Artist Stories

Group 41: Mid-Career Actor Going Back to School

Career Transition for Dancers: Health & Social Services for the Professional Artist

My Art, My Family

Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW: How I Got From There To Here

How do you make decisions about exhibiting work? About representation?

In what ways have you become more legal-savvy in your artistic career?

How does a dance artist in Chicago go about applying for a job as an arts integration educator?

Creating Chicago's First Urban Recording Label

African-Based Contemporary Dance: Translating Tradition

What are the challenges of working as a photographic artist in a world of fast-changing technologies and what strategies have you developed in your practice and teaching career to meet those challenges?

How I learned to quit whining about the economy and embrace BBQing

A Professional Musican in Chicago

What makes a successful music career?

How do you engage your audience in your project's process?

Why should artists work with an art consultant? A business consultant?

How can artist organizations like Sculpture International support an artist's practice?

What does it mean to be a Black Artist? The Ironies of Diversity, or the Disappearing Black Artist

What advice do you have for emerging artists?

How did political oppression impact your art practice?

Learning about Chicago's art scene

Why did you start a network of arts websites for Chicago, and how are you going about it?

What is your most successful strategy for getting your work out there?

TEN COMMON MISTAKES ARTS GROUPS MAKE WHEN SEEKING GRANTS (from somebody who spent years seeking grants before joining a foundation and gradually learning how much he’d been doing wrong)

What advice do you have for starting a non-profit?

Perpetual Play: How pursuing more than one avenue became my "thing."