Artist Stories

Group 41: Mid-Career Actor Going Back to School

Creating the International Voices Project

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

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

Buliding My Company, Figure 53: A Creative, Artistic Adventure

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)

Learning to Celebrate the Impulse

How can art-making impact social and political issues?

How and why was the Chicago Fringe Festival conceived?

The Artist as Innovator: From “Starving” to Entrepreneurial by Thinking Outside the Box

Why is your work important in our current political/cultural climate?

Delivering the News to Arts Professionals Around the World

As a Casting Director, what advice do you have for actors looking to get gigs?

On Chicago, Community, and U.S. Theatre

Old School New School: Exploring the Nature of Creativity

What is TAD and who should apply? Deadline Sept 12, 2011

Full Steam Ahead: Learning How to Tour as a Small Company

Making the Most of Theatre Collaborations

What key strategies can you share about starting and running a new theater in Chicago?

Creator Camp Chicago: An Un-Conference for Creative People

How Chicago Actors Can Make the Most of a Nurturing Market

What are the challenges of promoting and marketing a show in Chicago? How do you overcome those challenges?

Putting Kids' Writing Centerstage

What should be considered when casting an ensemble?

How does someone with no capital and little training become an artist who can pay the bills, not live at home with her mother, be debt-free, and get an occasional pedicure?