2011 CREATIVE CHICAGO EXPO

More than 5,000 "creatives" attended the 8th annual Creative Chicago Expo, connecting with top services, spaces, information, and networks.

If you missed it, you can still check out what made the Expo a great success.
25 Workshops | Expo Experts and the 2011 Creative Chicago Directory. Be sure to sign up for CAR e-news to be notified when the workshop audio is available. 

Creative Chicago Expo Workshops were conducted by professionals in different areas of business and creative practice.

2011 Workshops included:

• Personal Branding – An Artist's Most Authentic Palette
• Crowdfunding
• ArtSpeak v. Bizspeak
• WordPress Web Sites for Performing Artists
• Pitching the Media 2.0
• Five Keys to Email Marketing
• Advocacy 101
• Licensing Basics
• Tapping Into Business Incentives
• After You Have A Website
• Secrets of My Success
• Art in Vacant Storefronts – One Year Later
• Business Resources Plan Basics
• Maximizing Internship Opportunties
• What to Charge:Pricing your Work
• IndieMade Websites in One Hour
• Affordable Housing Options
• Street Marketing for the Arts
• Copyright and Publishing for the Music Industry

2011 Workshop Presenters included:



Constant Contact |  Brand New Discovery  | The Savvy Musician  |  Community Media Workshop  |  Chicago Art Magazine   | Chicago Artists Coalition  |   Arts eVentures  |  ALARM Magazine  |  Chicago Public Library (CPL)  |  Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection  |   Chicago Loop Alliance,  |  WPB-Wicker Park Bucktown Special Service Area #33,  |  Chicago Urban Art Society  |  Hyde Park Arts Alliance  |  Fractured Atlas  |  Sphinx Group Weapons Grade Creative  |  The Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship  |  Music Industry Workshop  |  IndieMade  |  Arte Y Vida Chicago  |  IL SBDC at ICNC  |  Arts Alliance Illinois  |  PerformSites

2011 Expo Sponsors included:



Adler School of Professional Psychology | www.adler.edu
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events | www.cityofchicago.org/culturalaffairs
www.cityofchicago.org/HED
Chicago Reader | www.chicagoreader.com
Kind Snacks | www.kindsnacks.com
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Continuing Studies | www.saic.edu/cs

2011 Expo Vendors, featuring top local and national service providers, included: 

Adler School of Professional Psychology | www.adler.edu
Alarm Press | www.alarmpress.com
American Academy of Art | www.aaart.edu
American Musical & Dramatic Academy | www.amda.edu
Architecture for Humanity Chicago | www.afh-chicago.org
Arte y Vida Chicago | www.arteyvidachicago.com
ArtHouse Chicago/Niche Realty | www.arthousechicago.com
Artisans21 Gallery | www.artisans21gallery.com
Arts eVentures | www.artseventures.com
Ballet Chicago | www.balletchicago.org
Bold Urban Renaissance Network (BURN) | www.boldurban.org
Brand New Discovery | www.brandnewdiscovery.com
Bridgeport Art Center | www.bridgeportart.com
Capital City Reprographics | www.capcityrepro.com
Career Transition For Dancers | www.careertransition.org
ChemEasy | www.chemeasy.com
Chicago Access Network Television | www.cantv.org
Chicago Artistic Alliance | www.chicagoartisticalliance.com
Chicago Artists' Coalition | chicagoartistscoalition.org
Chicago Arts District/ Podmajersky | chicagoartsdistrict.org | www.podmajersky.com
Chicago Cabaret Professionals | www.chicagocabaret.org
Chicago Calligraphy Collective | www.chicagocalligraphy.org
Chicago Craft Mafia | www.chicagocraftmafia.com
Chicago Creative Coalition (C3) | www.chicagocreative.org
Chicago Detours | www.chicagodetours.com
Chicago Filmmakers | www.chicagofilmmakers.org
Chicago Loop Alliance | www.chicagoloopalliance.com
Chicago Park District / Division of Culture, Arts & Nature | www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Chicago Photography Center | www.chicagophoto.org
Chicago Public Library | www.chicagopubliclibrary.org
Chicago Reader | www.chicagoreader.com
Chicago Urban Art Society | www.chicagourbanartsociety.org
Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) | www.cwip.org
Chicago Women's Caucus for Art (CWCA) | www.chicagowca.com
Chiro One Wellness Centers | www.chiroone.net
City of Chicago
City Treasurer’s Office | www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) | www.cityofchicago.org/bacp
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events | www.cityofchicago.org/culturalaffairs
Chicago Artists Resource | www.chicagoartistsresource.org
Chicago Fashion Resource | www.chicagofashionresource.org
Chicago Film Office | www.chicagofilmoffice.us
Chicago Publishes | www.chicagopublishes.com
Department of Housing and Economic Development | www.cityofchicago.org/HED
Chicago Rents Right | www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/rents_right.html
Chicago Tax Assistance Center | www.cityofchicago.org/CTAC
Columbia College Chicago www.colum.edu
CommuniTeach and Learnapalooza | www.communiteach.com | www.learnapaloozachi.com
Community Film Workshop of Chicago | www.cfwchicago.org
Community Media Workshop | www.communitymediaworkshop.org
Consolidated Printing Company Inc. | www.consolidatedprinting.net
Constant Contact | www.constantcontact.com
Cortiva Institute - Chicago, School of Massage Therapy | www.cortiva.com
Creative Artist Association
Dandory Design | www.dandorydesign.com
DePaul University Continuing Education | www.learning.depaul.edu
Din | Memmen | www.dinmemmen.com
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
Fulton Street Collective | www.fultonstreetcollective.com
Gallery 37 / After School Matters | www.afterschoolmatters.org
Glenwood Avenue Arts District | www.glenwoodave.org
Gothic Art Chicago | www.gothicartchicago.com | www.kiltermagazine.org
Graphic Artists Guild | www.chicago.gag.org
Hairpin Lofts, LLC | www.brinshore.com
Higher Learning Network, NFP | www.higherlearningnetwork.org
Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (HyPa) | www.hypachicago.org
I AM Logan Square | www.iamlogansquare.com
I-GO Car Sharing | www.igocars.org
ICNC-Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago | www.industrialcouncil.com
Illinois State Museum Artisans Program | www.museum.state.il.us/artisans
IndieMade | www.indiemade.com
Inner-City Muslim Action Network | www.imancentral.org
Innovative Arts
IPaintMyMind | www.ipaintmymind.org
Johnsonese Brokerage LLC | www.johnsonese.com
Kartemquin Films | www.kartemquin.com
Klein Artist Works | www.kleinartistworks.com
Lady Lord Bath Essence & Products
Lawyers for the Creative Arts | www.law-arts.org
LB Productions and SimplyRo Creations | www.lbproductionsmusic.com | www.simplyrocreations.com
League of Chicago Theatres | www.chicagoplays.com
Lillstreet Art Center (ArtReach) | www.lillstreet.com
LivingRoom Realty | www.livingroomrealty.com
LMS Coaching & Consulting | www.lisamaysimpson.com
Logan Square Chamber of Commerce | www.loganchamber.org
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. | www.bookprinters.com
Merchant Email www.merchant-email.com
Midwest Metal Works | www.midwestmetalworks.org/
Midwest Writers Association | www.midwestwriters.com
Milk Products Media | www.milkproductsmedia.com
Music Industry Workshop | www.miworkshop.com
National University of Health Sciences | www.nuhs.edu
North Branch Projects | www.northbranchprojects.com
Nubian Cultural Center-NFP, Inc. | www.nubianculturalcentersite.org
Nuns4Fun Entertainment, Inc. | www.nuns4fun.com
Oak Park Art League | www.opal-art.com
OtherPeoplesPixels | www.otherpeoplespixels.com
Ox-Bow | www.ox-bow.org
Paczolt Insurance & Financial Group | www.paczolt.com
Peter McDowell Arts Consulting | www.petermcdowell.com
Preservation Chicago | www.preservationchicago.org
Public Media Institute | www.publicmediainstitute.org
Ragdale Foundation | www.ragdale.org
Ravenswood ArtWalk | www.ravenswoodartwalk.org
Red Clay Dance Company | www.redclaydance.com
RedPost Inc. | www.theredpost.com
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Continuing Studies | www.saic.edu/cs
SendeaZy.com | www.sendeazy.com
Senior Artists Network | www.seniorartistsnetwork.org
SEO-TV Communications, Inc. | www.seo-tv.net
SIGHTSEEBOOKS | www.sightseebooks.com
Six Corners Association | www.sixcornerschicago.com
Sphinx Group | www.sphinxgroup.com
Spudnik Press Cooperative | www.spudnikpress.com
Storage Today - Riverfront Work Lofts | www.storagetoday.com
Superior Rehearsals d/b/a Knox Avenue | www.knoxavenue.com
Superior Rehearsals- Superior St. | www.superiorst.com
The Arts of Life, Inc. | www.artsoflife.org
The Chicago Mosaic School | www.chicagomosaicschool.com
The Convergence Project | www.mimisorganicexchange.com
The Foundation for Light Verse | www.lightquarterly.org, www.foundationforlightverse.org
The Gene Siskel Film Center | www.siskelfilmcenter.org
The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship | www.theiae.com
The Pixel Mint / CSW Film Systems | www.thepixelmint.com | www.cswfilmsystems.com
The Possibility Playhouse | www.possibilityplayhouse.com
Theori Stages Inc. | www.theoristages.com
University of Chicago Graham School | www.grahamschool.uchicago.edu
Urban Art Retreat | www.urbanartretreat.com
Urban Gateways | www.urbangatways.org
Valauskas Corder, LLC | www.vciplaw.com
Varsys Web Design & Development | www.varsys.com
Weapons Grade Creative | www.weaponsgradecreative.com
Wenger Properties
Windy City Publishers | www.windycitypublishers.com
Women In Film Chicago | www.wifchicago.org
Women-Eye | www.womeneye.org
WPB -Wicker Park Bucktown SSA #33 | www.wickerparkbucktown.org
Your Creative Ally | www.yourcreativeally.com
ZAM's Hope, Community Resource Center | www.zamshope.net

The CAR Creative Lounge

Thanks to those of you who stopped by the inaugural CAR Creative Lounge, a room at the Expo that featured discussions moderated by CAR researchers, plus opportunities to network, browse the website, ask questions, and hang out.

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