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Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Feb 7th, 2010
Stephanie Sack changed prices at Vive La Femme from high-end to "cheap and chic," which "completely saved the business," she says. Photo: Erik UngerBy: Christina Le Beau November 09, 2009
Written By: Christina Le Beau Crain’s...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Feb 4th, 2010
The 2010 Creative Chicago Expo will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 10am-4pm at the Chicago Cultural Center. This year, TheIAE will be a sponsor of the event.
Now in its 7th year, this CCE connects artists and art organizations in all disciplines...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Feb 4th, 2010
Happy 10th anniversary SEA! The SEA conference is coming right up and if you have never attended you need to! Come learn more about how to turn your artistic passion into a living from other successful artists.
What The Conference Offers
In addition...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Feb 2nd, 2010
When we think about what kind of business we can create with our artistic skills, sometimes the ideas that come to mind piggy-back on to the product of another. Think of iphone apps and you quickly get the idea. The story of Jibbitz illustrates this...
Posted by
David Cutler on
Jan 31st, 2010
Success is a common theme in my writing. Of course, there are many types of success: landing a job, performing well, creating a great composition, mastering a technique, getting noticed, going viral, attracting web traffic, moving audiences. ...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Jan 29th, 2010
Earlier this month, The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman, was interviewed on PBS’s NewsHour by Jeff Brown. If you did not have a chance to hear this, it is a terrific interview and has much to inspire the...
Posted by
Adam Shames on
Jan 27th, 2010
Still tasting the tortillas from my recent excursion to Mexico, I am most struck by one cultural difference here: a distorted sense of urgency of American life. We always have somewhere we have to get to, something else we must do, this to get done,...
Posted by
Lisa Canning on
Jan 25th, 2010
The Dana Foundation is offering a free Webposium for Teaching Artists on Friday, January 29, 2010
11:00-12:00 (CST) 12:00-1:00PM (EST)
Online they will be discussing the challenges and successes of working with students with disabilities. The...
Posted by
Barbara Kite on
Jan 24th, 2010
I found this information extremely useful. It has made a difference in my approach to reaching the clients who want me and will pay for my services. (the following has been edited for this blog)
Identifying Your Ideal Client Profile
By Nancy...
Posted by
Linda Essig on
Jan 24th, 2010
There is an opinion piece in today’s Arizona Republic by Craig Barrett, former CEO of Intel, about creating an environment for innovation in the state in which I live. Among his other observations, he writes, “just look at the thousands of startup...