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Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Sep 1st, 2010
RAWednesday: September 8, 7-9 PM
Our September RAWednesday will be a DIY Marketing Workshop with five local artists and business owners providing insight on how they effectively market their talents and companies located at 4043 North Ravenswood...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Sep 1st, 2010
The IAE wants to help you sustain your creativity for life. Enter our new Sustainable Creativity Visual Arts Competition and/or come to our Designed to Empower Artist Giveaway October 9th.
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 20th, 2010
Calling all visual artists!
Posted by
David Cutler on
Aug 16th, 2010
Risk taking. Everyone knows that’s an essential trait for entrepreneurial artists. In fact, “takes risks and is willing to fail†is #5 of 20 essential characteristics describing entrepreneurs listed right on page 5 of my own...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 15th, 2010
My mom and dad at their foundry, Alpha-Cast, Thur July 8, 1976
What does experiential immersion really teach you about entrepreneurship? Well, welcome to the story of my mom and dad and the lessons I learned from watching my father and mother resuscitate...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 13th, 2010
Psst..Hey, I am hungry for some good conversation? How about you?
Regardless of the differences in our backgrounds, entrepreneurs and artists are visionaries. We all want to make a difference, create and be innovative. Isn’t it cool to try...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 8th, 2010
This post appeared on the 2AMt blog. It’s an interesting post, but the reality is developing an entrepreneurial mind is a lot like how you learned how to create your art form- with the regular guidance of a highly skilled teacher and mentor...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 7th, 2010
Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education is a nonprofit organization that provides multicultural literary, performing, visual and media arts programs for children, teachers, and parents in the Chicago metropolitan area. Â For nearly 50 years,...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Aug 6th, 2010
Flourish Studios and the Institute For Arts Entrepreneurshipâ„¢ welcome PR Chicago owner Toni Antonetti as the next installment in the Flourish Artisan Program Speaker Series. Â Toni will be pulling from her more than 20 years of experience...
Posted by
Linda Essig on
Aug 4th, 2010
This evening, I participated in ATHE’s all-conference special forum addressing “elephants” in the traditional theatre curriculum. Â Here are my opening remarks –
In his introduction to a series of project profiles in the...