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

Gifts of Art - accepting proposals for September 2010 through August 2011 exhibit year

One of the first and most comprehensive arts-in-healthcare programs nationwide, Gifts of Art brings the world of art & music to the University of Michigan Health System.

Our nine galleries display 50 exhibits a year. They include 2-D and 3-D spaces that are viewed by approximately 10,000 people a day, or about 3.4 million people a year. This makes our galleries some of the most widely visited indoor, non-museum exhibit spaces in the state.

Entry Requirements
Selections will be made from either digital images on CDs or slides. Emailed JPEG images or in person submissions will not be considered. For both digital submissions and slides, artists must provide a minimum of 12 professional quality images. Group shows should provide a minimum of 24 images. Submitted images must reflect the proposed exhibit. Digital submission guidelines are available on the Gifts of Art website.

All submissions must include a completed Exhibit Proposal Form, a numbered reference sheet and a resume and/or biography.

Submissions must be received by May 14, 2010.
All forms are available on the web at:
www.med.umich.edu/goa

Selection Criteria
In selecting artwork, Gifts of Art's primary mission is to create a more comfortable and calming atmosphere within the often stressful environment of a hospital and to provide a positive distraction for our patients, visitors and staff. We take into consideration the medical and emotional sensitivities of our viewers. Overt sexual content, violence and nudity will not be considered. We will also avoid pieces that are confrontational, obviously depressing or contain negative medical connotations.

Submissions must be received by May 14, 2010.
Final notifications will be mailed by July 30, 2010.

To receive forms in hard copy, please contact Gifts of Art
or download and print them from our website.

A pdf document of the CFE Proposal Form is attached to this email.

Please feel free to post the attached flyer for your artists.

Questions?
Call Gifts of Art at 734-936-8829, 734-936-ARTS (2787)
or email GOA @ med.umich.edu
www.med.umich.edu/goa

Images Gallery - Calling All Photographers!

Images Gallery is now accepting applications to their 4th Annual RavensHood: Art from the Corridor Juried Show. Applicants must live or work in the Ravenswood Corridor. Applications are available on line at www.images8.com.

WCA national juried exhibition, Blue Planet

The call is open for WCA national juried exhibition, Blue Planet. Eco-artists and artists who are concerned about the environment are encouraged to submit work for jurying. Noted eco-artist Kim Abeles will jury the show, which will be held at the Somarts Cultural Center Gallery in San Francisco as an important part of the WCA Pacific Region Conference, “ELEMENTS: An Eco-Art Conference.” This will be an exciting show exploring the social, political and economic issues related to water. The exhibition is open to all artists residing in California and national WCA members. Please go tohttp://ecoartactivism.wordpress.com/blue-planet-art-exhibition/ for details about the show and to download a prospectus. THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 24 SO ACT QUICKLY!

2010 INTERNATIONAL JURIED FINE ART PAINTING COMPETITION

Entry Deadline: March 8, 2010

Cash & Awards Valued Over $10,000

COMPLETE GUIDELINES & ENTRY FORM at: www.artistshavengallery.com

Includes Artists Haven Gallery Representation Contract, Solo Exhibition, Internet Exposure, Website Hosting, Book Publishing, Magazine Publicity, and additional Sponsorship Prizes.

$25 per first entry / $10 each additional. No Entry Limit. Submissions on CD or DVD.

The 2010 International Fine Art Painting Competition will be juried by Dr. Karen Roberts, Senior Professor of Visual Arts, Broward College.

ARTISTS HAVEN GALLERY 2757 E Oakland Park Blvd Ft Lauderdale FL 33306 T.954-817-4893

Artists’ Haven Gallery is a respected resource for collectors, interior designers, art consultants, corporations, galleries, and museums. The Gallery offers modern and contemporary works by established, mid career, and emerging artists. We provide a wide variety of Original Paintings, Edition Prints, Photography, and Sculpture.

CHICAGO ARTISTS' COALITION ANNOUNCES A NEW 6 MONTH ARTIST RESIDENCY AT MERCHANDISE MART

Chicago Artists Coalition is seeking emerging, professional or student artists who specialize in works on paper for a FREE 6 month residency at the Merchandise Mart. Pastel, charcoal, pencil, ink, screen print, etc are all welcome to apply (no photography).

Beginning in March, 2010, CAC will manage a new studio space in the Merchandise Mart, a location that welcomes more than three million visitors each year. With 150 showrooms and over 4,000 professional designers, Merchandise Mart offers an unparalleled opportunity for artists to be discovered and commissioned. (www.merchandisemartdesigncenter.com)
Artist Residency will offer:

• A FREE 6 month residency for 6 artists specializing in works on paper (A $200 Non-refundable deposit is required of resident artists)
• Shared studio and exhibition space measuring in 1,863 square feet with each artist having a selected space to work, exhibit and sell (Space includes all utilities)
• 24 hour access and key to facilities
• Potential for commissions from and sales to designers and high end interiors showrooms
• Visitation by scholars to review and discuss artist portfolio and work
• A chance to market yourself closely with Art Chicago and NeoCon
• Organized visits by corporate designers and showroom sale consultants
  

This is an amazing opportunity for focused, independent artists wanting to extend their professional practice through a cultural exchange in an alternative space and venue.
NOTE: Artists will have to supply their own working materials and furniture. The space comes empty.
To apply send following materials to pepper@caconline.org by March 12th at 5pm:

• Digital Portfolio of work attached to email (10 piece limit)
• 300 words or less describing what you hope to achieve through this residency
• Resume
• Two references from people familiar with your work
• $25 application fee (payable by check or credit card)

All applicants MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE CAC
JOIN NOW!

CHICAGO ARTISTS' COALITION ANNOUNCES A NEW STUDENT CURATORIAL AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY AT MERCHANDISE MART

Around Town, a program of the Chicago Artists' Coalition, in partnership with Merchandise Mart and Art Chicago, announces the Merchandise Mart/CAC Pop Up Gallery, a new six-month exhibition opportunity for emerging curators and student artists.
CAC Around Town creates alternative exhibition opportunities for CAC Artist Members including pop up galleries, restaurants, office lobbies, cafes and more. By joining CAC, artists are eligible to participate in Around Town where they can attract new and diverse audiences.
Beginning in March, 2010, CAC will manage a new gallery space in the Merchandise Mart, a location that welcomes more than three million visitors each year to its retail shops, LuxeHome® boutiques, and 11 floors of permanent showrooms for gift, residential, casual and contract furnishings. With 150 showrooms and over 4,000 professional designers, Merchandise Mart offers an unparalleled opportunity for artists to be discovered and commissioned. (www.merchandisemartdesigncenter.com)

EXHIBITION INFORMATION:

- Three curators will be selected to develop shows that will be up for approximately 6 weeks

- The gallery measures 1900 square feet, with 4,200 square feet of possible exhibition space

- Shows will be promoted city wide to over 60,000 Chicago residents

- CAC will host a reception for each show

APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
Email to pepper@caconline.org by 5:00pm, March 12.
Application must include:
- Curatorial Statement (200 words or less describing your vision for the show)
- Resume
- Two References
Curators must be CAC members to apply (click here to join).
There is no application fee.
Curators may only exhibit student artist work.
Selected exhibiting artists must also be CAC members.
The cost of a student one-year membership is $45 (for more information on Chicago Artists' Coalition membership benefits, visit www.caconline.org/services). Following the application, runners-up will be interviewed in the gallery space.