Chicago's Cultural Center is not only a beautiful place, but a place to learn about the business of art! Thanks to this year's Creative Chicago Expo more than 8000 singers, dancers, photographers, and writers came together and learned deeper levels of the arts as a business. The best part of it all, it was totally FREE!Arranged in a series of 1-hour seminars spread over two days, artists were able to dabble in everything from marketing, project planning, city spending, networking, and a whole host of useful tools to help make what we do a whole lot easier! With more than 60 on site vendors, retailers, and arts organizations, this year's expo was probably fairly successful. It was packed and definitely the place to be with a few extra business cards on hand. More expo info here.
Jennifer Rapp Peterson, a representative of Indiemade, gave a great presentation on creating a strong web presence. She's made all the material from the workshop available online. However, the gamut of her resources is also worth browsing. Check it out.
In case you weren't able to make it to this year's expo, not to worry. Many of the topics and workshops can be found online. Maybe this is just a starting place?
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