Creative Chicago Expo 2009 Consult-a-thon

Consult-a-thon is a new feature of the 2009 Creative Chicago Expo.     

Meet one-on-one with experts in marketing, strategic planning, legal and accounting issues, and career coaching in all art disciplines.   Sign up in advance online for a 20 minute appointment for only $10. (Limited to 3 appointments per person.)

Consult-a-thon will let you get feedback on a grant proposal from a funder, improve your website with advice from a marketing strategist, get tips from a casting director on successful auditioning, have your portfolio reviewed by curators and galleriests.   Or talk board development and strategic planning with experts in the field.

Participating consultants are listed below.  Learn more about them, and sign up for an appointment, by clicking these links:

April 4   Morning Consultant Bios and Appointments

April 4   Afternoon Consultant Bios and Appointments 

 

Creative Chicago Expo Consultants:

Heather Anderson, Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Multi

Susan Aurinko, FLATFILE galleries
Visual Arts

Britton Bertran, Chicago Artists Resource
Visual Arts

Alpha Bruton, Chicago Artists Resource
Visual Arts

Susan Budak, Illinois CPA Society
Multi

Danielle Chapman, Department of Cultural Affairs
Literary

David Chavez, Uncommon Ground
Music

David Crow, SCORE Chicago
Multi

Erica Daniels, Steppenwolf Theatre Co.
Theatre

Toni Diprizio, Illinois CPA Society
Multi

Sarah Dodson, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine
Literary

Rosa Escareno, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Multi

Ginger Farley, Chicago Dancemakers Forum
Dance

Amy Gunderson, Department of Cultural Affairs Grant Staff
Multi

Marj Halperin, Marj Halperin Consulting
Theatre

Dawn Helsing
Theatre

Allison Holton, Department of Cultural Affairs
Multi

Bob Houston, Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Multi

Marshall Jacobson, Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Multi

Stacie Johnson, Chicago Artists Resource Visual Arts Researcher
Visual Art

Lee Kelley, Department of Cultural Affairs
Visual Arts

Greg Knight, Department of Cultural Affairs
Visual Arts

Nathan Mason, Department of Cultural Affairs
Visual Arts

Bob Matthei, Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Multi

Peter McDowell
Music and Arts Administration

Debra Natanshon, The Center for What Works
Multi

Virginia Newman, SCORE Chicago
Multi

Jennifer Novak, Wolf Brown
Multi

Don Nylin, Executive Service Corps of Chicago
Multi

Norman Patinkin, SCORE Chicago
Multi

Una Pipic, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Multi

Cree Rankin, Court Theatre
Theater

Bill Rattner, Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Multi

Timothy David Rey, Performer
Theater

Dylan Rice, MPEA/ Dylan Rice Band
Music

Cliff Shapiro, Illinois CPA Society
Multi

Janet Carl Smith, Department of Cultural Affairs
Multi

Brian Stinton, SCORE Chicago
Multi

Adam Thurman, Mission Paradox/Court Theater
Theatre

Alison Zehr, Independent Consultant
Multi