Feb
28

Want Big Impact? Think Small

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Most artists and arts organizations truly hope to make a big impact.  And why wouldn’t they?  The potential benefits are numerous: more money, opportunity, reputation, personal fulfillment, and meaningful legacy bestowed upon the world. But many of us buy into the false equation that big numbers equals big impact.  The more … [Read more...]

Apr
12

A Call To Action!

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On Saturday April 10th, at the 7th Chicago Creative Expo held at The Cultural Center in Chicago, The IAE was in full blooming form. Our imagination training ensemble, The Bite-Size Arts Ensemble, performed What's Your Imagination Worth? to a just about full house in the Claudia Cassidy theater. During the day, Bite-Size Arts … [Read more...]

Apr
05

The Artist as Innovator: From Starving to Entrepreneurial by Thinking Outside The Box

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I wrote this article for the Chicago Artists Resource (CAR). I thought you all might enjoy reading The Artist as Innovator: From Starving to Entrepreneurial by Thinking out of the Box. And besides, if you have not checked out The Chicago Artists Resource site before you should - it is a great Chicago based deep resource and one stop … [Read more...]

Mar
14

Why is The IAE Relevant and Necessary? A Case for The IAE

A Case for The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship Introduction: Founded in 2008, The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship (The IAE) is a Chicago-based 501c(3) organization committed to helping artists create sustainable artistic careers through achieving self sufficiency. Our mission is directly tied to the belief that artists … [Read more...]

Feb
04

Self Employment in the Arts 10th Conference (SEA) Feb 19-20, Lisle, IL

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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 to keynote presentations, topic specific sessions by artists, panel discussions, … [Read more...]

Jun
05

Don't bother me, Just pay me

The past few months I have been seriously trying to get to the bottom of some long term issues with my health. While I have always had a lot of energy and eat healthy ( no greasy food, limit the sweets and white flour opting for salads, whole grains, lean proteins and fish), I have, since I was ten, struggled with my weight. One of my … [Read more...]

Jan
07

Jump Start Your Life- I have the spark plug

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One of the reasons I want to write books is because books, art, poetry and film, as examples, all intrinsically are built to last. Their very form offers easy "spark-creating-experience" access, like a hand full of nourishment going right into our mouth. Love that rush of energy that follows, don't you? You know, the part before you get … [Read more...]

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