Creative Chicago Expo 2013

Are you ready? Friday, March 1: 10 am - 4 pm Being All Creative Chicago-Style with Thirst's Rick Valicenti Overload: Cultivating a Trustworthy Brand and Cutting Through the Noise with Pitchfork's Chris Kaskie Meet DCASE and learn about the City's new online grant programs for artists and arts organizations Enter the City Treasurer's Business Plan Competition Workshops about Websites, Facebook Fan Pages, Placemaking, Ideation Mapping, and lots more Saturday, March 2: 10 am - 4 pm Building a Food Life with Sunday Dinner Club's Christine Cikowski and Joshua Kulp Funding workshops with Kickstarter, USA Projects, NYFA, Fractured Atlas and the Awesome Foundation Film, Music, Visual Art and Publishing Workshops Workshops about Proposals, Wordpress, Contracts and Going Pro Discover creative spaces all over town - via Artspace, ReBuild Foundation, Uptown Visit the CAR Creative Lounge and check out the new Chicago Artists Resource. Refresh and recharge with Washburne Café and Argo Tea. Meet local and national service providers for Dance, Theater, Music, Design, and more. Network with hundreds of other Creatives. And learn how to make shoes! Get all the details at www.chicagoculturalcenter.org ADMISSION FREE | NO RSVP  Chicago Cultural Center  78 E. Washington Street (Enter on Randolph Street) The Creative Chicago Expo is produced by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events www.cityofchicago.org/dcase Meet the Expo Vendors: 21st Century Artisans  90.9fm WDCB Public Radio  Actors Gymnasium  Adler School of Professional Psychology  Aligned Modern Health  American Rhythm Center/Chicago Human Rhythm Project  American Society of Media Photographers  Anchor Graphics  Appsterdam Chicago  Arte y Vida Chicago  ArtHouse Chicago/ Niche Realty  ArtReach at Lillstreet  Arts & Business Council of Chicago Arts Alliance Illinois  Arts eVentures  Artspace Projects, Inc.  Athenaeum Theatre  Audience Architects  Auditorium Theatre  Awesome Foundation  Bailey Boy A.D.E. Foundation  Ballet Chicago  Beverly Arts Center  Bridgeport Art Center  Bronzeville Artists Lofts  Cambodian Association of Illinois  CAN-TV  Career + Co-op at SAIC  Career Transition For Dancers  Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV)  Chicago Artistic Alliance  Chicago Artists' Coalition  Chicago City Treasurer's Office  Chicago Creative Coalition (C3)  City of Chicago  Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection  Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events  Department of Housing + Economic Development  Department of Transportation  Chicago Filmmakers  Chicago Metal Arts Guild  Chicago Mosaic School  Chicago Music.org  Kartemquin Films  Kickstarter  Klein Artist Works  Latent Design  LATITUDE  League of Chicago Theatres  Life Law Office  Limelight Accounting  Links Hall  Logan Square Chamber of Commerce  Mayor's Fashion Council  Midwest Writers Association  Mobile Citizen  Mold Making and Casting Chicago  National Veterans Art Museum  Near NorthWest Arts Council  New York Foundation for Arts  Northwest Arts Connection  Northwestern University MA/MFA in Creative Writing Program  Nuns4Fun Entertainment, Inc.  Osio-Brown Editions  Paczolt Insurance Agency of Illinois  Partners for Sacred Places  Poetry Foundation  Project Onward  Pullman Artspace  Ravenswood Art Walk  Rebuild Foundation  Recording Academy Chicago Opera Playhouse  Chicago Opera Theater  Chicago Park District  Chicago Photography Center  Chicago Printmakers Collaborative  Chicago Public Library  Chicago School of Shoemaking  Chicago Women in Publishing  Chicago Writers Conference  Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras  ChicagoMusic.org / Elastic Arts Foundation  Chinese Fine Arts Society  Chiro One Wellness Centers  CHIRP Radio  Claretian Associates  Clinard Dance Theatre  Collaboraction  Columbia College Chicago  Community Media Workshop  Consolidated Printing Company  Deeply Rooted Dance Theater direction tour marketing & printworks  EARS  ElevArte Community Studio  Ensemble Espanol  Executive Service Corps of Chicago  Experimental Sound Studio  Expressions From Englewood  Fractured Atlas  Fulton Street Collective  Gizmo Design, Inc.  Global Alliance of Artists  Gorilla Tango Theatre  GoSeeDo  Graphic Artists Guild: Chicago Chapter  Greater Prayer Garden Church  Harlem Theatre Company  Harrington College of Design  House of DT Music  Hyde Park Art Center  IceReach  Illinois Artisans Program  Illinois Institute of Art  Impact100 Chicago  Independent Writers of Chicago (IWOC)  insight publishing  Institute For Arts Entrepreneurship  Isaiah Paul  Jane Hamill Consulting  Rising Talent Artists Network  Rush Hour Concerts  SAG-AFTRA Chicago  Second City Training Center  Senior Artists Network  Six Corners Association  Society of Midland Authors  South Shore Opera Company of Chicago  The Space Movement Project  Springboard for Arts  Spudnik Press Cooperative  Stage773  Stone Art Supply  Street-Level Youth Media  Superior St  Time Gift Artist Assistance  U. S. Small Business Administration  United States Artists  Uptown United  V. Mora  Valauskas Corder LLC  Water Street Studios/ Batavia Artists Association  Wenger Properties  WFMT Radio Network Artwork designed by Rick Valicenti, Thirst

email: dcase@cityofchicago.org