2010 Creative Chicago Expo

Saturday April 10 10 am - 4 pm

The 2010 Creative Chicago Expo was a great success. Over 4,000 artists attended, connecting with vendors, workshops and consultants described below. The Creative Chicago Directory has all the info. Workshops were audio recorded, and will be available on CAR soon.

The Expo connects artists and art organizations in all disciplines—music, dance, theater, film, design, new media, fashion, publishing, visual art—with support, services, spaces, opportunities and networks.

Now in its 7th year, the Expo is free and open to the public, held at the Chicago Cultural Center. Take advantage of Chicago's top resources, services and expertise for individuals and organizations in all the arts. Read more about how to plan your day. There's a lot to do—bring a friend!

25 Workshops | 100+ Vendors | 40+ Consultants

Services for all Artists, Arts Businesses and Organizations

WORKSHOPS

Presented by top local and national service providers.

Art in Vacant Storefronts
Authentic Arts Marketing
Affordable Homebuying Opportunties
Crowd-funding
Cultivating Shamelessness
Contemporary Approaches to Promoting Art
DIY Web Basics
Fiscal Sponsorship
Foreclosure Prevention
Forming A Business
Forming a Non-Profit
Grant Applications Tips from the Inside
How to Write a Business Plan
Imagination Training
Licensing Basics
The New Normal: Delight your Donors
Public Art Crash Course
Self-Promotion for Performers
Sell Yourself without Bragging
Time Management for Artists
To Your Health
Tools for Tough Times
Using Social Media
Your Credit Score - Rebuildng your Financial Health
Your Financial Survival Kit

Workshop Presenters include: The Actors Fund, Chicago Urban Art Society, Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Community Media Workshop, Kickstarter.com, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Fractured Atlas, New York Foundation for the Arts, The institute for Arts Entrepreneurship, International Academy of Design and Technology, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, League of Chicago Theatres, Mission Paradox, Peter McDowell Arts Consulting, Philip Huang, Lynn Basa + Joel Straus Consulting, Office of the City Treasurer, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, UIC Center for Health and the Arts, and others.

Click here for a complete list of workshop descriptions.

CONSULT-A-THON

Pick an expert on something you need -- career coaching, legal or accounting issues, portfolio or grant review, casting agents, even organizational development and business issues for non-profits.

Schedule a 45 minute appointment for one-on-one consulting for only $15. Over 40 consultants will be available for appointments. Limited to 3 appointments per person.

Consultant bios and schedule

VENDORS

Click here for more detailed vendor information in the CCE Directory

ACCION Chicago | www.accionchicago.org
Adler & Franczyk | www.ecommerceattorney.com
After School Matters | www.afterschoolmatters.org
Aloft Circus Arts | www.aloftcircusarts.com
Archeworks | www.archeworks.org
AREA Chicago   |   www.areachicago.org
Arte y Vida Chicago | www.arteyvidachicago.com
ArtForms22/Murphy Hill Gallery | www.murphyhillgallery.com
Artisans 21 Gallery | www.artisans21gallery.com
Arts Alliance Illinois | www.artsalliance.org
Arts Eventures   |   www.artseventures.com
Author! Author! | www.author-author.org

Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation | www.bickerdike.org
Brinshore Development | www.brinshore.com
Big Buzz Idea Group | www.bigbuzzideagroup.com

Camins Tomasz Kritt | www.kritt.com
Career Transition for Dancers   |   www.careertransition.org
Chicago Access Network Corporation (CAN TV) | www.cantv.org
Chicago Art Magazine |   www.chicagoartmagazine.com
Chicago Art Criticism   |   www.chicagoartcriticism.com
Chicago Art Collector   |   www.chicagoartcollector.com
Chicago Artists Coalition | www.caconline.org
Chicago Arts District/Podmajersky | www.podmajersky.com, www.chicagoartdistrict.org
Chicago Business Solutions LLC | www.chicagobizsolutions.com
Chicago Cabaret Professionals | www.chicagocabaret.org
Chicago City Treasurer   |   www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
Chicago Community Loan Fund | www.cclfchicago.org
Chicago Creative Coalition | www.chicagocreative.org
Chicago Cultural Alliance | www.chicagoculturalalliance.org
Chicago Dancemakers Forum | www.chicagodancemakers.org
Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection | www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Department of Community Development |  www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs | www.cityofchicago.org
Chicago Film Office | www.chicagofilmoffice.us
Chicago Filmmakers   |   www.chicagofilmmakers.org
Chicago Multicultural Dance Center | www.cmdschool.com
Chicago Park District | www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Chicago Public Library Visual & Performing Arts | www.chicagopubliclibrary.org
Chicago Reader | www.chicagoreader.com
Chicago Rents Right   |   www.cityofchicago.org/communitydevelopment
Chicago Urban Art Society | www.chicagourbanartsociety.org
Chicago Women in Publishing | www.cwip.org
Chiro One Wellness Centers | www.chiroone.net
Community Male Empowerment Project | www.cmeprojects.org
Community Media Workshop | www.communitymediaworkshop.org
Consolidated Printing | www.consolidatedprinting.net
Curative Via   |   www.curativevia.com
Craft Emergency Relief Fund | www.craftemergency.org

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

Glenwood Arts District | www.glenwoodave.org
Gorilla Tango Theatre | www.gorillatango.com
Gothic Art Chicago | www.gothicartchicago.org
GYST (Getting Your Sh*t Together) |   http://www.gyst-ink.com/
Hairpin Lofts and Logan Square Community Arts Center   |   www.brinshore.com
Harmony, Hope & Healing | www.harmonyhopeandhealing.org

Jefferson/Gladstone Park Chambers & Six Corners Assoc. | www.jeffsersonpark.net
John Sisson Photography | www.sissonphotography.com
Johnsonese Brokerage LLC | www.johnsonese.com

Marshall Creative LLC | www.marshall-creative.com
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. | www.bookprinters.com
Midwest Writers Association | www.midwestwriters.com
Mission Paradox | http://missionparadox.typepad.com/

Newcity | www.newcity.com
Niche Realty ArtHouse Chicago | www.arthousechicago.com
Nubian Cultural Center NFP, Inc. | www.nubianculturalcentersite.org
Nuns4Fun Entertainment | www.nuns4fun.com

Oakwood Shores   |   www.thegraniterealty.com
Open Studiio Project | www.openstudioproject.org
OtherPeoplesPixels | www.otherpeoplespixels.com

Paczolt Insurance & Financial Group | www.Paczolt.com
Peter McDowell Art Consulting   |   www.petermcdowell.com
Pop-Up Art Loop/Chicago Loop Alliance | www.PopUpArtLoop.com
Podmajersky / Chicago Arts District | www.podmajersky.com
Preservation Chicago | www.preservationchicago.org

Ragdale Foundation | www.ragdale.org
Randolph Street Marketplace |   www.randolphstreetmarket.com
Riverfront Work Lofts   | www.riverfrontworklofts.com

Taproot Foundation | chicago@taprootfoundation.org
The Actors Fund | www.actorsfund.org
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Continuing Studies | www.saic.edu/cs *SPONSOR
The Chicago Mosaic School | www.chicagomosaicschool.com
The DeForest Group | www.deforestgroup.com
The Great Books Foundation | www.greatbooks.org
The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship | www.TheIAE.com *SPONSOR
The Recording Academy | www.grammy.com
The Resurrection Project | www.resurrectionproject.org
Third Coast International Audio Festival | www.thirdcoastfestival.org
TourSmart | www.tstouring.com

University of Chicago - Graham School of Writing and Editing Programs | www.grahamschool.uchicago.edu/writersstudio
Urban Gateways | www.urbangateways.org

Venifica Grandeur |
visuals4u | www.visuals4u.com

Wenger Properties |
Wooded Isle Computer Consultants | www.woodedisleconsult.com
Women In Film Chicago | www.wifchicago.org
Women-Eye Inc. | www.womeneye.org

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