Chicago Creative Expo > Workshops
Tools you can use! Take a free workshop – there will be more than 30 at the Expo on topics like Fundraising, Copyright, Placemaking, Websites, Kickstarter Campaigns, Board Development and more. Each workshop is 1 hour. No rsvps, open seating. Missed a workshop? Don’t worry -- all workshops will be audio-recorded by EARS-Chicago, and available on the Chicago Artists Resource website.
Admission is free, no rsvps, open seating.
Missed a workshop? Don’t worry -- all workshops will be audio-recorded, courtesy of EARS-Chicago, and available on the Chicago Artists Resource website.
Download the Friday March 1 Workshop Schedule
Friday March 1 Workshop Schedule |
| 10:30 am |
12 pm |
1:30 pm |
3 pm | |
| PBH E | Building a Professional Toolkit for Careers in the Arts -- Career + Coop Center at SAIC, Chicago Artists Coalition | App Development Tools for Market Place --Appsterdam Chicago | Copycats Beware! Protecting Creative Works with Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Rights -- Valauskas Corder, LLC |
Create a Fierce Facebook Page -- Community Media Workshop |
| 5M | Business Planning with Donna Rockin -- City Treasurer's Office | Gain a Voice on Radio -- WFMT and CHIRP | Opportunities for Artists and Organizations at Chicago's Parks and Libraries |
Essentials of an Effective Arts Website -- Arts eVentures |
| 5W | Highly Effective Boards and how to Create Them -- Executive Service Corp | Meet DCASE | Funding Options for Your Art Organization - Executive Service Corp |
New Models of Operation for Greater Efficiency -- Executive Service Corp |
| 1GAR | Its Easy to Start A Nonprofit, Here's How! -- Elaine Luther, Chicago Metal Arts Guild | Get Your Green On! Powerful Partnerships to Protect the Planet -- Global Alliance of Artists | Present Yourself with Clarity and Confidence -- Chicago Writers Conference |
Creative Placemaking in Urban Neighborhoods -- Artspace Projects |
Download the Saturday March 2 Workshop Schedule
Saturday March 2 Workshop Schedule |
| 10:30 am |
12 pm |
1:30 pm |
3 pm | |
| CASSIDY | Keynote: “Building A Food Life” - Christine Cikowski + Joshua Kulp, Sunday Dinner Club | What to Charge: How to Price Your Work -- Jane Hamill Consulting | Wordpress in a Nutshell: your Website, Security and More -- GIZMO Design |
How-To Kickstarter: A Discussion with 3 Successful Project Creators – Kickstarter |
| PBH E | USA Projects: We help artists fund projects – United States Artists | One Stop Shop: Raise Money, Get Covered, Find Space -- Fractured Atlas | Don't Get @#$%: What Artists Should Know about Their Contracts -- Life Law Office |
Going Pro: Artist Development Beyond the MFA -- Hyde Park Art Center, Klein Artist Works, Chicago Artist Coalition, U of C Graham School |
| 1GAR | How to Get Published - Society of Midland Authors | Small Projects, Big Impact -- The Awesome Foundation | Start Your Music Career the Right Way -- House of DT Music |
Working with SAG AFTRA Low Budget Film Agreements -- SAG-AFTRA |
| 4TH | Setting Up Your Creative Business -- Limelight Accounting | The Proposal Toolkit -- Time Gift Artist Assistance | Artist as Entrepreneur: Plan to Become a Profitable Artist, New York Foundation for the Arts |
For Profit as the Future: Why Nonprofit Must Die -- Dan Abbate, Gorilla Tango Theater |