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Hello Goodbye!

Our theme this year is Re-Emerge, Re-Imagine, and Re-Create, and we’re ready to put the past two difficult years behind us. Join us for our first IRL (in real life) program of 2023: Hello Goodbye!  There is so much to say GOODBYE to and leave behind as we re-emerge with games songs and activities. Many … Continue reading

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Discovering Yourself Through Nature

Creative Health & Wholeness Covid-19 has made the concept of health top-of-mind for most of us this past year (or is it decade?) and more. Our mental, emotional and financial health are tested daily. Chicago Creative Coalition is providing information, tools, resources, and experiences to help creatives thrive in this trying time. Discover Yourself Through … Continue reading

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C3 Member Showcase

HOLIDAY EDITION As a benefit of membership, C3 Members will be able to display and sell their artwork on-line – and receive all of the sales proceeds, less processing costs (about 4%). We will utilize the Auctria platform, as we did so successfully for the Help Kathleen Kearns Beat Cancer! auction. Here are some particulars: … Continue reading

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Everything Revolves Around Something…

Mary Wagner’s drawings are exercises in chaos and order. They are both complex mathematical networks and candy-colored psychedelic dreamscapes. At the quantum level they are mere curvilinear paths arching around some absent center. Through repetition the lines warm and complicate. Patterns pile on top of each other taking on form and depth. Value and texture … Continue reading

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Auction Closing

Help Kathleen Celebrate! There will be a small gathering at the close of the Faces of Healthcare: Help Kathleen Beat Cancer! auction on Thursday, Sep. 30 for auction donors and friends of Kathleen. We are asking attendees to. pitch in $20 per person, for pizza, cookies and one drink. It will be cash bar after … Continue reading

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“Faces of Healthcare Auction” to benefit one of their own

For Immediate Release: September 1, 2021 “Faces of Healthcare Auction” to benefit one of their own.  https://fundraiser.support/ChicagoCreativeCoalition As part of their  “Creative Health and Wellness” series, the Chicago Creative Coalition(C3) has created a benefit auction. The proceeds are to benefit Kathleen Kearns’ effort to beat cancer. The preview is launching on September 1, today! Kathleen … Continue reading

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Help Kathleen Beat Cancer

Thank you for supporting Kathleen! If you have any questions about filling out the form below, please email c3@chicagocreative.org. Please submit the best images and descriptive text of your artwork/collectible or service. Buyers will not get a chance to see the donation live; so you will want to provide an image/logo for your creative service … Continue reading

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Passion and Purpose: Mary Rafferty — NEW DATE Thursday, Feb 25, 7 pm

Artist Speaker Series When artists create work about things that they care about, they make better art. This series aims to explore all the ways that “passion projects” emerge, evolve, develop, are supported, funded and deployed. Why do you make the work that you make, and how does it affect change? These are the key … Continue reading

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Communicate Your Value

Advanced Basics for Creative Businesses, Program 2 Every creative has something special to offer their prospective clients, something they do better or differently than their peers. How do you best communicate that to prospective clients, so they can see the value to them in hiring you? Our speaker, Chicago photographer Alex Garcia, has been on … Continue reading

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Event from our friends at 2112 – A Look at the Music Modernization Act

What it Means, Who it Affects, and How it Impacts the Industry Join 2112 for networking with the music community, followed by an educational panel on the Music Modernization Act, and artist performances! Featuring Panelists: Neeta Ragoowansi – Co-Founder and SVP, Business Development & Legal Affairs for NPREX and President of MMF-US Regan A. Smith – General … Continue reading

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