At Work Forum / Creative Chicago Expo Audio Archive
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Find downloadable podcasts of At Work Forums (2003 - 2011) and Creative Chicago Expo workshops (2006-11) here.
//CREATIVE CHICAGO EXPO WORKSHOPS//
2011
Art-Speak vs. Business-Speak (Part 1, Part 2)
Copyright and Publishing for the Music Industry (Part 1, Part 2)
Creating Demand For Your Art In ANY Environment (Part 1, Part 2)
The Empowered Artist (Part 1, Part 2)
Five Keys to Email Marketing (Part 1, Part 2)
Marketing and Maintaining Your Web Presence (Part 1, Part 2)
Convenient Truths: Practical Energy Efficiency (Part 1, Part 2)
Protecting Your Copyright and Intellectual Property (Part 1, Part 2) with Darren S. Cahr and Shawna M. Doran of DrinkerBiddleGardnerCarton
Everything to Know About Insurance (Part 1, Part 2) with Stephen Paczolt of Paczolt Financial Group
Financing a “For Profit” Creative Business (Part 1, Part 2) with Jason Felger of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
Finding, Renting or Purchasing Live/Work/Presenting Space with Melissa Stanley of Niche Realty
Forming a Non-Profit Organization (Part 1, Part 2) with William Rattner of Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Funding and Financing a Non-Profit with Jason Felger, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center
How to End the Credit Blues: Re-building Your Financial Health with Warren Davis of UCAN Real Estate Consulting
Legalities of Home Ownership, Commercial and Live/Work Space with William Pecquet, Attorney at Law
Moving from Rental to Ownership: How Can I Get a Mortgage? presented by the Chicago Department of Housing
So you want to work in schools... (Part 1, Part 2) with Arnold Aprill of Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
What is a Business Plan? (Part 1, Part 2) with Nicole Orendain of the Arts Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia College Chicago
2006 Expo Conversations On Creativity:
Conversations On Creativity Martin Atkins (Invisible Records) + Rob Ray (Deadtech)
Conversations On Creativity Jim Lasko (Redmoon Theater) + Katrina Markoff (Vosges Haut-Chocolat)
Conversations On Creativity Nick Cave (Visual Artist) + Jennifer Reeder (Video Artist)
AT WORK FORUMS
CREATIVES AT WORK, MUSICIANS AT WORK, DANCERS AT WORK, THEATER AT WORK AND ARTISTS AT WORK FORUMS.
2011
DAWF Approaches to Movement
CAWF: Copyright, Licensing and Intellectual Property for Creatives
TAWF: Women in Horror
MAWF: Elements of Songwriting & Production
MAWF: Intellectual Property
AAWF : Academic Galleries and Museums
MAWF - Booking Gigs (Part 1, Part 2)
DAWF: Be Our Guest: Finding Creative Time + Space for Artist Residencies, co-presented with Alliance of Artist Communities
MAWF: Building Publicity for Your Band
AAWF: Alternatives to the For Profit Gallery System
CAWF: Working Productively with Company Members, Trustees, Interns and Volunteers
MAWF: Songwriting
CAWF: Residencies, with Alliance of Artists Communities
CAWF: Curating Across Disciplines: Building Bridges to Dance, Theater and Performance for New Audiences
CAWF: Building a Creative Career as a Black Artist
DAWF: Difficult Conversations: Supply vs. Demand, Co-presented with the Chicago Dancemakers Forum
CAWF: Documenting & Archiving Your Practice
CAWF: How to Run Your Creative Practice Like A Business
CAWF: How Good Design Makes Good Marketing
CREATIVES AT WORK FORUMS
2010
Taxes and Recordkeeping with Julie Herwitt (Part 1, Part 2)
DANCERS AT WORK FORUMS
2010
Growing the Local Dance Scene (Part 1, Part 2)
New Directions in Performance Presentation (Part 1, Part 2)
Dance and Technology: What's Happening Now? (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Dance and Criticism (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
MUSICIANS AT WORK FORUMS
2011
Booking Gigs (Part 1, Part 2)
Chicago’s Latest Labels for Upstart Bands
Recording Your Music – Getting the Most For Your Money
How To Book A Gig
Bands And Venues – Make it Work!
Building Your Audience
Building Your Band 2007
Healthy Musicians – Oxymoron No More!
The Greening of Music
Image Counts – Making the Most of Your Visual Impact
The ABC’s of touring and playing out-of-town shows
Producing and Manufacturing an Independent CD
Setting Up Your Music Business
2006
Marketing Music – Part I – DIY Reach the Public
Marketing Music – Part II – Tap the Industry Machine
Performance Opportunities in Non-Traditional Places
Intellectual Property & Legal Issues
Making The Most of Recording Studios
2005
Independent Labels Inside & Out
Pitching Your Story & Getting Press
Book Your Band and Don’t Go Crazy!
THEATER AT WORK FORUMS
2010
Best Practices for your Front of House (Part 1, Part 2)
In>Time Symposium: Performing Futures
Theater at Work: Directors on Directing - Exploring Cabaret (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
2011
Opportunities at University Galleries and Museums(Part 1, Part 2)
2010
Domestic Studio (Part 1, Part 2)
Behind the Scenes of Chicago Studios(Part 1, Part 2)
Anatomy of a Successful Art Walk/Opening(Part1, Part 2)
Collaborative Studios w/ Chuck Thurow (Part 1, Part 2)
Here and Away: Residencies (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Studio as Lab (Part 1, Part 2,Part 3)
2009
Introducing Studio Chicago (Part 1, Part 2)
Art in Your Ward, Making it Happen (Part 1, Part 2)
Beyond Walls, Nontraditional Ways of Making a Living as an Artist (Part 1, Part 2)
Gender and Cartooning in Chicago (aka The Lady Drawers Panel) (Part 1, Part 2)
2008
Making Art, Making Change (Part 1, Part 2)
2006
Residencies and other R+R (Part 1, Part 2) | Britton Bertran, Gallery 400, Barbara Cooper, Roland Kulla, Beth Lipman (Kohler Arts/Industry), Sarah Workneh (Oxbow), Regin Igloria (Ragdale Foundation), Jonathan Rhodes (Three Walls)
Not the Old Boys Network (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Sabina Ott (Columbia College Chicago), Joyce Owens (Sapphire and Crystals), Patricia Otto (ARC Gallery), Beate Monkowski (Womanmade Gallery), Judith Roth (Chicago Women's Caucus for Arts
Taking the Reins (Part 1, Part 2) | A new breed of artist, gallerist, and related entrepreneurs are taking the reigns in Chicago, establishing districts, fairs, centers and, possibly, a new museum. Featuring Ruth Lopez (TimeOut Chicago Magazine), Paul Klein (Chicago Art Project), Oskar Freidl (Zhou Brothers Art Center), Michael Workman (Bridge), Andre Guichard (Bronzeville Art District)
Collecting Chicago (Part 1, Part 2) | Greg Cameron (Museum of Contemporary Art), Collectors: Patric McCoy, Daniel T. Parker, June Spiezer, Abe Thomas Hughes II, Diana Girardi Kamas
Gallery Lowdown (Part 1, Part 2) | Strategies for artists working with galleries. Natalie Van Straaten (Chicago Art Dealers Association, Chicago Gallery News), Dubhe Carreño, Carl Hammer, Stephen Kelly, Carrie Secrist
2005
Local Engagement: Museum Curators Speak (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Michael Workman (Bridge), James Rondeau (Art Institute of Chicago), Tricia Van Eyck (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago), Robert Sill (IL State Museum), Lorelei Stewart (Gallery 400)
Careers that Work (Part 1, Part 2) | Personal insights and practical tips on making a living making art with Emily Nixon, Tony Fitzpatrick, Preston Jackson, Sabrina Raaf, and Lee Tracy
Out There: Artist-Run Exhibition Spaces (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Professor Barbara Jaffee, Brett Bloom, Salem Collo-Julin and Marc Fisher (Mess Hall), Elvia Ochoa Rodriguez (POLVO), Bryant Johnson (SteeleLife Gallery)
Artists and Activism (Part 1, Part 2) | Laura Samson (Alphawood Foundation), Kathleen Duffy and Jennifer Karmin (Anti Gravity Surprise), Michael McColly and James Tong Nyguen, Tom Tresser (Creative American Project)
2004
Ask Dr. Dave (Part 1, Part 2) | Health issues and resources for artists from Dr. David Hinkamp (UIC Center for Health in the Arts)
Artists Connect (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Exploring artists in collaborative practice, formal or informal with Brett Bloom, Marc Fischer, and Salem Collo-Julin (Temporary Services), Kenneth Morrison and Ned Broderick (The Ever-So-Secret Order of the Lamprey), Marva Pitchford-Jolly and Joyce Owens (Sapphire and Crystals)
Learning Teaching (Part 1, Part 2) | The career paths of teaching artists with Barlow, Bibiana Suarez, Tracy Van Duinen and Cynthia Weiss
Corporate Culture (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Discover how corporate curators engage with artists with Lisa K. Erf (Bank One), Adam Brooks (Refco), Emily Nixon (Nixon Art Associates), Carole Ehlers (LaSalle Bank)
Secrets of Commercial Representation (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) | Curious about how to get gallery representation? Get some insider tips from Natalie van Straaten (Chicago Art Dealers Association), Byron Roche (Byron Roche Gallery), Susan Aurinko (Flatfile Gallery), Ann Boyd (Roy Boyd Gallery)
2003
Site Construction: Artists and the Internet (Part 1, Part 2) | A step-by-step how to use the Internet to promote your work from Tom Lynch (Interactive Media Partners, Inc), Sonja Kruitwagen (Woman Made Gallery) and Paul Klein of (Klein Artist Works).