Creative Chicago Expo 2008 Podcasts
The 2008 Creative Chicago Expo took place on April 12. Over 3,500 visitors visited the Expo, participating in workshops lead by Adam Thurman, Martin Atkins, Lynn Basa and many other notable speakers. Listen to them below.
Show Me the Money! A Grantmaker’s Forum (1, 2)
Paul Botts, The Donnelly Foundation ; Michelle Bibbs, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs ; Encarnacion Teruel, Illinois Arts Council
Representatives from foundations and government agencies discuss grants available to individuals and organizations and provide guidance for successful applicants.
Your Credit Score: Re-Building Your Financial Health
Chicago Department of Housing
For those who have experienced problems with their credit and want to rebuild it with an eye toward getting a mortgage, this workshop covers the essentials that you need to know.
From Studio to Public Practice—Making the Leap to Public Art (1, 2)
Lynn Basa
If you’re a studio artist who wants to apply for public art commissions, or if you’ve applied and wonder why you keep getting rejected, this interactive workshop will cover the basics of finding and winning public competitions.
Building a Board of Directors: Leadership Fundamentals for Nonprofits
Executive Service Corps (ESC)
Learn about why your organization needs an effective Board of Directors, and how to build or strengthen the board you already have. Who should attend: staff and board members of creative/cultural non-profits.
Affordable Housing Opportunities in Chicago
Chicago Department of Housing
Looking for your first home? The Chicago Department of Housing will explain City-sponsored affordable housing and artist live/work options that are available for homebuyers and the steps to make use of them.
Vision into Action: Strategic Planning Basics
Executive Service Corps (ESC)
Learn how to define your future and develop an effective plan of action to achieve your goals. Who should attend: individual staff and board members of creative/cultural non-profits.
Get into the Dance Loop (1, 2)
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Four new Chicago initiatives offer dance companies and independent choreographers support for the creation of work—Link Up, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, the Chicago Park District, and DanceBridge. Reps from these groups, and a dancer/choreographer, discuss rehearsal space, stipends, performance opportunities and creating work “in the loop.”
Financing Your Creative Business
Nicole Orendain, Columbia College Chicago E-Center
From “angels” to e-loans—learn your options for financing a for-profit business in all creative fields—fashion, visual art, theater, music, design, and writing.
10 Steps to Get Your Sh*t Together (1, 2)
Karen Atkinson, GYST Ink
This award-winning California-based organization will cover the basic steps you need to “Get Your Sh*t Together” including planning, time management, venue, options for artists, business savvy issues and more. A fun, informative and transformative hour and a half with free handouts.
How to Get Your Film Made…and Shown (1, 2)
Liz Donius, Independent Features Project (IFP)
Get an overview of the process, the steps and the resources needed for making and marketing successful independent feature films.
Acquiring Live/Work or Commercial Space
Melissa Stanley, Niche Realty
Whether buying or renting, this workshop will go over all the steps in the process.
Marketing: Turning 100 Fans into 10,000 Fans (1, 2)
Adam Thurman, Court Theatre
The most effective marketing tool you have isn’t newspaper ads or even your website…it’s your current audience! Learn how to take the audience base you have, no matter how small it is, and use them to create a much larger one.
Financial Reports and Systems for Non-Profits
Rich Carlson, League of Chicago Theaters
Don’t know a budget from an audit from a profit and loss statement? Find out what they are and what you need them for.
Foreclosures: The Process and How to Prevent Them
Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Understand the steps in the foreclosure process, the legal options homeowners have if facing foreclosure or behind on mortgage payments, and where to receive help.
Artist Opportunities at Your Neighborhood Public School
David Roche, CPS Office of Arts Education
Practical advice on getting in the door and bringing your visual or performance artistry to the public schools via a teaching credentialed position or by becoming a teaching artist. What’s on your arts and service agenda?
Your Elevator Story: Who You Are and Why Your Art Matters
Diana Pando, Community Media Workshop
How to describe your work in ways that engage your audience—a ticket buyer, a prospective donor or purchaser of your art? This is an interactive session on how to create an “elevator pitch” for your art.
Planning and Financing Your Nonprofit Facility Project (1, 2)
Amy Steward Smith, Illinois Facility Fund (IFF)
This double session is ideal for executive directors of finance managers of established nonprofits beginning a real estate development project within the next year. Pt. 1 – the key stages in planning a development project, with take-away technical assistance worksheets. Pt. 2-learn what a loan officer needs during each stage of a facility loan request so that an agency can better assess its readiness.
Tour: Smart (1, 2)
Martin Atkins, Invisible Records
Atkins distills his 30+ years in the music business to debunk touring myths and give the lowdown on everything form contracts to getting a better sound, including opening acts, safe sex, budgets and everything else you need to know to tour SMART.
Making Your Work Accessible to Artists and Audiences with Disabilities (1, 2)
Presented in cooperation with the Arts & Culture Project of Access Living
Learning how to build diversity in your work by including people with disabilities in exhibitions, on stage and in your audience. Professional artists with disabilities will share their experiences creating integrated theater, dance and visual art.
Licensing Basics for Artists and Creative Business (1, 2)
Department of Business Affairs and Licensing
Learn what kinds of licenses you might need for your creative business, venue or individual creative practice.
Insurance Essentials for Creatives (1, 2)
Randy Schieve, Paczolt Financial Group
Make sure you’re covered. Get acquainted with insurance issues relating to the visual and performing arts communities.