation for the Arts

Forming a Non-Profit
William Rattner, Lawyers for the Creative Arts

How to Write a Business Plan
Office of the City Treasurer and Duman Microenterprise Center

Tools for Tough Times
Shilpi Shah, Nonprofit Finance Fund

11:30
Cultivating Shamelessness
Philip Huang, SF-based Artist + Provocateur

Forming a Business
Daliah Saper, Saper Law

Licensing Basics
Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection

Public Art Crash Course
Lynn Basa and Joel Straus

Sell Yourself Without Bragging
Rob Sullivan, Careercraftsman.com, Career Elevator

12:30
Art in Vacant Storefronts
Amy Meadows, Windows Matter
Michael Perry, Art Pop Up Loop/Chicago Loop Alliance
Alpha Bruton, Phantom Galleries
Eleanor Mayer, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce

Contemporary Approaches to Promoting Art
The Chicago Urban Art Society

Funding from the Crowd
Charles Adler, Kickstarter.com

Time Management for Artists
Bruce Winston, Communication Society LLC and International Academy of Design & Technology

Your Financial Survival Kit
Emily Watta and Diane Debicella, Fractured Atlas

1:30
Affordable Home Buying Opportunities
Irma Morales, Chicago Department of Community Development

Foreclosure Prevention
Richard F. Kohn, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

Grant Application Tips from the Inside
Paul Botts, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Imagination Training
Bite-Size Arts Ensemble, The Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship

Social Media, The News and You
Diana Pando, Community Media Workshop

2:30
The New Normal: Delight Your Donors
Robert Alpaugh, Campbell and Company

DIY Web Basics
Jenny Kendler, Other People's Pixels
Sara Schnadt, Chicago Artists Resource

Protect Your Future: Health Care and Emergency Preparedness
Laura Arnesen Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Renata Marinaro, The Actors Fund
Dr. David Hinkamp, UIC Health and the Arts Program

Self-Promotion for Performers
Peter McDowell, Peter McDowell Consulting

Your Credit Score: Rebuilding Your Financial Health
Marve Stockert, Mortgage Education Foundation

Want a fresh set of eyes on your grant proposal, or suggestions on your marketing strategy?

Make an appointment online for a one-on-one consulting session with an expert for only $15.

Find an expert on something you need -- career coaching, legal or accounting issues, portfolio or grant review, artist statements + resumes, casting agents, even organizational development and business issues for non-profits. PIck from over 40 consultants who will be at the Expo, and schedule your appointment online. Each mini-consulting session runs 45 minutes. Act soon -- spaces are limited!

CONSULT-A-THON Guidelines and Appointments on CAR

Meet with local and national service and space providers, connect with top Chicago art and community organizations, pick up your copy of the 2010 Creative Chicago Directory.

ACCION Chicago | www.accionchicago.org
Adler & Franczyk | www.ecommerceattorney.com
After School Matters | www.afterschoolmatters.org
Aloft Circus Arts | www.aloftcircusarts.com
Archeworks | www.archeworks.org
AREA Chicago | www.areachicago.org
Arte y Vida Chicago | www.arteyvidachicago.com
ArtForms22/Murphy Hill Gallery |www.murphyhillgallery.com
Artisans 21 Gallery |
www.artisans21gallery.com
Arts Alliance Illinois | www.artsalliance.org
Arts & Business Council | www.artsbiz-chicago.org
Author! Author! | www.author-author.org

Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation | www.bickerdike.org
Brinshore Development | www.brinshore.com
Big Buzz Idea Group | www.bigbuzzideagroup.com

Camins Tomasz Kritt | www.kritt.com
Chicago Access Network Corporation (CAN TV) |www.cantv.org
Chicago Art Magazine | www.chicagoartmagazine.com
Chicago Art Criticism | www.chicagoartcriticism.com
Chicago Art Collector | www.chicagoartcollector.com
Chicago Artists Coalition | www.caconline.org
Chicago Arts District/Podmajersky | www.podmajersky.com, www.chicagoartdistrict.org
Chicago Business Solutions LLC |
www.chicagobizsolutions.com
Chicago Cabaret Professionals | www.chicagocabaret.org
Chicago City Treasurer | www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
Chicago Community Loan Fund | www.cclfchicago.org
Chicago Creative Coalition | www.chicagocreative.org
Chicago Cultural Alliance | chicagoculturalalliance.org
Chicago Dancemakers Forum |
www.chicagodancemakers.org
Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection | www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Department of Community Development | www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Film Office | www.chicagofilmoffice.us
Chicago Filmmakers |
www.chicagofilmmakers.org
Chicago Multicultural Dance Center |
www.cmdschool.com
Chicago Park District | www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Chicago Public Library Visual & Performing Arts | www.chicagopubliclibrary.org
Chicago Reader | www.chicagoreader.com
Chicago Rents Right |
www.cityofchicago.org/communitydevelopment
Chicago Urban Art Society | www.chicagourbanartsociety.org
Chicago Women in Publishing | www.cwip.org
Chiro One Wellness Centers | www.chiroone.net
Community Male Empowerment Project | www.cmeprojects.org
Community Media Workshop | www.communitymediaworkshop.org
Consolidated Printing | www.consolidatedprinting.net
Craft Emergency Relief Fund | www.craftemergency.org

direction tour marketing / direction Printworks | www.directiontourmarketing.com

e-poets network | www.e-poets.net
Executive Service Corps of Chicago | www.esc-chicago.org

Fractured Atlas | www.fracturedatlas.org

Glenwood Arts District | www.glenwoodave.org
Gorilla Tango Theatre | www.gorillatango.com
Gothic Art Chicago | www.gothicartchicago.org
GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together) |
http://www.gyst-ink.com/
Hairpin Lofts and Logan Square Community Arts Center | www.brinshore.com
Harmony, Hope & Healing |
www.harmonyhopeandhealing.org

I AM Logan Square |
I-GO Car Sharing |
www.igocars.org
Illinois Institute of Art | www.artinstitutes.edu
Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services | www.hfs.illinois.gov
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago (ICNC) | www.industrialcouncil.com

Jefferson/Gladstone Park Chambers & Six Corners Assoc. | www.jeffsersonpark.net
John Sisson Photography | www.sissonphotography.com
Johnsonese Brokerage LLC | www.johnsonese.com

Kartemquin Films | www.kartemquin.com
Keystone Realtors |

Lawyers for the Creative Arts |
www.law-arts.org
League of Chicago Theatres | www.ChicagoPlays.com
Lillstreet Art Center | www.lillstreet.com
Living Room Gallery | www.mimisorganicexchange.org
Local Origination -- Cable 25 |
www.cable25.org

Marshall Creative LLC | www.marshall-creative.com
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. | www.bookprinters.com
Midwest Writers Association | www.midwestwriters.com
Mission Paradox | http://missionparadox.typepad.com/

Newcity | www.newcity.com
Niche Realty ArtHouse Chicago |
www.arthousechicago.com
Nubian Cultural Center NFP, Inc. | www.nubianculturalcentersite.org
Nuns4Fun Entertainment | www.nuns4fun.com

Oakwood Shores | www.thegraniterealty.com
OtherPeoplesPixels |
www.otherpeoplespixels.com

Paczolt Insurance & Financial Group | www.Paczolt.com
Parents of Color Magazine |
Peter McDowell Art Consulting |
www.petermcdowell.com
Pop-Up Art Loop/Chicago Loop Alliance | www.PopUpArtLoop.com
Podmajersky / Chicago Arts District | www.podmajersky.com
Preservation Chicago | www.preservationchicago.org

Ragdale Foundation | www.ragdale.org
Riverfront Work Lofts |
www.riverfrontworklofts.com

Sitar Group | www.sitarcapital.com
Sound Culture Center for Global Arts |
www.soundculturechicago.com
Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce | www.87thchamberofcommerce.com
Spudnik Press | www.spudnikpress.com
Superior Rehearsals |
www.superiorst.com

Taproot Foundation | chicago@taprootfoundation.org
The Actors Fund |
www.actorsfund.org
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Continuing Studies | www.saic.edu/cs
The Chicago Mosaic School |
www.chicagomosaicschool.com
The DeForest Group |
www.deforestgroup.com
The Great Books Foundation | www.greatbooks.org
The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship | www.TheIAE.com
The Recording Academy | www.grammy.com
The Resurrection Project | www.resurrectionproject.org
Third Coast International Audio Festival | www.thirdcoastfestival.org
TourSmart |
www.tstouring.com

University of Chicago - Graham School of Writing and Editing Programs |www.grahamschool.uchicago.edu/writersstudio
Urban Gateways |
www.urbangateways.org

Venifica Grandeur |
visuals4u |
www.visuals4u.com

Wegner Properties |
Wooded Isle Computer Consultants |
www.woodedisleconsult.com
Women In Film Chicago |
www.wifchicago.org
Women-Eye Inc. | www.womeneye.org

Yes for Arts | www.yes.com

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